Clay Zimmerman

Clay Zimmerman graduated as valedictorian of the class of 2024 at Belmont Abbey College, majoring in Sport Management with minors in Bioethics and Philosophy. While completing his undergraduate minors, Clay wrote extensively on incarcerated medical ethics, specifically the Massachusetts House Docket Bill H.2333. Additionally, Clay was able to utilize his experience as an NCAA Athlete, competing on the Men’s Volleyball team at Belmont Abbey, as well as his training in philosophy and ethics, to examine and propose potential solutions to the transgender athlete legislation issues. While in his graduate studies, Clay will be serving as the graduate manager for the Duke Women’s Volleyball team. He is particularly interested in exploring new and controversial bioethical issues/dilemmas. Clay hopes to pursue a career in the field of bioethics, both in clinical and legislative positions.

Harita Udayashankar

Harita graduated with departmental honors from UC Santa Barbara with a BS in Biopsychology where she focused on behavioral neuroscience. As soon as she turned eighteen, she became the youngest advocate in history with the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Having grown up with severe neuropsychiatric disorders herself, she quickly recognized a need to support novel neuroscience research and the gaps in the ethical treatment of those with brain disorders. As an undergraduate, she worked in a neuropharmacology lab, studying the underlying mechanisms behind drug addiction. She quickly became interested in the intersection between environment and brain function and how being exposed to specific external conditions can fundamentally change how the brain works. Harita also additionally conducts research in epigenetics and neurodevelopment with the Murphy Lab out of the Duke University Medical Center. She is also pursuing a graduate certificate in Global Health while at Duke and will focus on helping create policy that will help people in developing nations access psychiatric care. At Duke, Harita hopes to learn more about the ethical application of neurotherapeutics and genetic testing technology.

Shivam Chand

Shivam graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in August 2024 with a Bachelor of Science in the Biological Sciences, a minor in Chemistry, and a certificate in the Conceptual Foundations of Medicine.
Throughout his undergraduate education, Shivam’s interest in the field of bioethics developed through his everyday experiences. From contributing to joint research between Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine on emerging pharmaceutical technologies and therapies, to witnessing daily healthcare problems experienced by patients as a volunteer with the American Red Cross and UPMC affiliated hospitals, Shivam’s aspiration to be a medical innovator became second to his desire to be a public health advocate.
Through Duke University’s MA in Bioethics and Science Policy program, Shivam hopes to continue to learn more about the intersection of technology, ethics, and policy, and their relationship to healthcare, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical industries around the world. He is particularly interested in exploring science policy regulating newly developed technologies, such as AI, and its implications regarding patient privacy and physician autonomy.

Jiunn-Tyng Yeh

Jiunn-Tyng Yeh (Tyng) obtained his M.D. from National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University in Taiwan in 2022 and completed a Ph.D. in Neuroscience at the University of Missouri-Columbia in 2019. Prior to his graduate studies at Duke, Tyng underwent a general residency physician training in Taiwan for a year, then worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan. His research interests include the integration of AI in clinical settings, and the ethical implications and policy frameworks of neurotechnology.

Abigail Wesson

Abigail graduated from Brown University in 2023 with a Bachelor of Arts in science, technology, and society (STS). Although her focus within STS was health and medicine, she became increasingly intrigued by the relationship between artificial intelligence and society after writing a research paper on how Amazon’s Alexa reflects aspects of society and relates to privacy and data matters. She had the opportunity to present this research at the Sixth International Research Conference on Science, Technology, Medicine, and Society. In a subsequent STS course, she wrote a separate research paper on the racial biases built into facial recognition systems and possible approaches to combat this. At Duke, Abigail plans to further study the ethical and societal implications of artificial intelligence and explore the policies surrounding this technology. She hopes to apply the knowledge gained through the program as an artificial intelligence ethicist, collaborating with development teams to implement just technology that is based on human-centered design.

