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What does it take to go from a curious kid in Cameroon to a PhD candidate at Stanford, shaping the future of brain tech?
In this episode, I talk with Favour Nerrise, an electrical engineering PhD student at Stanford who’s using AI to tackle neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Favour shares how her early love for science—sparked by her mother in medicine and her father in engineering—grew into a passion for computer engineering, hackathons, and global health initiatives like Clean Africa.
From joining the National Society of Black Engineers in high school to interning at SAP and contributing to quantum sensing research, Favour’s story is full of curiosity, impact, and community. We also dive into the challenges of clinical AI research, the importance of meaningful relationships, and how she balanc ...
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StemWomen in STEMElectrical EngineeringNeuroscienceArtificial IntelligenceMust-ListenAIComputer EngineeringElectrical and Computer EngineeringElectrical and Computer Engineering MajorSTEM careersSTEM PodcastPhDQuantum SensingNational Society of Black EngineersNSBE