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Hi, I'm Simar — a writer focused on stigmatized diseases, health policy, & artificial intelligence that  is helping shape patients' lives

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Simar Bajaj is a medical student at Stanford on the Knight-Hennessy Scholarship. He is a former New York Times reporter and an award-winning journalist, driven by a belief that writing is a form of civic engagement. Simar has been named Forbes 30 Under 30 and the top early-career journalist by the National Academies of Science.

Writing Published in

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Writing Awards From

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