Melissa Franco-Galicia

Melissa Franco-Galicia is a PhD candidate in the Department of Health Policy at Stanford University. She is a researcher specializing in health policy and health services, with expertise in prevention, public health, and population health. Her research focuses on improving healthcare access by developing cancer modeling frameworks that account for real-world constraints, with the goal of enhancing cancer control for all populations. Her work addresses public health and policy issues in behavioral health, communicable diseases, and non-communicable diseases.