Author: Fayzan Rab

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Emory University School of Medicine

Fayzan Rab is a first year medical student at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA class of 2024. In 2013 he graduated from Emory University with a Bachelor Arts in physics. Prior to attending medical school, Fayzan worked in technology in Silicon Valley creating products for those with psychiatric illnesses. After graduating from medical school, Fayzan would like to pursue a career that allows for a combination of clinical work with broader healthcare organizing and reform.




Voting is Healthy: A Voter Mobilization Campaign in Georgia Founded by Medical Students

Published by Fayzan Rab

As medical students at Emory, we spent our first six months building a firm conception of what it means to be healthy. It did not take long to appreciate how much of our patients’ health would be determined by their social context before they ever walk into our clinics and hospitals. The importance of adequate and healthy nutrition, safe housing and manageable stress is clearly linked to patient outcomes. We can see these issues on the ballot in every election. In this sense, voting is healthy.

Fayzan Rab Fayzan Rab (0 Posts)

Contributing Writer

Emory University School of Medicine

Fayzan Rab is a first year medical student at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA class of 2024. In 2013 he graduated from Emory University with a Bachelor Arts in physics. Prior to attending medical school, Fayzan worked in technology in Silicon Valley creating products for those with psychiatric illnesses. After graduating from medical school, Fayzan would like to pursue a career that allows for a combination of clinical work with broader healthcare organizing and reform.