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Ariadne Nichol
Social Science Research Professional 1, School of Medicine - Biomedical Ethics
Bio Ariadne Nichol is a researcher at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics. She earned her bachelors degree in Human Biology from Stanford University, where she graduated with Honors in Ethics in Society and was a Public Service Scholar. She has previously worked on global public health research ethics topics at Doctors Without Borders and at the World Health Organization (WHO). Her work has been published in the American Journal of Bioethics and PLOS One. Her areas of interest include ethical issues of biomedical research in vulnerable populations; ethical challenges associated with emerging infectious diseases; as well as ethical and social issues raised by application of big data and machine learning in health care and pharmacogenetics.
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Garrick Olson
Infrastructure and Architecture Lead, Technology & Digital Solutions
Current Role at Stanford Infrastructure and Architecture Lead for the Research IT team. We design, build, and operate a variety of software applications and infrastructure to support research and improve patient health outcomes here at Stanford and at other hospitals around the world. I enjoy partnering with our researchers and clinicians to help them apply information technology to solve meaningful problems. I also manage a team of software developers working on tracking health status and outcomes, mobile health, and cloud computing infrastructure.
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Rebecca Jane Osborne
Research Technical Manager 1, School of Medicine - General Clinical Research Center
Current Role at Stanford Interim Executive Director, Clinical and Translational Research Unit | Spectrum | Stanford Medicine
Interim Executive Director, Stanford Biobank | Stanford Medicine -
Partha Ray
Affiliate, School of Medicine - MDRP'S - Biodesign Program
Bio Assistant Director, Biodesign Faculty Fellowship, Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign.
Senior medical device executive with track record of developing & commercializing innovative medical products that currently benefit over 1 million patients annually. Global business leadership roles at RefleXion Medical, Johnson & Johnson, RCT Ventures and Medtronic. Experience in oncology, radiotherapy, surgery, interventional therapies, metabolics/diabetes and cardiovascular areas. Training in Biodesign, business administration and engineering. -
Richard Renn (Renn)
Continuous Improvement Manager, Technology & Digital Solutions
Current Role at Stanford As the Manager of Continuous Improvement for Stanford Medicine's IT Department, I work with 8 divisions (over 100 employees) to identify and facilitate process improvement and cultural shifts.
More specifically, my role:
- Introduces and facilitates the evolution of agile approaches to large, complex project initiatives in support of Stanford Medicine's strategic objectives.
- Ensures sequencing and dependencies are monitored and managed.
- Partners as a leader in the agile space with IRT directors and other stakeholders, while leading a team of Agile Program Managers to optimize the delivery of work and advancement of a continuous learning culture.
- Coaches developers, business analysts, product owners and IRT leadership in agile methods.
- Facilitates key group meetings to ensure effective meeting outcomes and decisions.
- Creates and tracks milestone-based agile program plans.
- Manages high-level issue resolution, risk mitigation, and resource conflicts, escalating to IRT steering committee as needed.
- Works in close collaboration with multiple agile teams, overseeing integration activities.
- Teaches, mentors, and coaches teams in agile principles and continuous learning.
- Drives alignment between stakeholder groups and coordinate any cross-functional dependencies.
- Facilitates measurement of program outcomes through analytics.
- Creates clear visibility into status and progress of overall IRT initiatives. -
Mijiza M. Sanchez-Guzman
Associate Dean, Office of Medical Student Affairs, SoM Office of Student Services
Current Role at Stanford As the leader of a team of professionals engaged in the provision of comprehensive student services Dr. Sanchez-Guzman is dedicated to proving leadership and direction for student programs ranging from orientation, advising, student wellness, learning strategies, financial aid to graduation as well as the transition to alumni status for both Medical and PhD students. In addition, Dr. Sanchez-Guzman is responsible for developing tools to measure the effectiveness of service delivery to all student groups, faculty, and staff. She has the distinct honor and privilege of managing a wonderful and amazing team within the Office of Medical Student Affairs and working with staff/ faculty partners and colleauges throughout Stanford University and nationwide.
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Donya Sarrafian
Stanford Student Employee, School of Medicine - Biomedical Ethics
Bio Donya Sarrafian is an undergraduate at Stanford University majoring in Biology. She's interested in exploring the intersection of law, health policy, and the biosciences. Donya is currently a research assistant at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics.
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Rachel Schwartz
Casual - Non-Exempt, SoM - Physician Wellness
Bio Rachel Schwartz received her BA in Linguistics from UCLA followed by a PhD in Communication Sciences and Disorders from McGill University. She completed postdoctoral fellowships in Delivery System Science (AcademyHealth, Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute), and Health Services Research & Development (VA Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford Center for Heath Policy / Primary Care & Outcomes Research). She has experience leading research in pediatrics (Lucile Packard Children?s Hospital), neurology (Palo Alto Medical Foundation), emergency medicine (Stanford) and primary care (Stanford and Palo Alto VA).
Her research interests center around systems-level interventions for improving provider wellness and medical education initiatives that provide physicians with tools for navigating psychosocial aspects of the clinical encounter.