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Ryunosuke (Ryan) Goto
Ph.D. Student in Biomedical Data Science, admitted Autumn 2024
BioRyunosuke (Ryan) Goto is a PhD student in Biomedical Data Science and a Knight-Hennessy Scholar. Prior to Stanford, Ryan was a Chief Resident in Pediatrics at Nagano Children's Hospital and the University of Tokyo Hospital. He is interested in developing and applying statistical tools to investigate human disease and advance precision medicine. Ryan’s work has been published in The Lancet, JAMA Pediatrics, and Pediatrics, among other journals.
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Anju Goyal
Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - Hematology & Oncology
Masters Student in Community Health and Prevention Research, admitted Autumn 2022BioDr. Anju Goyal is a pediatric hematology oncology fellow physician at Stanford University School of Medicine. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago. She then served as an AmeriCorps member with City Year Chicago, fostering her dual interests in community advocacy and education. She went on to receive her medical degree from the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles and to complete her pediatrics residency at Stanford University School of Medicine.
During her research time as a pediatric hematology oncology fellow, Dr. Goyal has pursued a Master's degree in the Community Health and Prevention Research Program at Stanford University. She sought this additional research training to learn how to parter effectively with communities to achieve health equity. Specifically, her primary research project has utilized the principles of community based participatory research to partner with a local organization, Jacob's Heart, and to understand the financial burden of childhood cancer for Latinx families. Additionally, she has honed a skill set in medical education and is conducting research on how to promote well being for pediatric hematology oncology fellows. -
Marzan Shababa Hamid
MD Student with Scholarly Concentration in Health Services & Policy Research, expected graduation Spring 2027
BioSumma Cum Laude, Bachelor of Health Sciences (BHSc) McMaster University 2022
Marzan's academic interests include Health Policy, Health Systems Improvement, and Health Equity. -
Jessica Herrmann
MD Student with Scholarly Concentration in Biomedical Ethics & Medical Humanities, expected graduation Spring 2025
Masters Student in Medicine, admitted Spring 2022BioJessica is a Berg Scholar pursuing both an M.D. and an M.S. in Medicine in Biomedical Investigation at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She holds a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering from Harvard College, and a master’s degree in bioengineering from Stanford University. Jessica aspires to translate computational and device-based interventions into the clinic as a physician-scientist. Working in the laboratory of Dr. Mark Skylar-Scott, she researches 3D bioprinting approaches to pediatric single ventricle heart defects. She has received the Alpha Omega Alpha Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship, the Dorothy Dee and Marjorie Helene Boring Trust Research Award, and the Irvin David Yalom, M.D. Literary Award. Outside of research and clinical interests, she enjoys creative writing and playing the flute.
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Anna Howley
Ph.D. Student in Immunology, admitted Autumn 2024
BioAnia Howley is an Immunology PhD student. She received her BS in Biology from College of the Holy Cross in 2022, where she investigated the function of APOBEC3G variants in the context of HIV infection. After completing her degree, she joined the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University. Using an organ-on-chip model, she studied the effects of radiation-induced injury on human bone marrow and developed an in-vitro model of Shwachman Diamond Syndrome using shRNA-based knockdown in primary CD34+ progenitor cells.
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Dong Gi Hur
MD Student with Scholarly Concentration in Informatics & Data-Driven Medicine / Surgery, expected graduation Spring 2026
BioDong Hur is a Stanford Medical Student applying into General Surgery, with a keen interest in using big data analysis and machine learning to address healthcare disparities. His research focuses on trauma center access and the use of circulating tumor DNA for the early detection of soft tissue sarcoma. Outside of medicine, Dong Hur enjoys hiking, playing pickleball, and camping
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Kelly Hyles
MD Student with Scholarly Concentration in Community Health / Surgery, expected graduation Spring 2026
MBA, expected graduation 2026BioKelly is a first-year medical student. She graduated from Harvard College with a B.A. in Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology. Post-graduation, she completed a public service fellowship with 5G Dialysis Centre and the Ministry of Health, working to improve the accessibility and affordability of dialysis in Guyana. Kelly is interested in increasing health equity for underserved communities, both locally and abroad.
