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Madelena Ng
Postdoctoral Scholar, Biomedical Ethics
BioDr. Madelena Ng is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Stanford Training Program in ELSI Research (T32) at the Center for Biomedical Ethics. Dr. Ng is an applied health scientist who evaluates the real-world impact of emerging technologies on clinical, behavioral, and societal outcomes. Prior to her appointment at SCBE, Dr. Ng was a Postdoctoral Scholar the Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research leading foundational work in AI ethics, governance, and responsible innovation. She aims to further her training in ELSI research at the intersection of generative biological AI, human rights, and industry practice. She is committed to driving ethics from the margins to the core of health AI development and decision-making.
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Christine Ngaruiya
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine (Adult Clinical Academic)
BioChristine Ngaruiya, MD, MSc, DTM&H is the Director of the Stanford EM International Global and Population Health Section (SEMI), and Associate Professor, in the Stanford Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM).
Previously she was on faculty in the Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) at Yale University. She completed the Global Health and International Emergency Medicine fellowship in the Yale DEM in 2015, while also matriculating with a Master of Science and Diploma in Tropical Medicine and International Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her research interests center on: noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), barriers to care, community-based participatory research and implementation science with a particular focus on Africa.
Some past honors include: the Emergency Medicine Resident’s Association (EMRA) Augustine D’Orta Award for outstanding community and grassroots involvement, Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance Associate and the 2014 Harambe Pfizer Fellow Award for social entrepreneurship, the 2016 University of Nebraska Outstanding International Alumnus award, the 2018 Young Physician award of the Global Emergency Medicine Academy at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, the 2019 Yale School of Medicine Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine for clinical excellence and compassionate care, being selected as 1 of 30 WomenLift Health Women Leaders in Global Health in 2021, 1 of 25 US Schmidt Futures International Strategy Forum fellows in 2023, and as 1 of 100 National Academy of Sciences US-Africa Frontiers in STEM fellows in 2024.
She has held several national and international leadership positions including with: the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine, the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) as current co-chair of the Research Committee (2024-2026), the African Federation for Emergency Medicine (AFEM) and WomenLift Health. She was also a founding member of the Yale Network for Global Noncommunicable Disease (NGN). Her work has been funded by Yale University, the NIH (top 100 in Emergency Medicine), Gates Foundation, World Bank, USAID, the American Psychiatric Association, among others. She has served on a number of NIH panels related to global NCD topics, and has lectured both nationally and internationally on the same. Currently, she is a member of a World Health Organization (WHO) group developing an implementation science research agenda for global NCDs.
She is the global NCD section editor for PLOS Global Public Health, and also a fervent writer in the non-traditional sphere on global NCDs. To that end, she was selected as one of twenty Yale Public Voice Fellows for 2015-2016 from across campus with more than 20 publications in outlets such as Time, Huffington Post, Medium, and The Hill on the topic. -
Andrew Khoa Nguyen
Masters Student in Management Science and Engineering, admitted Autumn 2023
Stanford Stdnt Employee-Summer, GSB Research HubBioUndergraduate at Stanford University pursuing BA Economics, BS Mathematics and MS Computer Science with an interest in financial engineering and quantitative finance, specifically high frequency and/or algorithmic trading. Co-Founder and President of crowdfunding platform (Innovation Crowds) which helps startups find the right investors and collaborators who can help achieve the mission and form an army of innovators fueling growth. Founder and CEO of 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated towards improving the lives of orphans across the globe (Orphan Assistance Fund).
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David Nguyen
Research Scientist
BioDavid’s research explores new and better ways to measure the modern and digital economy. He is particularly interested in advancing economic metrics and statistics on economic output and welfare.
Prior to joining the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, David worked as an economist at the OECD in Paris, and as a senior economist at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR). As a research associate, he remains affiliated to the London-based Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE). David received his PhD from the London School of Economics. -
Dung Nguyen
Clinical Professor, Surgery - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
BioDr. Dung H Nguyen is currently the Director of Breast Reconstruction at the Stanford Women’s Cancer Center, Director of Microsurgery and Microsurgery Fellowship, and the Director of Adult Plastics Clinic at Stanford Healthcare. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and highest academic honor and distinction from U.C. Davis. She earned a Pharm.D degree from U.C.S.F. School of Pharmacy and a MD degree from U.C.S.D. She then did a residency in general surgery and a residency in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Southern California (USC) Medical Center. She further completed a fellowship in microsurgery from Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan, one of the largest reconstructive surgery centers in the world. She was recruited to Stanford from Cedar Sinai Medical Center in 2012, and is currently a Clinical Professor in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Stanford University.
