Student
Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis
Saint Louis, Missouri
AudreyStephannie Maghiro (she/her/hers) is an M.D. candidate at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, whose work spans rare/undiagnosed diseases, surgical ethics, and health equity. She graduated from Harvard College with a degree in Molecular & Cellular Biology and has since built an interdisciplinary career path that bridges medicine, research, and community engagement.
Before medical school, she served as a nonprofit campus missionary in rural Maryland and later worked as a research coordinator at the Undiagnosed Diseases Network at Harvard Medical School. In this role, she focused on bridging gaps between genomic research and underserved populations, particularly within Black communities. Her interest in the ethics of emerging technologies grew from this work, leading to research with Dr. Meghan Halley, PhD, at the Stanford Center for Bioethics, where she contributes to qualitative studies on the personal and social dimensions of genetic diagnosis.
At WashU, she holds an at-large position on the Health Equity and Anti-Racism Committee of the Medical Student Government, where she collaborates with faculty and administrators to advance equity-driven policies. Nationally, she is a member of the FDA Task Force with Doctors for America and recently joined the Association of Surgical Education's Ethics of Surgery Fellowship (ETHOS), where she is the only medical student among residents and surgeons.
Her broader vision is to integrate medicine, ethics, business, and real estate to create sustainable models for hospital and health system revitalization, particularly in communities facing disinvestment. Across each role, she seeks to bring together clinicians, researchers, and community members to ensure that healthcare innovation is both equitable and grounded in lived experience.
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Thursday, October 23, 2025
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Pacific Time
Beyond Utility: Rethinking the value of genetic diagnosis in pediatric rare disease
Thursday, October 23, 2025
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Pacific Time