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.

Harry is a PhD student in Health Policy (Health Economics) at the Stanford School of Medicine. His research interests include pricing and market competition among hospitals, innovation and adoption of medical technologies, and wasted spending in the U.S. healthcare system. Harry earned a BS in Industrial Engineering from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and an MS in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University. During his master’s, he conducted research with the Clinical Excellence Research Center (CERC), Systems Utilization Research for Stanford Medicine (SURF), and Health Equity Advancement through Research and Technology (Heart Lab). He was also a Summer Fellow for the Market Oversight & Transparency team at the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission. During his undergrad, he gained experience in the medical device, hospital, and biotech industries through internships with Medtronic, Stanford Health Care, and Cepheid.

Nova Bradford, MSW is a current PhD student in Health Policy and a Knight-Hennessy Scholar. Nova earned a Bachelor of Arts with high distinction in Psychology and a Master of Social Work from the University of Minnesota. She aspires to reduce health disparities in marginalized communities by developing evidence-based guidance for health systems and policymakers. Nova previously worked as a researcher for the University of Minnesota Medical School where she studied the health outcomes of sexual and gender minority populations. After completing her master's degree, Nova worked as a psychotherapist for Rainbow Health, a non-profit human services agency in St. Paul, Minnesota. Nova's research has been published in numerous journals including Psychology of Sexual Orientation & Gender Diversity and Current Sexual Health Reports.

Eliza Ennis is a Health Policy PhD student in the Decision Sciences track and a Knight-Hennessy Scholar. Previously, she worked on global health strategy at Dalberg Global Development Advisors. There, she designed structures for health financing reform, supported U.S. policy response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and developed a quantitative model to evaluate iron deficiency reduction approaches in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. She graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor’s degree in social studies with a focus on international relations and the Modern Middle East and a secondary in Global health and health policy. She was awarded the Stanley H. Hoffman Undergraduate Research Fellowship and also established and led the Women’s Media Center research team in Washington, D.C. She aims to drive equitable health outcomes by scaling effective health system design.

James C. Dickerson, MD is a current oncology fellow at Stanford University, as well as a AHRQ health services research fellow. He is interested in understanding the extent of health disparities in cancer care, both in the United States and in low income countries. His prior research has focused on these domains, working on projects in Belize, Nigeria, and California. He received his B.A. from Vanderbilt University, and then returned home to receive his M.D. from the University of Mississippi. He completed his internal medicine residency at Stanford in 2021 and stayed at Stanford for his hematology/oncology fellowship.