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Sedona Ewbank
Ph.D. Student in Neurosciences, admitted Autumn 2019
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsI am interested in using and developing systems neuroscience approaches to improve understanding and treatment of psychiatric illnesses. My current work is focused on developing translatable, noninvasive deep brain neuromodulation through targeted delivery of psychotropic drugs via ultrasound-sensitive nanoparticles.
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Yousof Fawzy
MD Student with Scholarly Concentration in Community Health, 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. -
Zahra Fazal
Masters Student in Epidemiology and Clinical Research, admitted Autumn 2022
BioZahra Fazal, from Morogoro, Tanzania, is pursuing a master’s degree in epidemiology and clinical research at Stanford School of Medicine as a Knight Hennessey scholar. She graduated from the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada with a bachelor’s degree with distinction in Global health and nutrition as a Karen McKellin International Leader of Tomorrow scholar. Zahra plans to apply her graduate degree towards researching health inequities amongst under-served populations and advocating for data-driven policy change within Sub-Saharan Africa. During her undergraduate degree, Zahra founded a club for first-generation and low-income (FGLI) students, launched a podcast and hosted Canada’s first conference for FGLI students bringing together universities and education ministers across Canada. Inspired by her advocacy, UBC established a scholarship for FGLI students. Zahra was also a research assistant on a patient-partner project at Arthritis Research Canada investigating COVID-19 outcomes in patients with immunosuppression within Canada. Zahra has received the UBC Dean Blythe Eagles Medal, UBC International Community Achievement Award and is a 2022 Rhodes East Africa finalist.
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Scott Fleming
Ph.D. Student in Biomedical Data Science, admitted Autumn 2018
BioScott 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 a neurosciences graduate student interested in memory and epigenetics. Her thesis advisor is Dr. Longzhi Tan, an assistant professor in the Department of Neurobiology.
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Nicholas M.G. Friedman
MD Student with Scholarly Concentration in Health Services & Policy Research / Quality Improvement, expected graduation Spring 2024
BioNick Friedman is an MD Candidate at the Stanford University School of Medicine. His administrative leadership roles and research focus on innovation in emergency medicine, with emphasis on prehospital emergency care and addiction medicine. Nick was selected for the Stanford Healthcare Leadership and Administration Fellowship in the Department of Emergency Medicine and he is currently the Director of Quality Improvement for the Addiction Treatment Services Innovation Hub at the Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He served as Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Collegiate Emergency Medical Services, and his research and writing have been published in The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, Prehospital Emergency Care, Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, and others.
Additionally, Nick maintains a special interest in philosophy and ethics. He taught philosophy and ethics of science at the high school level and he is the Founding President of the Stanford Philosophy of Medicine Society.
Nick is proud to serve as a soldier in the Army National Guard and remains committed to prehospital emergency care as an Emergency Medical Technician. -
Rebecca M. Gardner
Ph.D. Student in Epidemiology and Clinical Research, admitted Autumn 2022
BioI’m a second-year PhD student in Epidemiology & Clinical Research with an emphasis on maternal health and well-being during the postpartum period and over the life course. My current research is focused on antepartum and postpartum depression prevalence trends, the policy impact of insurance expansion on postpartum healthcare utilization, the ‘Hispanic Paradox’ in the context of maternal health outcomes, and the effect of social support on reducing postpartum mental health morbidity. Ultimately, I would like to design and implement multimodal interventions to reduce postpartum depression morbidity, thereby promoting the well-being of mothers, children, and families. I am also interested in studying the connection between adverse pregnancy outcomes and long-term outcomes such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Before starting a PhD, I was a biostatistician in the Quantitative Sciences Unit at Stanford for four years where I co-authored over thirty publications, collaborating with clinicians on various domains including developmental behavioral pediatrics, reproductive endocrinology & infertility, oncology, and clinical trials. I completed my MS in Statistics at Brigham Young University in 2016, where I collaborated with cardiologists to develop a new approach to diagnose rheumatic heart disease in pediatric patients in Samoa for my Master's thesis.
In my free time, I moderate a book club, work on my Spanish, and spend time with my husband and our two young children.
