We were honored to welcome Dr. Teng, a physician in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Mayo Clinic Rochester, as a guest speaker. With deep expertise in interstitial lung diseases and bronchiectasis, Dr. Teng shared valuable insights on research methodology and grant acquisition drawn from years of clinical and research excellence. His dedication to patient care and advancing pulmonary medicine made a lasting impact on our fellows and community.

At our symposium, Sarah Gurev, PhD student at MIT and researcher in the Debora Marks Lab at Harvard, led a virtual training session on an introductory R programming. With a background in machine learning, computational biology, and viral evolution, she brought a technical depth to the workshop. Her session equipped our fellows with the necessary skills in R, while also sparking curiosity about the broader applications of data science in health disparities research.

Our directors at the Health Disparities Think Tank put together a lovely dinner at Stanford for all of us to unwind and connect! Beyond professional collaboration, the evening created a space for personal connection, allowing HDTT’s fellows to build relationships outside of their day-to-day roles.