Candice Hwang

Candice Hwang is currently serving as a Resident Physician at Stanford Health Care since 2023 and holds the position of NIH Fogarty Global Health Fellow at the Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, where studies focus on changes in health-seeking behaviors among pregnant women living with HIV in South Africa post-implementation of the Option B+ policy. Previously, Candice worked as a Senior Program Associate and Program Associate at Results for Development, contributing to initiatives tracking nutrition spending in Ethiopia and supporting countries transitioning from GAVI support. Candice also completed an internship at the FDA, collaborating with Dr. Peter Lurie in the Office of Public Health Strategy and Analysis. Academic credentials include a Doctor of Medicine degree from Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine and a Bachelor of Arts in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology from Yale University.