Pascal Geldsetzer

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Primary Care and Population Health)

Bio

Pascal Geldsetzer is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Primary Care and Population Health. He has been a study coordinator and postdoctoral research fellow with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Tanzania and Eswatini, completed the Young Professionals Program of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Namibia, and was a German National Merit Scholar.

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
Member, Maternal & Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

Faculty Fellow, Center for Innovation in Global Health, Stanford University (2020 - Present)
Faculty Affiliate, King Center for Global Development, Stanford University (2020 - Present)

Profesional Education

PhD, Harvard University (2018)
MPH, Harvard University (2012)
MD, University of Edinburgh (2011)

2020-21 Courses

Independent Studies
- Directed Reading in Medicine
  MED 299 (Spr)
- Graduate Research
  MED 399 (Spr)
- Undergraduate Research
  MED 199 (Spr)

Stanford Advisees

Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Benjamin Huynh
Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor
Ali Lenjani, Sumana Srivatsa

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