About

I am Bulgarian and American, pursuing a career in academic pediatrics and clinical epidemiology, and love reading and writing.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in History, with Distinction, Stanford University, 2017

Bachelor of Science in Biology, Stanford University, 2017

MD/MPH Candidate, University of Michigan, 2023

Medical Ethics Path of Excellence

Diagnostics & Therapeutics Branch

MPH Program in Epidemiology

Honors & Awards

Michigan Ross Sanger Leadership Center Crisis Challenge Graduate Team Winner, 2023

Midwest Society for Pediatric Research William E. Segar Award for Outstanding Clinical Research by a Trainee, 2022

Alpha Omega Alpha, 2022

University of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation Summer Student Fellowship, 2022

Finalist of The Hopwood Graduate Fiction Award for "The Twins", 2022

Chamberlain Award for Creative Writing for "The Twins", 2022

Best Case Report Presentation, MIAAP Conference, for “N-Acetylcysteine for the Treatment of Trichotillomania", 2021

University of Michigan School of Public Health Dean’s Scholarship, 2021

University of Michigan Anatomical Donations Speaker, 2019

University of Michigan Medical School Merit Scholarship, 2018

ARVO “Hot Topic” Award for Poster Presentation, for “Recombinant Human Nerve Growth Factor Eye Drops for Glaucoma”, 2018

Stanford Alumni Class of 2017 Award of Excellence, 2017

Stanford Cap and Gown Women’s Honor Society Leadership Award, 2017

Stanford Haas Center Donald Kennedy Public Service Fellow, 2016

Stanford Chappell Lougee Fellow, History, 2015

Davidson Fellow in Science, 2013

Intel Science Talent Search Finalist, 2013

Intel International Science Fair, Third Place Plant Sciences Award, 2012