Layan Ibrahim

Layan Ibrahim is a first-generation Ethiopian American born in Columbia, Maryland. She lived in Ethiopia and Kenya for ten years before attending Emory University. In 2020, Layan graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology from Emory. At Emory, Layan was a research assistant at the Department of Neurosurgery studying epilepsy and an undergraduate scholar in the Initiative for Maximizing Student Development program, which seeks to increase the diversity of the scientific workforce. Layan is a second-year master’s degree in Public Health student; David Satcher is a Public Health Scholar, and Charles E. Shepard Scholar on the Global Health track at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. At Vanderbilt, Layan is the MPH Class of 2023 Representative and Graduate Area Coordinator. Currently, Layan is working on her master’s thesis, which explores epilepsy knowledge and trust in providers for participants enrolled in the Bridging the Childhood Epilepsy Treatment Gap in Africa (BRIDGE) study in Northern Nigeria.