Seema Yasmin — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Author of 10 books, including a poetry collection, novel, short story collection, a picture book, and young adult literature.
Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine since 2019.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Crisis Management at UCLA Anderson School of Management since 2020.
Director of Research and Education at the Stanford Health Communication Initiative.
Served as a "disease detective" in the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service, investigating outbreaks.
Former staff writer for The Dallas Morning News and medical analyst for CNN and NBC5.
Trained as a physician and worked as a doctor in London's National Health Service.

Biography

Seema Yasmin is a British-American physician, writer, and science communicator. Born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, and raised in London, she trained in biochemistry at Queen Mary University of London and completed a graduate program in medicine at the University of Cambridge. She began her medical career in the National Health Service in London before moving to the United States in 2010.