Writing an Op Ed

Advocacy Application Option #2: Write an Op Ed

If you select this option, please have Dr. Naughton or Dr. McLaughlin review your piece. Submission to a publication is not required, but encouraged!

REQUIRED: Watch this excellent orientation to writing Op Eds by our own Med-Peds Xanthia Tucker! You can watch it directly from this page.

The Op Ed Project aims to provide tools so that a diverse group of people can make their voices heard. Click on the picture to the left for a link to their "Op Ed Basics" page.

Browse examples of effective Op Eds!

To the left is a recent example by Dr. Jack Turban, a Child & Adolescent Psychiatry fellow at Stanford. Click on the picture of his tweet to read the full article in Scientific American.

Resident Published Op-Eds:

Dr. Christopher D. Connolly: Why am I prescribing accessible parking if developers sell it to those without disabilities?The challenge of using accessible parking stems from a mismatch between available supply and growing demand.

Witte_ A call for school-based education on eating disorders.pdf

Opinion | Pediatrician: A Michigan gun storage law will save young lives | Bridge MichiganFirearm-related injuries are now the number one killer of U.S. children, and fewer than half of adults safely store their weapons. Preventing young children from gaining access to guns is proven to save lives.