Parnika Sharma

Parnika received her B.S. in Computer Science from Harvey Mudd College in 2019. She spent the next five years working as a software engineer, creating technical solutions for a variety of applications ranging from internal corporate surveillance to video games promoting mental health. Through her work, she got hands-on experience with a number of novel technologies, including virtual reality, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence. In working to implement these technologies, she realized that she was interested in how they were being used and the benefits and risks they posed. Her work with surveillance in particular drew her to concerns about privacy and personal data. At Duke, Parnika aims to learn more about how technology can be regulated effectively. She is also passionate about public understanding of novel technologies.

Eliza Akers

Eliza graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2022 with a BA in philosophy. While there she cultivated an interest in applied ethics and the practical application of philosophical concepts outside of the humanities. To this end, she spent her semester at the at the University of Copenhagen studying applied phenomenology and explored the benefits of phenomenological semi-structured interviews versus structured interviews for accurately diagnosing psychiatric disorders. This experience offered significant insight into the importance of effective physician facilitated communication in achieving correct patient diagnoses, and as a result, better patient outcomes, wellbeing, and greater medical autonomy. Through the MA program in Bioethics and Science Policy, Eliza hopes to continue to investigate the application of philosophy across scientific disciplines.

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Lily Bermudez

Lily Bermudez graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and a concentration in Pre-Law, Tech Ethics, and Alternative Dispute Resolution. Lily is particularly interested in the challenges posed by emerging technologies such as user privacy, technological determinism, and technological inequity. After witnessing firsthand the profound impact of emerging technologies on certain groups of individuals through her work with local immigration networks in Texas, Lily pursued the MA in Tech Ethics & Policy to translate her academic interests into tangible solutions with a multidisciplinary approach. At Duke University, Lily will be working in the Tech Policy Lab at the Sanford School of Public Policy to develop best practices to enhance cybersecurity for senior leaders in the private sector and governments in Latin America. Specifically, Lily aims to research how Latin American countries with diverse, yet interconnected tech landscapes can develop best practices for enhancing cybersecurity while addressing technological inequity.

Merrit Cahoon

Merritt graduated from Samford University in 2023 with a double major in Mathematics and Computer Science and a minor in Spanish, as well as being a part of the varsity softball team for 5 years. As an undergrad, she was selected to participate in two NSF funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) at the University of Texas at Arlington in 2021 and the University of Rochester in 2022. During these summer research programs, she realized her passion for working with assistive technologies for people with disabilities. After the summer of 2022, she participated in CUR’s Students Transforming Through Research program. The program introduced the importance of advocating for undergraduate research to policymakers, focused on affecting policy in one’s respective research field, and taught how to approach policy makers as a researcher. This experience changed her career goals to engage in the policy behind assistive technologies to emphasize the important of the technology while also advocating for people with disabilities. She is excited to learn more about the ethical use and policy behind technology to supplement her technical training.

Dakota Douglas

Dakota graduated from Duke University where she earned a B.S. in Biology and minors in Global Health and Chemistry. She is a native of Charlotte, NC which heavily influences her understanding of social justice and structural equity. Living in a community with friends and family and witnessing the challenges associated with their disability and racial identities informs her perspectives on justice and advocacy. She is passionate about working with marginalized communities to promote equitable outcomes and wants to see this achieved in healthcare. She believes grassroots organizing and policy reform can catalyze meaningful structural change. At Duke, she broadened her understanding of health equity by participating in research and advocacy with both local and national organizations like the Centers for Disease Control, the American Heart Association, the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity, the Duke Biology Department, and the North Carolina Governor’s Council on Sickle Cell Disease. A scholar in interdisciplinary health and policy studies, she has researched disability, race, hypertension, and sickle cell disease, and has presented at Johns Hopkins University, Duke University, and an American Heart Association conference. She will earn an MD degree following completion of this program and pursue an adjacent JD or PhD to pursue a career in medical-legal advocacy and health policy reform.

