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