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2015 SIGF Fellows

The Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship (SIGF) is a competitive University-wide program that awards three-year fellowships to outstanding doctoral students engaged in interdisciplinary research.

Jeff Sheng

Jeff Sheng

Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellow (Anonymous Donor), Sociology

How can social scientists use photography, video, and other visual/artistic practices alongside traditional research methods to better understand the communities and individuals we study? As a sociologist, artist, and visual ethnographer, I...

Sean Sketch

Sean Michael Sketch

Pfeiffer Research Foundation Fellow, SIGF affiliated with the Stanford Neurosciences Institute, Mechanical Engineering

Stroke is the main cause of adult disability; 80% of survivors sustain motor (movement) deficits that interfere with activities of daily living. There exists no proven therapeutic strategy for motor recovery of the upper extremity following...

Johanna Sweere

Johanna Sweere

Lubert Stryer Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellow, Bio-X SIGF, Immunology

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a major human pathogen and an important cause of morbidity and mortality in wound infections. With the increasing prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains, new treatment strategies are required. ...

Emily Rong Zhang

Enlight Foundation Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellow, Political Science

My research evaluates judicial remedies that district court judges ordered in desegregating schools after Brown v. Board of Education. After the Supreme Court declared segregation unconstitutional, district court judges were faced with the...

Bonnie Danqing Zhu

Bonnie Danqing Zhu

Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellow (Anonymous Donor), Bio-X SIGF, Bioengineering

Osteoarthritis represents one of the most common joint degenerative diseases in the western world, affecting ~ 50% of the population above the age of 65. Cartilage is an avascular tissue characterized with zonal organizations, which play an...

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