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Faith Lowery 

Faith graduated from Vanderbilt University in 2023. As an undergraduate, Faith immersed herself in an interdisciplinary course of study, exposing herself to diverse perspectives across the English, Political Science, Medicine, Health & Society, and Film Studies departments. While working for a climate change policy and private environmental governance researcher, she became interested in the role of policy in preventing existential global crises. At Duke, Faith aims to study how employers, governments, and corporations worldwide utilize technology and AI to surveil, track, and discipline individuals in the public and private spheres. She aspires to coordinate technological development and regulation to minimize the implicit biases and inequalities built into technology.

Lauren Maynor

Lauren graduated from Washington College, Chestertown, MD in December 2022, where she majored in Biology and minored in Chemistry and Public Health, as well as being a four-year starter on the women’s soccer team. During her undergraduate career, she performed research at school with Dr. Mala Misra analyzing the development of neuromuscular junctions (NMJ) in larval Drosophila melanogaster. For her senior capstone experience, she wrote a literary analysis on the role of natural killer cells in latent tuberculosis which received departmental honors. Additionally, in the summer of 2021 she worked in the Catteruccia lab at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health working to create an in-vitro protocol and tools to study mosquito stages of Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasite. At Duke, Lauren wants to deepen her understanding of the intersection of science, technology, and policy. She hopes to enter a field where she can be a strong communicator and analyst engaging in conversation about how we can enact guidelines to simultaneously protect and promote future scientific and technological developments.

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Reagan McRae

Reagan graduated from Baylor University in 2021 with a BS in Anthropology with a concentration in Forensic Anthropology and a minor in Forensic Science. Her ethics training began in middle school and expanded to bioethics in high school when she conducted research on the ethical issues raised by 3D printing of human organs for transplantation. Upon graduating from college, Reagan began working as a Medicolegal Death Investigator for the NJ Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner. During her time as a Death Investigator, Reagan met with Bioethical issues in the field she felt necessitated further discussion but for which Investigators were not being trained. She also recognized that technological advances in post-mortem capabilities raise issues not only for Investigators but also for Providers. At Duke, Reagan hopes to continue to question the ways we view death and examine how to best address advancements in technology and medicine for those who are unable to advocate for themselves.

• Currently a Research Assistant at the Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law School

Patrick Rodriguez 

Patrick graduated summa cum laude from Sewanee: The University of the South with an Honors BS in neuroscience and minor in philosophy. During undergrad, he focused on the intersection points of philosophy and neuroscience—neuroethics. Specifically, Patrick studied how modern neuroscientific findings on emotion, when placed within concurrent philosophical frameworks, can inform the judicial understanding of crimes of passion. He also worked as a Special Volunteer and then a Junior Policy Analyst for the All of Us (AoU) Research Program at NIH. Within the program, he researched both ethical, legal, and social issues (ELSI) and state-level laws concerning informed consent for genetic research of vulnerable populations. This work culminated in several policy recommendations for AoU about the treatment, enrollment, and protection of the research partner groups. Patrick wishes to pursue the cross over points of neuroethics, law, and policy at S&S, and how the introduction of AI and large data further complicate the issues at hand.

Liz Sparacino

Liz graduated with a BS in Biomedical Humanities on a Pre-Med track from Campbell University in May 2023 where she received departmental honors amongst her graduating class. She was also a four-year member of the Campbell varsity swim team. As an undergraduate, she became deeply interested in bioethics with specific interests in genetics and clinical ethics. In her capstone project, she discussed the potential social effects of human germline gene-editing on society and advocated for the inclusion of people with disabilities in the conversation. Liz is ecstatic to continue her education in the MA in Bioethics and Science Policy program to better understand how to articulate and advocate for the bioethical issues that arise at intersection of science, technology, and society. Throughout her career, she hopes to address these concerns before new genetic technology is implemented and to continue to advocate for people with disabilities.

