Donna Tran, MD, MPH, is a psychiatry resident at Stanford Health Care. She earned her MD from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and her MPH from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. During medical school, she served as the National President of APAMSA from 2021 to 2023. In 2024, she was appointed as the District 10 Representative on the Senior Citizens Commission of the City of San Jose and interned under U.S. Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-19). Previously, she worked as a health policy intern in the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) and presented to President Biden’s Advisory Commission for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander AANHPI (PAC-AANHPI/WHIAANHPI), advocating for public mental health. Her research focuses on health inequities, leadership, primary care, and advocacy. In her free time, Donna enjoys bouldering,
spending time with her French bulldog, and listening to TED Talks and podcasts.