School of Medicine
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Amy Fan
Ph.D. Student in Immunology, admitted Autumn 2016
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsInherited mutations in the RUNX1 gene cause a platelet disorder and increased risk of blood cancers. However, it is still unclear what actually causes progression to cancer in these patients. Using genetic editing, I am investigating how RUNX1 mutations contribute to disease.
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Yousof Fawzy
MD Student, expected graduation Spring 2026
BioYousof Fawzy is an experienced Emergency Medical Services Supervisor, Clinical Coordinator, and Healthcare Safety Professional. He has held appointments in both clinical and operational capacities across the private and public sectors. Before attending Stanford, he served as the Safety Operations Leader for Kaiser Permanente's medical centers across Santa Clara County. At Kaiser, he developed and managed an integrated workplace safety program while spearheading initiatives related to COVID safety, threat management, and workplace violence in healthcare. Previously, in his EMS roles, he worked at high-profile events including the Grammy Awards on the Red Carpet and managed the clinical operations of the Golden State Warriors Chase Center Arena in San Francisco.
Yousof's scholarly interests include social emergency medicine, harm reduction, and utilizing epidemiological frameworks to address health disparities in vulnerable populations. He graduated Cum Laude from the University of California Los Angeles, where he studied Integrative Biology and Physiology. Yousof aspires to use his medical education as a means to dismantle systemic barriers to healthcare access and address the gaps in care for marginalized populations. -
Scott Fleming
Ph.D. Student in Biomedical Informatics, admitted Autumn 2018
Masters Student in Computer Science, admitted Autumn 2019BioScott Fleming is a Ph.D. Student in Stanford's Biomedical Informatics Training Program, Department of Biomedical Data Science. He completed his B.S. in Mathematical and Computational Science at Stanford University. During that time, he worked with Dr. Leanne Williams to build pipelines for analyzing heterogeneous, high-dimensional datasets in order to discover patterns of brain activity that contribute to anxiety and depression. His most recent work has focused on developing machine learning methods to make accurate and effective crowd-powered diagnoses for children with autism and other developmental disorders.
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Emma Follman
Ph.D. Student in Neurosciences, admitted Summer 2022
BioEmma is an incoming Neurosciences PhD student who graduated from Vanderbilt University in May. This summer she is participating in Biosciences' ADVANCE program and will rotate in the lab of Dr. Jennifer Raymond.
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Kieran Charles Ryan Fox
MD Student with Scholarly Concentration in Molecular Basis of Medicine / Neuroscience, Behavior, and Cognition, expected graduation Spring 2023
BioDr. Fox holds a PhD in cognitive neuroscience and is currently pursuing an MD at Stanford's School of Medicine. His doctoral research focused on the brain basis of meditation and mindfulness and on meta-analytic integration of functional and structural neuroimaging data. He currently works in Stanford’s Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, using intracranial electrical stimulation of the human brain to conduct research on cognition and emotion in patients with severe epilepsy. His original research has appeared in high-impact peer-reviewed publications, including Neurology, Nature Human Behaviour, and Nature Ecology & Evolution, as well as theoretical and review articles in Nature Reviews Neuroscience and Trends in Cognitive Sciences. His research has garnered widespread attention, including coverage in The Guardian, Scientific American, and the BBC.
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Mario Funes Hernandez MD
Postdoctoral Medical Fellow, Nephrology
Masters Student in Epidemiology and Clinical Research, admitted Autumn 2021BioDr. Mario Funes Hernandez is a clinical research nephrology fellow at Stanford University. He obtained his medical degree at the National Autonomous University of Honduras. His Internal Medicine residency was at Saint Peter’s University Hospital/Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, serving as assistant chief resident and was a recipient of the Sister Marie de Pazzi award as best resident of the Internal Medicine Class of 2020. He’s the current Nephrology Chief Fellow, a Heart Health Tech Fellow at the Stanford Center of Digital Health and a student in the Master of Science of Epidemiology and Clinical Research. Dr. Funes Hernandez has an American Heart Association Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Science award to assist in the development of digital health technology tools in the management of hypertension in patients with chronic kidney disease and resistant hypertension.