Dr. Nguyen specializes in aesthetic and reconstructive breast surgery, surgical treatment of lymphedema including vascularized lymph node transfer and lymphaticovenous anastomosis, and complex tissue reconstruction utilizing microsurgery and supermicrosurgery. She also has interest in cosmetic surgery, including facial rejuvenation and body contouring procedures.
In addition to her clinical commitment, Dr. Nguyen has basic science and clinical research interests in lymphedema and breast reconstruction. She has published articles in peer review journals, presented at national and international professional meetings and has authored book chapters in various plastic surgery textbooks. She also enjoys volunteering on overseas medical missions and participating in medical charity activities. -
Henry Hoang Nguyen
MD Student with Scholarly Concentration in Bioengineering / Quality Improvement, expected graduation Spring 2026
BioHenry Nguyen was born and raised in Abbeville, Louisiana, and is a proud graduate of Xavier University of Louisiana. Before becoming a Stanford medical student in 2022, Henry co-founded organizations dedicated to increasing inclusivity in the fields of competitive athletics, the performing arts, and media production. Stanford’s distinct environment has allowed him to continue nurturing these organizations during medical school, and he has also picked up new projects contributing to cutting-edge innovation in the fields of biotechnology, medical education, and video game design.
Henry has taken classes at Stanford’s law school, business school, and engineering school to augment his MD education. He then applied these skills to assist multiple companies in successfully acquiring venture capital funding, and he continues to serve as a trusted advisor to major Artificial Intelligence firms, such as Synaptiq Learning, Anthropic, and Snorkel AI. Henry is the youngest person to ever be elected to the Stanford Medicine Alumni Board of Governors and has been awarded multiple Stanford-based grants to support his scholarly activity in neuroimaging. Lastly, he has actively supported the Stanford Medicine Radiology Department by reviving the Radiology Interest Group, leading pre-clinical radiology electives, and designing a completely new radiology clerkship.
Henry hopes to follow the example of his mentors by using the unique merits of radiology to combine his passions for clinical care, academic scholarship, and industrial innovation. Most importantly, he plans to dedicate his career to increasing access to state-of-the-art healthcare, so that the advancements of his classmates and colleagues can one day be available to the patients in his hometown. -
Hoang Minh Hieu Nguyen
MD Student, expected graduation Spring 2030
BioHoang Minh Hieu Nguyen, from Di Linh, Vietnam, is pursuing an MD at Stanford School of Medicine. They earned a bachelor’s degree in neuroscience from Middlebury College and a master of philosophy in clinical neurosciences from the University of Cambridge. Hieu aspires to combine science, the arts, and entrepreneurship to improve healthcare quality and access for global populations burdened by chronic disease. Hieu has contributed to advancing our understanding of cancer and neurodegenerative diseases through research at Middlebury College, Rockefeller University, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, University of Cambridge, and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. As a Social Entrepreneurship Fellow at Middlebury, they collaborated with the Kenyan Ministry of Health and the World Telehealth Initiative to establish Kenya’s first telemedicine system. This program provides lifesaving services, including dialysis, to Longisa, where such services were once unreachable.
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Hieu Minh Nguyen
Lecturer
BioHieu Minh Nguyen is the author of two collections of poetry, This Way to the Sugar (Write Bloody Press, 2014), and Not Here (Coffee House Press, 2018), which was named the winner of the Publishing Triangle's Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry. A recipient of the Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation, Hieu is also a 2018 McKnight Writing Fellow, a Kundiman Fellow, and a 2017 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow. His work has appeared in Poetry Magazine, Best American Poetry, The New York Times, and elsewhere. He is a graduate of the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. Originally from the Twin Cities, Hieu now lives in Oakland.