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Jenna Wong

Jenna Wong graduated summa cum laude from the University of Chicago with a BA in Philosophy and a BA in Law, Letters, and Society. Jenna dedicated her undergraduate career to exploring applied ethics in a variety of fields. She helped facilitate ethics consults at the University of Chicago’s MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, led research in police technology policy and the efficacy of ethics boards in technology companies at NYU Law’s Policing Project, and founded the University of Chicago’s first Ethics Bowl team (a discussion-based competition on ethical case studies). At Duke with the Science and Society Leadership Award, Jenna will further explore the nexus of technology and ethics by concentrating in Technology Ethics, pursuing research opportunities with Science and Society faculty, and engaging with technology companies in Durham. Jenna hopes to use what she has learned through the program to pursue a career in technology regulation to best implement ethical policies and practices in technology companies. She also hopes to get into a Duke basketball game.

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Meyra Çoban

Originally from Munich, Germany, Meyra studied philosophy and political science at the University of Edinburgh as a Coca-Cola Scholar. With the support of a Fulbright Scholarship and a fellowship from the German Academic Scholarship Foundation, she joined the Master of Arts in Bioethics and Science Policy program at Duke University to pursue her interest in medical ethics. After graduating in 2022, she joined the Duke University School of Medicine as a research associate.

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Ebani Dhawan

Ebani graduated from University College London (UCL) in 2022 where she focused her studies on neuroscience and engaged in various science communication opportunities. She spent her time understanding the fundamentals of the brain whilst also taking modules in law and policy to appreciate the nuance and the uncertainty science has in the real world. She focused her undergraduate dissertation on the intersection of neuroscience and law, discussing how our understanding of neurobiology can aid sexual assault victims achieve the justice they deserve. At Duke, with the Science and Society Leadership Award scholarship, she aims to learn the tools and methodologies to deal with the challenges of bridging the gap between the natural sciences and policy, especially as science outpaces policy.

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Derrick Dwamena

Derrick graduated from Michigan State University in 2020 where he was a Mastercard Foundation Scholar with a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience. During his undergraduate career, he was deeply interested in Neuroimaging and the Reward Pathway. He joined the interdisciplinary Digital Humanities and Literary Cognition Lab as a Research Assistant to further explore his interests. At Duke, Derrick will be working as a Neuroscience Graduate Research Assistant with the Zucker lab focusing on Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, and the Huettel lab focusing on Economic Decision Making. Derrick is beyond ecstatic to continue his education with the Masters of Bioethics and Science Policy program at Duke, as he believes this will adequately prepare him to undertake the role of advisor/consultant for the government in his home country of Ghana as a qualified researcher. This would allow the citizens to be better-informed and the government can make decisions based on scientific knowledge.

Salvador Fernandez

Salvador graduated from Texas A&M University in 2022 with a BS in chemistry and a second BS in genetics. During his undergraduate career, he was actively involved with the TAMU Bioethics Forum, an organization that promoted discussion and raised awareness on ethical issues in science and medicine. He also participated in Baylor College of Medicine’s Clinical Ethics Internship, where he had the opportunity to shadow clinical ethicists and perform bioethics research. Driven by these experiences and his broader interest in bioethics, Salvador is pursuing a career as a clinical ethicist. As an MA student at Duke, Salvador plans to delve deeper into the subjects of clinical ethics and health policy to better inform his career moving forward.

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Avery Freeman

Avery is a graduate of William & Mary, where she received a B.S. in kinesiology & health sciences and psychology. During her undergraduate experience, she became incredibly interested in both clinical and tech ethics. Through her research, Avery explored questions surrounding bias in artificial intelligence, which led her to the Duke MA in Bioethics & Science Policy program. Her experience in the world of science policy began after graduation through her role as Connected Health Initiative Intern at The App Association (ACT), a DC-based company that is a leading voice on the app economy for their members as well as policymakers. As a part of the program, Avery looks forward to further exploring questions pertaining to clinical and tech ethics through an interdisciplinary and intersectional lens. She hopes to use this program as a steppingstone towards working to craft equitable policies that protect and support the most vulnerable and underserved members of our society.

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Joey Gasperi

Joey is a Kansas City native with a background in viola performance and chamber music. As an undergraduate at Pepperdine University, he studied the humanities, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and International Studies with a focus on East Asia. Motivated by questions technology raises about what it means to be human, he enrolled at Duke to better understand how ethics and policy can help align innovation with our shared well-being. His interests span privacy, AI, risk and regulation, China, and identity.

