TEDMED's
Research Scholars
TEDMED relies on a carefully selected group of passionate, objective experts from across the biomedical, public health, and emerging technology spectrums, including faculty, post docs, graduate students, health policy experts, medical students, public health professionals, and science journalists. These experts help assess the credibility of the science upon which TEDMED's editorial priorities are based.
Additionally, we’re excited to try something new with TEDMED's 2018 Research Scholar Program. We’ve partnered with Massive, a digital science media publication that brings together scientists and the science-curious public, and tapped into their pool of first-rate researchers to help us evaluate this year’s nominations. The TEDMED-Massive Scholars are members of this year's Research Scholar Program, and they are denoted by an asterisk in the list below.
Akash Chandawarkar, MD
Plastic Surgery, Medical Technology Innovation
*Anastasia Gorelova,
PhD Candidate
Molecular Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Biology
Anna Pimenova, PhD Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration
*Aparna Shah, PhD Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Psychiatric Disorders
Beth Ann Swan, PhD,
CRNP, FAAN
Healthy Communities, Health Care Delivery
Beth Taylor Mack, PhD
Health and Wellness Innovation
Boluwaji Ogunyemi, MD
Epidemiology, Dermatology, Medical Humanities, Health Advocacy
Bryon Petersen, PhD
Bioengineering, Stem Cell Biology
Camilla Engblom, PhD
Cancer Immunology
Christina Schweitzer, MPhil (Cantab), BSc, MD student
Medical Education
*Dan Samorodnitsky, PhD
Molecular Biology
Daniel Bu, BA, MD/MSCR Canadidate
Health Care Delivery, Science and Technology
Danny Jomaa, MSc Candidate
Cancer Biology, Neuroscience
Diana Chen, MA, MD/MBA Candidate
Global Health, Healthcare Delivery, Marketing
Dilip Thomas, PhD
Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine
Elisa L Priest, DrPH
Healthcare Quality, Epidemiology, Population Health
Elizabeth Rochin, PhD, RN, NE-BC
Maternal Health, Population Health, Patient Engagement
Emal Lesha, MD Candidate
Bioengineering, Biotechnology, Health Care
Emilie Grasset, PhD
Immunology
*Gabriela Serrato Marks, PhD Candidate
Climate Change, Science Communication
Gyan Kapur
Healthcare Technology, Genomics
*Irene Park, MS
Genetics, Science Communication
Jeffrey L. Blackman, MBA
Corporate Innovation, Entrepreneurship
Jennifer Olsen, DrPH
Public Health, Data Utilization
*Josh Peters, PhD Candidate
Quantitative Biology, Genomics, Infectious Disease
Joshua Brown, PharmD, PhD
Health Economics and Outcomes Research
Kaylynn Purdy, H. BHSc., MD Candidate
Medical Education, Health Advocacy, Neuroscience
Kelly Jamieson Thomas, PhD
Cancer Prevention, Wellness Education
*Laetitia Meyrueix, PhD Candidate
Nutrition, Epigenetics, Public Health
Maria Papageorgiou, MSc, MBA
Market Access, HTA, Health Economics, Marketing
Meg Barron, MBA
Digital Health, Healthcare Innovation
*Melanie Silvis, PhD Candidate
Microbiology, Genetics, Genome Engineering, Antibiotic Discovery
Nicole Stone, PhD
Cardiac Reprogramming, Epigenomics
Paul Lindberg, JD
Public Health, Healthy Communities
Pierre Elias, MD
Cardiology, Data Science
Pramod Pinnamaneni, MD
Oncology, Healthcare Innovation, Cost and Utilization
Raja R Narayan, MD MPH
General Surgery, Medical Device Innovation
Regina Wysocki, MS, RN-BC
Nursing Informatics, Healthcare Information Technology
Shaahin Dadjoo, DMD Candidate
Dental Medicine, Craniofacial Development, Mindfulness
Steven Randazzo
Open Innovation, User-Centered Design
Tabitha Moses, MS
Bioethics, Medicine, Neuroscience, Public Health
Tanmay Gokhale, MD PhD Candidate
Biomedical Engineering, Computational Modeling,
Cardiology, Entrepreneurship
*Yewande Pearse, PhD
Neuroscience, Gene Therapy, Stem Cell Therapy
Zuber Memon
Affordable Healthcare Technologies, Open Innovation
*TEDMED-Massive Scholar