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Matthew Alexander Abikenari
MD Student with Scholarly Concentration in Molecular Basis of Medicine / Immunology, expected graduation Spring 2028
BioMatthew received his undergraduate degree Summa Cum Laude from UCLA, where he conducted full-time basic and clinical neuroscience research on molecular mechanisms underlying neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disease. He then pursued a graduate degree in Clinical Neuroscience at the University of Oxford as The Queen’s College Herbruck Scholar, an award granted to only one American student per year, completing a thesis on paraneoplastic autoimmunity and the genotypic and phenotypic architecture of meningiomas, alongside RNA sequencing and spatial–genomic analyses of malignant CNS tumors. As a medical student at Stanford University, he joined Dr. Michael Lim’s laboratory, gaining extensive experience in in vitro and in vivo immunology, stereotactic tumor implantations, and high-throughput transcriptomics to define mechanisms of immunosuppression in glioblastoma. His family’s experience with brain cancer continues to ground his work and deepen his commitment to understanding, and ultimately improving, neurosurgical oncology.
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Siwaar Abouhala
MD Student, expected graduation Winter 2030
GraduateCELC, Haas Center for Public ServiceBioSiwaar Abouhala [pronounced: Sea-waar Ah-bu-ha-la] (she/her) is an incoming first-year medical student, a Knight-Hennessy Scholar, and a Leadership in Health Disparities (LHDP) researcher at Stanford Medicine. Siwaar is a health equity researcher and leader, with interests in community-engaged methods, maternal and child health, minoritized health disparities, and implementation science.
She graduated summa cum laude from Tufts University in May 2023 with triple majors in community health (highest thesis honors), biology, and Arabic language and cultural studies. There, she founded MARCH: Maternal Advocacy and Research for Community Health, the largest undergraduate student-run maternal health organization in the United States, as well as the Arab Maternal Health in Ohio Study, the first qualitative maternal health assessment among Arab American mothers.
After graduation, Siwaar conducted extensive biomedical and public health research to further health equity, including at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard [Founder of Project MENA PEDIGREE: Middle Eastern or North African Progressing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Genetic Research, Education, and Empowerment], Tufts Medicine [Founder of Project INSPIRE: Improving New Somerville Parent and Infant Resiliency and Engagement], the Arab American Health Network Alliance (AAHNA), and the Rare Disease Diversity Coalition (RDDC).
Siwaar plans on training as a physician-advocate at Stanford, with research and health innovation serving as a necessary bridge between both roles.
Website/ Blog: https://www.siwaarabouhala.com/
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Benyamin Meschede-Krasa
Ph.D. Student in Neurosciences, admitted Autumn 2021
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsIntracortical brain computer interfaces for novel medical devices and agency
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Faith Aloboudi
Ph.D. Student in Neurosciences, admitted Autumn 2024
BioI am a second-year Ph.D. Neurosciences IDP Student co-mentored by Dr. Anish Mitra and Dr. Lisa Giocomo elucidating cognitive function in mesoscale cortical networks. I’m also interested in how biopsychosocial factors, like social determinants of health, impact neuropsychiatric disorders.
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Alexander Atalay
Ph.D. Student in Neurosciences, admitted Autumn 2025
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMultimodal neuroimaging, brain stimulation
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Matine M. Azadian
MD Student with Scholarly Concentration in Bioengineering / Surgery, expected graduation Spring 2029
BioCurrent student in the Stanford Neurosciences Interdepartmental Program (IDP).