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Haruka Itakura, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Oncology)
On Partial Leave from 03/01/2025 To 05/27/2025BioDr. Haruka Itakura is an Assistant Professor of Medicine (Oncology) in the Stanford University School of Medicine, a data scientist, and a practicing breast medical oncologist at the Stanford Women’s Cancer Center. She is board-certified in Oncology, Clinical Informatics, Hematology, and Internal Medicine. Her research mission is to drive medical advances at the intersection of cancer and data science, applying state-of-the-art machine learning/artificial intelligence techniques to extract clinically actionable knowledge from heterogeneous multi-scale cancer data to improve patient outcomes. Her ongoing research to develop robust methodologies and apply cutting-edge techniques to analyze complex cancer big data was catapulted by an NIH K01 Career Development Award in Biomedical Big Data Science after obtaining a PhD in Biomedical Informatics at Stanford University. Her cancer research focuses on extracting radiomic (pixel-level quantitative imaging) features of tumors from medical imaging studies and applying machine learning frameworks, including radiogenomic approaches, for the integrative analysis of heterogeneous, multi-omic (e.g., radiomic, genomic, transcriptomic) data to accelerate discoveries in cancer diagnostics and therapeutics. Her current projects include prediction modeling of survival, treatment response, recurrence, and CNS metastasis in different cancer subtypes; detection of occult invasive breast cancer; and identification of novel therapeutic targets. Her ultimate goal is to be able to translate her research findings back to the clinical setting for the benefit of patients with difficult-to-treat cancers.
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Sarah Izabel
Ph.D. Student in Neurosciences, admitted Summer 2022
BioSarah was born and raised in Brazil where she attended law school before moving to the United States and shifting her interest to Neuroscience. She completed majors in Biology and Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in 2020. At VCU, Sarah was part of the NIH-IMSD program and worked on uncovering mechanisms of axonal pathology in the lab of Dr. Jeff Dupree. She also worked on identifying the effects of income insecurity on decision-making in the lab of Dr. James Bjork. After graduating, Sarah worked at NIH as a UGSP Research Fellow and characterized a progranulin knockout mouse model in the lab of Dr. Alan Koretsky. She started her clinical work at NIH in the lab of Dr. Vijay Ramchandani where she worked to improve the diagnosis of alcohol use disorder. At Stanford, Sarah is interested in treating and managing neuropsychiatric disorders and increasing the representation of socially marginalized communities in research studies. When not in the lab Sarah enjoys reading, advocating for anti-poverty legislation, and hanging out with her son.
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Bhav Jain
MD Student with Scholarly Concentration in Health Services & Policy Research / Surgery, expected graduation Spring 2028
BioBhav Jain is pursuing an MD at the Stanford School of Medicine as a Knight-Hennessy Scholar, Harry S. Truman Scholar, and Samvid Scholar. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a bachelor’s degree in computer science and brain and cognitive sciences. At MIT, he was a Legatum Fellow and received the 40 Under 40 in Cancer Award.
His research on healthcare delivery, social determinants of health, and value-based care has been published in outlets such as Nature Medicine, The Lancet Digital Health, JAMA Oncology, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, American Journal of Public Health, Cancer, Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Journal of General Internal Medicine, and American Journal of Managed Care. While at MIT, he launched The Connected Foundation, which forges intergenerational connections between youth and seniors, and Compass, an SMS platform that streamlines patient intake and scheduling. Most recently, he served as a Fellow at the Boston Public Health Commission to implement interventions aimed at curbing substance abuse and homelessness. As a physician-policymaker, Bhav aspires to create high-value, evidence-based healthcare systems that transform clinical care globally. In particular, he seeks to innovate at both public- and private-sector organizations during his career to improve the quality of and lower the cost of patient care. -
Jlateh Vincent Jappah
Ph.D. Student in Health Policy, admitted Autumn 2021
Master of Arts Student in Economics, admitted Spring 2024
Stanford Student Employee, Hoover InstitutionBioJlateh Vincent Jappah is a PhD Candidate in Health Policy (Health Economics) at Stanford. His research interests intersect between methods that enhance access to the social determinants of health and the provision of appropriate and timely healthcare services, with the aim of reducing avoidable morbidity and mortality and improving overall health and well-being, especially for underserved and vulnerable populations.
Jappah contends that although health insurance and access to healthcare services are important elements in the health production function, other structural and socio-economic factors collude to either foster or erode health. As such, he has a keen interest in public policy, economics, medicine, global public health, maternal and child health, and a curiosity to understand those socio-political and institutional forces that shape health and well-being. He is also interested in machine learning and artificial intelligence in healthcare.
In addition to the United States, Jappah has lived and worked in several countries in Africa, Asia, and Europe.
He is bi-lingual (English and Russian).
