Human Biology - Bioethics of Neurobiology and Bioengineering
von Beattie Southby Goad
1. Extra-Curricular Experiences
1.1. Stanford Students for Housing Justice: increasing awareness about housing insecurity in the Bay Area
1.2. Creating a digital health app as part of Bility, the beginnings of a digital health startup
1.3. Conducting stem cell research at CSIRO
2. Interests
2.1. Bioethics
2.2. Social, cultural, political, economic factors that shape health
2.3. Differing views of health around the world
2.4. Engineering solutions to real world problems
3. Skills
3.1. Engineering
3.2. Problem Solving
3.3. Social Skills
3.4. ability to right policy briefs
3.5. ability to write up research grants
3.6. excellent pre-medical knowledge of health, physiology, cell biology, genetics, psychology and evolution
4. Courses
4.1. Science, Innovation and Law: entrepreneurship is more than just the idea, more than just the economic gain
4.2. Ethics of Bioengineering: has such great applications to the current world state of affairs
4.3. Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology: fundamentals of neurobioloy
4.4. Bioengineering Materials to Heal the Body: took freshman year, sparked interest in bioe
4.5. Humbio 4B: studying environmental and health policy
5. Capstone Workshops
5.1. Elective workshop conducted by a Stanford student athlete alumni who is now a physician
5.2. Elective workshop on the ethics of big pharma companies
5.3. Elective workshop on human consciousness and quantum theory
6. Top 3 Skills
6.1. Problem solving from both a scientific and social perspective
6.2. Scientific writing
6.3. Detailed scientific knowledge