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Brandon Bergsneider
MD Student with Scholarly Concentration in Informatics & Data-Driven Medicine / Immunology, expected graduation Spring 2026
BioBrandon Hwa-Lin Bergsneider, from Los Angeles, CA, is pursuing an MD at Stanford School of Medicine. Brandon earned a bachelor of science in human biology from Stanford, and a MSc in bioinformatics and theoretical systems biology from Imperial College London. Brandon aspires to use data science-based technologies to advance health equity through early diagnosis, democratizing health information, and improving treatment efficacy. At Stanford and Imperial, he researched the molecular bases of neurodegeneration, the genetic susceptibility of neuroblastoma patients to SARS-CoV-2, computational protein structure prediction, and using machine learning to identify chemotherapy-resistant cancer cells. Brandon has also worked at the National Institutes of Health, where he used computational network analysis to identify clinical and demographic determinants of brain tumor patient symptom burden. Brandon has multiple first-author publications and, outside of academics, enjoys volunteering as a surf-therapy instructor for military veterans. He is a Knight-Hennessy Scholar, a Fulbright Scholar, and an NIH Cancer Research Training Award Fellow.
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Brian Boitnott
Ph.D. Student in Biomedical Physics, admitted Autumn 2023
BioI am currently a Biomedical Physics PhD candidate in the Department of Radiology. In the two years prior to Stanford, I was at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, where I worked on remote sensing systems and was on the core team developing a laser-ultrasound system for medical imaging.
My interests revolve around health technology and perception. I started in neuroscience, studying attention and cognitive control, and now work on designing systems and algorithms for sensing and processing biomedical signals. My broader interests are at the intersection between emerging technology innovation, translation, and long-term innovation strategy. -
Sam Bollinger
Ph.D. Student in Cancer Biology, admitted Autumn 2021
BioOriginally from State College, Pennsylvania, Sam graduated with honors from Penn State University with a B.S. in Chemistry and a minor in Biology. He subsequently spent three years working at the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research for Dr. Ellen Heber-Katz. Sam hopes to expand the paradigm of cancer research and help to develop novel therapies for cancer and other ailments. He is also interested in optimization of physical and mental performance.
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Landon Bradshaw
MD Student with Scholarly Concentration in Health Services & Policy Research / Health Equity and Social Justice, expected graduation Winter 2029
BioLandon Bradshaw is a medical student at Stanford University School of Medicine with interests in gastroenterology-related illnesses, health policy, and advancing health equity. His work focuses on how healthcare policy and system-level structures influence access to high-quality cancer care, particularly among historically underserved populations.
He conducts health services and outcomes research in the Stanford Surgery Policy Improvement Research & Education Center (Dawes Lab), where he examines the impact of Medicaid expansion on treatment utilization and survival outcomes in metastatic colorectal cancer. His broader research interests include evaluating policy mechanisms that drive adoption of innovative evidence-based therapies and designing system-level interventions that promote equitable care delivery.
At Stanford, Landon serves as President of the Stanford Medical Student Association, the elected governing body representing nearly 600 MD and PA students. In this role, he has led institutional initiatives focused on equity, community engagement, and resource stewardship, including securing funding for large-scale service-learning programming and implementing a formalized, equity-centered framework for student organization funding.
Landon is committed to a career at the intersection of academic medicine, policy, and leadership, with the goal of shaping healthcare systems that deliver high-value, equitable care at scale. -
Cort Breuer
Ph.D. Student in Immunology, admitted Autumn 2022
BioCort Breuer is currently an Immunology PhD student in the lab of Nathan Reticker-Flynn. Cort received his BS in Biological Engineering from Cornell University in 2022, where he studied lymphatic-cancer interactions and T cell mechanosensing in the lab of Esak Lee. Previously, he worked with James Moon at Massachusetts General Hospital to develop in vivo gene therapies for the immune system and with Michelle Krogsgaard at NYU Perlmutter Cancer Center to investigate structural biology of TCR signaling. Cort’s current work focuses on mechanisms of tumor-immune tolerance and decoding the antigen specificity of T cell receptors. Drawing on his engineering background, he designs new molecular tools to record how immune cells communicate and constructs therapeutics to target impaired immune responses.
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Aaron Brown
Ph.D. Student in Mechanical Engineering, admitted Autumn 2019
Science Engineering Associate 3, Cardiothoracic Surgery - Pediatric Cardiac SurgeryCurrent Research and Scholarly InterestsEngineering research with applications to energy/environmental sustainability.
