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Dr. Piya Sorcar is the Founder and CEO of TeachAIDS, an Adjunct Affiliate at Stanford’s School of Medicine, and a Lecturer in Stanford’s School of Education. She leads a team of global experts on medicine, public health, and education to develop software that solves numerous persistent problems in HIV prevention. In 2011, MIT Technology Review named her to its TR35 list of the top 35 innovators in the world under 35. Spring Quarter Only Designing Research-Based Interventions to Solve Global Health Challenges MERGING THEORY AND PRACTICE FOR MEASURABLE IMPACT Speakers Will Include: Heather Potters, CEO, PharmaJet Pavithra K. Mehta, Filmmaker & Author of Infinite Vision, Aravind Eye Care System S.V. Mahadevan, Director, Stanford Emergency Medicine International Doug Scott, Founder & Creative Director, Advocate Creative Scar & Jazzelle (from Botswana), Music Artist, East Africa Idol Judge & Radio Host Shuman Ghosemajumder, Former Head of Product for Trust & Safety, Google Leslie Zane, Director, The Tech Awards Instructor: Dr. Piya Sorcar EDUC 135/335 | AFRICAST 135/235 | MED 235 | HRP 235 | HUMBIO 26 Dr. Piya Sorcar | 3-4 Units | Tu/Th 4:30-5:50pm | 160-124

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Dr. Piya Sorcar is the Founder and CEO of TeachAIDS, an Adjunct Affiliate at Stanford’s School of Medicine, and a Lecturer in Stanford’s School of Education. She leads a team of global experts on medicine, public health, and education to develop software that solves numerous persistent problems in HIV prevention. In 2011, MIT Technology Review named her to its TR35 list of the top 35 innovators in the world under 35.

Spring Quarter Only

Designing Research-Based Interventions to Solve Global Health Challenges

MERGING THEORY AND PRACTICE FOR MEASURABLE IMPACTSpeakers Will Include: Heather Potters, CEO, PharmaJetPavithra K. Mehta, Filmmaker & Author of Infinite Vision, Aravind Eye Care SystemS.V. Mahadevan, Director, Stanford Emergency Medicine InternationalDoug Scott, Founder & Creative Director, Advocate CreativeScar & Jazzelle (from Botswana), Music Artist, East Africa Idol Judge & Radio HostShuman Ghosemajumder, Former Head of Product for Trust & Safety, GoogleLeslie Zane, Director, The Tech Awards

Instructor:Dr. Piya Sorcar

EDUC 135/335 | AFRICAST 135/235 | MED 235 | HRP 235 | HUMBIO 26Dr. Piya Sorcar | 3-4 Units | Tu/Th 4:30-5:50pm | 160-124