Helen Geddes

Helen obtained her Bachelor of Arts in international affairs with a concentration in security policy from the George Washington University in 2022. While studying various realms of security she found an interest in the more scientific issues. The holistic nature of science policy issues combined with the personification of the interconnectedness of science and society with the covid-19 pandemic made her particularly interested in not only the more scientific problems faced worldwide, but a desire to be a part of solutions. She decided to pursue MA in Bioethics and Science Policy at Duke to further immerse herself in some of the world’s most pressing issues in a program with a multidisciplinary approach to accommodate the comprehensive nature of such issues. Problems of science are tangible and present regardless of those in power and have been some of the issues most able to harbor global cooperation – with an ever-changing world adapting and continuing that precedent to further benefit the global community is what Helen strives to be a part of.

Bridie Hamilton

Bridie earned an Honours BA in Ethics & Political Philosophy and minor in Communications from the University of Ottawa in Ontario, Canada. As an undergraduate student, Bridie noticed the gap between ethical theory and practice in journalism and digital communication contexts by examining Canada’s digital divide and gender bias in sports media and policy. Bridie has worked on developing and implementing ethics curricula for undergraduate engineering students during her summer practicum and continued work as a research assistant. Bridging her background in public relations and ethics education, Bridie aims to mitigate tech hype by identifying levers that will contribute to cohesive community understanding and digital literacy. In the MA program, she looks forward to expanding the breadth and depth of her ethical training concentrating on online environments, power dynamics, accountability, and social influence.

Hannah Moore

Hannah is from Nashville, TN. She graduated from Belmont University with a major in biology and a minor in dance. In college, she focused on cancer biology research, primarily on the repurposing of antimalarials and measuring their efficacy in various cancer cell lines. This research stemmed an interest in clinical ethics and how basic science research is translated into larger clinical settings in ways that continue emphasizing novel research while maintaining ethical standards for patients and providers. She looks forward to exploring the cyber and tech ethics that Duke’s program offers. After completing her MA, she is hoping to attend law school and use her newfound knowledge to guide her studies and, one day, her practice of the law.

Athena Mouros

Athena is pursuing a joint degree in the JD/MA in Bioethics and Science Policy program. In 2019, she completed her BA in Philosophy and Medicine, Health, and Society at Vanderbilt University. During her undergraduate career, Athena worked in a lab that sought to understand the impact of neurological diseases on speech production. This work, along with the health services and policy research experience that she gained interning at the Joint Commission and the Chicago Department of Public Health, fueled her interest in the intersection between mental health and the law. She hopes to use to her time at Duke to better understand the ethical underpinnings of this intersection, specifically with regards to mental health research and the delivery of mental health care.

Zoe Ravina

Zoe graduated from Emory University in 2018 with a degree in Religious Studies and a minor in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. After graduation, she worked as a Health Content Strategist at b.well Connected Health, a healthcare technology company focused on helping individuals access their health data. In this role she became interested in technology literacy and accessibility. Zoe wants to use her time at Duke to explore how technologies change human behavior and culture, and how regulatory bodies can assess the risk and reward of new technologies.

Stephanie Rosner

Stephanie Rosner earned her BA from The Ohio State University in Anthropology and Spanish in 2016. Upon graduation, she worked extensively in fundraising for higher education and nonprofits and in healthcare as a people and project manager for Optum and Mathematica Policy Research. Stephanie obtained her Project Management Professional certificate in 2021. Her summer at the Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics in 2015 reinforced her interest in clinical bioethics and public health and her work at Mathematica on healthcare projects sparked an interest in program planning and evaluation. She is interested in exploring health communication and behavior, design health, and psychedelic research in medicine.

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Ben Sarbey, J.D., M.A.

