Donna T.

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About Donna T.

Donna Tran, MD, MPH is a PGY-2 psychiatry resident at Stanford Health Care. She earned her MD and MPH at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, respectively. She received her Postbac Certificate from CSU East Bay and B.S. Neurobiology, B.A. Psychology from UC Davis. Previously, she interned with the US Senate HELP Committee (Health, Education, Labor and Pensions) and US Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19). She was given the U.S. Public Health Service 2023 Excellence in Public Health Award and awarded memberships to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (AOA), Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS), and Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health. Extracurricularly, she is a CIR SEIU Stanford Department Representative, Resident Representative of the Association for College Psychiatry (AFCP), and Past National President of the Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA). During medical school, Donna participated in the American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation Leadership Development Institute, American Psychiatric Association (APA) Minority Medical Student Mentorship, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Leadership Seminar (RISE), Medical Student Training in Aging Research (MSTAR) Program. For research, she focuses on AANHPI and women's health, public mental health, academia, leadership, primary/geriatric care. Donna enjoys bouldering and her French bulldog. She spoke at TEDxMSU "Meaning in Cancer" and featured on the Politically Asian! Podcast and AAMC My Story Matters series. LINKS -May 2024: Becoming Spartan MDs: Class of 2024 embarks on next chapter of medicine https://humanmedicine.msu.edu/news/2024-Becoming-Spartan-MDs-class-of-2024-embarks-on-next-chapter-of-medicine.html -June 2023: AAMC My Story Matters: Diversity Impacts Health Care -March 2023: President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Met with Health Equity Subcommittee, presented on youth mental health 01:29:40 & 01:33:00 & t=5362 -May 2022: Politically Asian! Podcast- How to Change Medical School feat. Donna Tran (APAMSA) -February 2022: Women in Medicine Student Leadership - A Presidents' Day Panel -March 2020: The Meaning in Cancer: Finding purpose towards the end of life | TEDxMSU