Adrienne Sabety, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Sabety's research focuses on healthcare and social determinants of health. She received a BA in Economics from UC Berkeley and her PhD in Health Policy from Harvard University. 

Perry Nielsen Jr is a Master’s Student in Health Policy at Stanford University. Originally from Colorado, Perry got his Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from the University of Florida (Go Gators!) graduating Cum Laude and as a Truman Finalist. During his time in university, he volunteered in the pediatric immunocompromised unit at Shands Hospital and planned service events with local Gainesville nonprofits like Climb for Cancer and Footprints: Buddy and Support Program. He did quality assurance research in the Congenital Heart Center which led him to win 3rd place for original research at a regional Southeast research conference. He also interned at the Colorado Medical Society, where he helped draft a statewide physician counseling program for clinicians facing distress.

Perry is passionate about common sense healthcare reform and the accessible translation of medical research to clinical practice. In his free time, he enjoys meeting local coffee roasters and exploring the vintage fashion scene. Most of all, he’s excited to wander the west coast of the United States and appreciate all the natural beauty of the Bay Area.

Valeria Gracia Olvera (she/her) is a Health Policy PhD student in the Decision Sciences track and a Fulbright scholar. Prior to starting her PhD at Stanford in 2022, she worked as a research assistant at the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE) in Mexico. In 2020, she joined the Stanford-CIDE COronavirus Simulation MOdel (SC-COSMO) (https://www.sc-cosmo.org/) consortium where she worked on high-impact projects to estimate the health effects of nonpharmaceutical interventions to control the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic in Mexico. Additionally, as a member of the Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET), Valeria worked on a project to model HPV transmission and cervical cancer disease at a state level in the United States. Her research interest is identifying cost-effective air pollution mitigation strategies to support decision making. Valeria holds a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering from Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi (UASLP) in Mexico, a Diplôme d’ingénieur from École Centrale Paris in France, and a master’s degree in Environmental Economics from CIDE.

Issa Sylla is an MBA and MS Health Policy candidate at the Darden School of Business and Stanford University, respectively; he holds a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College. Passionate about health equity, he is interested in exploring the intersection of health economics and policy, social determinants, and outcomes.
 
Prior to graduate school, Issa worked as a Research Engineer at IBM's Center for Computational Health, publishing in the areas of clinical events prediction models, simulation and network models, and algorithmic fairness.  While at IBM, Issa lived in Kenya in 2019 and 2021 working with providers and educators to open a medical clinic in Kiambu and provide resources to vulnerable children in Kericho. Today, Issa serves on the Board of Directors of NAD Partnership, advising on the integration of health, education, and community services in Labé, Guinea. 
 
Issa is originally from Conakry, Guinea, and in his free time he enjoys reading East Asian comics and learning about Sub-Saharan African cultures through visual arts, including paintings and dances. 

Dr. Ramzi Dudum is a cardiovascular medicine fellow at Stanford. Prior to Stanford, he received his MD at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and his MPH at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He trained in the Osler Residency internal medicine program at Johns Hopkins and conducted research in cardiovascular prevention, screening, and risk-prediction. He is excited to pursue a career in academic cardiology focusing on ASCVD risk prediction and the implementation of practices and systems that reduce the morbidity and mortality of this disease.