Ben is a PhD candidate in the philosophy department at Duke and holds a JD from Duke University School of Law. He specializes in end-of-life ethics, especially issues involved in palliative medicine. His most recent projects focus on legal standards for the declaration of death, the ethics of medical aid in dying, and the function of palliative care. He is working on developing a theory of palliative care which unites these and other end-of-life issues, such as the role of grief and consolations in the dying process.

Nisa Semesta

Khairunnisa Mentari Semesta is a concurrent degree student in the Bioethics and Science Policy MA and Pharmacology PhD programs at Duke University. She graduated in 2018 with a degree in biology from New York University Abu Dhabi and started her doctoral career upon graduation, joining the lab of Dr. Nikoleta Tsvetanova to focus on discovering novel regulators of G-protein coupled receptors, the most common target of clinically available drugs. She joined the MA program to focus on the legal and policy regimes surrounding research translation and commercialization in the life sciences. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Duke University Office of Translation and Commercialization.

Micaela Simeone

Micaela graduated with a BA in English and Digital & Computational Studies from Bowdoin College in 2022. As an undergraduate, she spent much of her time researching questions related to digital equity including rural broadband planning, digital and information literacy, and digital inclusion. She believes that digital equity and community development projects should be closely aligned, and her senior capstone project focused on exploring how local digital equity leaders in rural Maine can better drive community change. Her other research areas at Bowdoin included long-term AI discourse, bias in Natural Language Processing models, and the history of technology and computing. At Duke, she hopes to explore ethical policy interventions that could foster autonomy and effective citizenship in the digital world, and in particular, reduce the spread of misinformation, disinformation, and propaganda.

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Michelle Tran

Michelle received her B.A. in Global Studies and Political Science from California State University – San Marcos in 2020. While her undergraduate research focused on US foreign policy, her previous roles involved higher education development and nonprofit management. Michelle regularly engaged in legislative affairs pertaining to the California State University and San Diego County. Following her graduation, she worked in early seed startup acceleration and joined the US Army National Guard as a commissioned officer. Michelle is currently pursuing the MA in Bioethics and Science Policy program with design-driven interests in international legal systems and defense strategy.

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Meher Wadhawan

Meher is a graduate of UC Berkeley, where she pursued a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. Prior to Duke, Meher worked at Twitter’s Legal Policy Department, engaging with issues of free speech, censorship and data privacy in the Asian region. This position sparked Meher’s interest in the impact of technology on social and political relations. Ranging from platform governance to artificial intelligence to algorithmic bias, Meher is keen to learn about the various facets of technology ethics. She aspires to strengthen her skills of ethical analysis and knowledge of the tech policy field to develop technologies that not only enable, but intentionally create, a more equitable and just world.

Isabel Wakefield

Isabel is originally from England and graduated from undergrad at Duke with a major in psychology and minor in neuroscience. She is also a member of the track and field team having represented Duke and gaining first team all American honors at the NCAA championships last year. During her undergraduate time at Duke, she was particularity interested in the ethics behind drug development for essential medicines, taking several classes within this field. She was also involved in the Duke Medical Ethics Journal where she created a podcast  highlighting the importance of ethics within the world of science.

Victoria Wilson

Victoria is a University of Utah graduate, with dual degrees in Cognitive Psychology and in Health, Society & Policy. As an undergraduate, she was involved in scientific research in both specialties. Her work in memory cognition and visual search received a research award and full funding. Additionally, she spent time in Ghana examining the incidence of chronic pain in rural populations. This work highlighted the importance of developing policy that is evidence-based to be effective in a public health concern. Desiring to find a better way to bring scientific advancements to the public sphere, she pursued a career in health policy. Specializing in pain management, she worked for several years coordinating policy for the largest healthcare organization in the Mountain West. During this time, Victoria realized first-hand the difficulty in translating scientific advancements into public policy. Often, a fissure exists between the evidence and the implementation of solutions, which can negatively impact a diverse array of people. Her passion for using data-driven policy to create equitable advancements in healthcare led her to pursue an MA in Bioethics & Science Policy from Duke University. Upon graduating in 2022, Victoria joined GMMB, inc. as a Senior Account Executive of their Global Health team.

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