Dr Rania Awaad M.D., is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Stanford University School of Medicine, where she is the Director of the Stanford Muslim Mental Health & Islamic Psychology Lab as well as Stanford University’s Affiliate Chaplain and Affiliate Professor of Islamic Studies.

In the community, she serves as the President and Co-Founder of Maristan.org, a holistic mental health non-profit serving Muslim communities, and the Director of The Rahmah Foundation, a non-profit organisation dedicated to educating Muslim women and girls.

In addition, she is an affiliate faculty of Islamic Psychology at Cambridge Muslim College and The Islamic Seminary of America. She is also a Senior Fellow for Yaqeen Institute and the Institute of Social Policy and Understanding.

Prior to studying medicine, she pursued classical Islamic studies in Damascus, Syria, and holds certifications in the Qur’an, Islamic Law, and other branches of the Islamic Sciences. Follow her on social media @Dr.RaniaAwaad.