Dr. Piya Sorcar

Biography

Piya Sorcar is the founder and CEO of TeachAids and an Adjunct Professor at Stanford’s School of Medicine, as well as an Adjunct Lecturer at the Graduate School of Education. She leads a team of experts in medicine, public health, and education to tackle pressing public health challenges. TeachAids is an award-winning nonprofit that develops innovative software addressing critical issues in health education globally, including HIV/AIDS, concussion, and COVID-19. Sorcar has pioneered the development of educational tools in infectious disease, with TeachAids' HIV education software utilized in 82 countries. In collaboration with the Olympic Committee, TeachAids launched the CrashCourse concussion education product suite, which features research-based resources available in both standard video and virtual reality formats. Additionally, the CoviDB initiative offers a community-edited platform to organize COVID-19 related resources for free public access. Sorcar holds a Ph.D. in Learning Sciences and Technology Design and an M.A. in Education from Stanford University, and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Colorado at Boulder with degrees in Economics, Journalism, and Information Systems. She has been an invited speaker at prestigious universities like Columbia, Johns Hopkins, Tsinghua, and Yale, and has chaired the Education Advisory Council for USA Football. MIT Technology Review recognized her as part of the TR35 list of top innovators, and she is a recipient of Stanford’s Alumni Excellence in Education Award.

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