Student Leaders

OMSW oversees the Student Wellness Leadership Team (SWLT), comprised of pre-clerkship and clerkship students who lead wellness programs for their peers. The team consists of several different committees, each focused on a different dimension of wellness (physical, emotional/spiritual, social, intellectual, professional). This group collaborates closely with the Stanford Medical Student Association Wellness Team, a group of students within the medical student governing body who also focus on promoting wellness. In 2014-2015, student wellness leaders have been instrumental in helping to plan OMSW’s major events and have also developed their own programs including reflection groups, a big sib program, and an advice guide for first-year students.

 

Mission & Vision

The Student Wellness Leadership Team (SWLT) are change agents within the School of Medicine, building a culture of holistic well‐being by developing initiatives that promote sense of belonging, student empowerment, and self-care. We empower medical students and the broader medical school community to reach their fullpotential and be bold in their commitment to self‐care and service to others.

 

Meet the SWLT

If you would like get involved, e-mail the relevant wellness leader!

Megan Roosen-Runge, President     

  • Megan (SMS IV) focuses on wellness initiatives for clerkship students.
  • E-mail: mroosen@stanford.edu
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Frank Yang, MOVE Committee Chair                     

  • Frank (SMS II) focuses on wellness initiatives related to physical wellness.
  • Frank Yang's CAP Profile
  • E-mail: ffyang@stanford.edu
  • Student Groups: Stanford Patient Partners, Student Wellness Leadership Team.
  • Research: Community-based research on care coordination for children with complex needs; AML interactions with bone microenvironment; and APC's role in colorectal cancer tumorigenesis.
  • Career Goals:  Yet unknown.
  • Favorite Strategies for Wellness: You need to make time to do things you love, so keep doing them no matter what.
  • Hobbies: Reading, cooking, pinot noir, climbing to the tops of things, and melodic, atmospheric, dance-oriented jams.
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Alissa Totman, EVOLVE Committee Chair                

  • Alissa (SMS II) focuses on wellness initatives related to professional wellness.
  • E-mail: totmana@stanford.edu
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Blake Zwerling, FEEL Committee Co-Chair

  • Blake (SMS II) focuses on wellness initatives related to emotional and spiritual wellness.
  • E-mail: blakegz@stanford.edu
  • Student Groups: Co-manager of Arbor Free Women's Clinic, Co-president of Medical Students for Choice (MSFC), the OB/GYN Student Interest Group, and the Jewish Medical Student Association (JMSA).
  • Research: Implemented an intimate partner violence (IPV) screening program at Ravenswood Family Health Center in East Palo Alto, CA.  
  • Career Goals: Blake would like to have a clinical practice focused on women's health combined with teaching.  
  • Strategies for Maintaining Wellness in Medical School: Taking advantage of the myriad of athletic classes offered at Stanford.  During Fall quarter Blake rowed with the varsity crew team. 
  • Hobbies: Knitting and board games.
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Julia Ransohoff, FEEL Committee Co-Chair

  • Julia (SMS II) focuses on wellness initatives related to emotional and spiritual wellness.
  • Julia Ransohoff's CAP Profile
  • E-mail:  ransohoff@stanford.edu
  • Education:  Graduated from Harvard College in 2012 with a B.A. in stem cell and regenerative biology.  
  • Research: Member of the Paul Khavari's laboratory, where she is studying the regulation of epithelial differentiation and its alteration in disease states.
  • Career Goals:  A career in academic medicine, combining interests research, clinical, teaching, and community involvement.
  • Strategies for Maintaining Wellness in Medical School:  Running, yoga, exploring the Bay Area, and spending time with friends and family.
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Victoria Boggiano, CONNECT Committee Chair

  • Victoria (SMS II) focuses on wellness initatives related to social wellness.
  • E-mail: vbogg@stanford.edu
  • Student Groups: Pacific Free Clinic, Primary Care Progress, Family Medicine Interest Group.
  • Research: Patient-centered care, homelessness in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
  • Career Goals:  Academic medicine, specifically family medicine with a research focus in medical anthropology.
  • Strategies for Maintaining Wellness in Medical School: Sleep and working with the trainers at the LK 4th floor gym.
  • Hobbies: Learning Vietnamese.
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Genna Braverman, THINK Committee Co-Chair 

  • Genna (SMS II) focuses on wellness initatives related to intellectual wellness.
  • E-mail: gennab@stanford.edu
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Alisha Tolani, THINK Committee Co-Chair