Linda K. Ko, PhD

Associate Professor
University of Washington, School of Public Health, Department of Health Services
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine
Associate Member, Cancer Prevention Program
Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Linda Ko, PhD, is the director of the Health Communication Research Center (HCRC). She is a behavioral scientist with expertise in the development, testing, evaluation, and dissemination of health communication strategies. Her work draws from the discipline of communication, marketing, social epidemiology, and social and behavioral sciences.

Her research aims to understand community’s behavior within the socio-cultural context, develop interventions that will address those behaviors and translate knowledge through community-based participatory research.

Dr. Ko serves as co-director for the ITHS Community Engagement program.