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Linbo Yu
Clinical Instructor (Affiliated), Pediatrics - Genetics
BioLinbo Yu is a genetic counselor and a founding member of Stanford’s Genetic Testing Optimization Service (GTOS). She received her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2007 and her master’s degree in genetic counseling from the University of California, Irvine in 2009. She started her career at Ambry Genetics. In 2014, she became the first lab genetic counselor at Stanford Hospital and helped establish Genetic Testing Optimization Service (GTOS). As a passionate clinical liaison between Stanford Clinical Lab and the ordering providers at Stanford, some of her roles include assisting clinicians with selection of genetic tests, reviewing genetic test orders for clinical appropriateness and educating ordering providers about genetic diseases and test information. Linbo is also a clinical instructor of Department of Pediatrics, and she enjoys clinical supervision of genetic counseling students.
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Dessi Zaharieva
Assistant Professor (Research) of Endocrinology
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsThe 4T (Teamwork, Targets, Technology, and Tight Control) Exercise Study focuses on addressing the attitudes & barriers to exercise for families and newly diagnosed youth with type 1 diabetes (T1D). We are currently establishing feasibility and understanding physical activity patterns and behaviours in newly diagnosed youth with T1D using wearable activity trackers. This work also involves delivering structured exercise education to families and youth with T1D over telehealth.
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Aydin Zahedivash
Affiliate, Department Funds
Fellow in Peds/Clinical InformaticsBioAydin is a physician, educator, and engineer whose interests lie at the intersection of technology, health equity, and children’s health. Aydin completed his undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin and went on to complete an MD and MBA at the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School and McCombs School of Business. He has over 10 years of experience in the medical technology space, having contributed as a researcher, mentor, inventor, and consultant in both the academic and private industry settings. He is a project coach and part of the teaching team within the Biodesign Digital Health Group and is leading a study exploring the role of wearable devices for arrhythmia event monitors in children. He is currently a clinical informatics fellow and is passionate about designing digital solutions to integrate and distribute access to care.
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Justin M. Zaslavsky, MD
Affiliate, Department Funds
Resident in PediatricsBioJustin is a Resident Physician in Pediatrics at Stanford Medicine. He earned his medical degree from the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, following his undergraduate studies at Tufts University, where he majored in Community Health and minored in Philosophy.
In the years between his undergraduate studies and medical school, he served as a New York City Urban Fellow working for New York City Emergency Management. He then transitioned into clinical research, serving as a research manager leading large-scale clinical trials across hospital systems.
Justin is highly dedicated to using research and technology to drive systemic advocacy and sustainable policy change that serves disenfranchised patients. Through patient-centered advocacy, interdisciplinary collaboration, and culturally responsive leadership, Justin is committed to advancing health equity and creating lasting, systems-level change.
His clinical and professional interests include pediatric emergency medicine, pediatric critical care, child abuse pediatrics, correctional health, and substance use disorder. Outside of medicine, Justin enjoys Wordle, trail running, skiing, and mountain biking.
