Maya Adam MD

Dr. Maya Adam is the Director of Health Media Innovation and a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Stanford School of Medicine. She creates video-based entertainment education on topics related to maternal-child health, nutrition, and disease prevention. She has designed and produced online educational content for the Stanford School of Medicine for use in their preclinical programs, continuing medical education programs, and global health promotion efforts. She is the creator of five massive open online courses and advisors for Stanford’s Digital Medical Education International Collaborative (Digital MEdIC) in South Africa. Adam is the principal investigator on two randomized controlled trials investigating the impact of digital global health education interventions on health-promoting behaviors. She is also a Faculty Fellow at the Center for Innovation in Global Health and the author of Food, Love, Family: A Practical Guide to Child Nutrition.