Director at Stanford Health Communication Initiative; Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Stanford University

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Seema Yasmin Biography

Seema Yasmin is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, medical doctor, professor and the author of five books and three forthcoming books. She is director of the Stanford Health Communication Initiative, clinical assistant professor in Stanford University’s Department of Medicine, and visiting professor at the Anderson School of Management at UCLA where she teaches crisis management and communications. She is a popular keynote speaker and has been invited to speak at the Vatican, White House, Aspen Ideas Festival, and Skoll World Forum.

Dr. Yasmin was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in breaking news in 2017 with a team from The Dallas Morning News for coverage of a mass shooting. She is the recipient of two awards from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Her reporting appears in Rolling Stone, The New York Times, WIRED, Scientific American, and other outlets. She is a medical analyst for CNN and a correspondent for Conde Nast Entertainment.

Dr. Yasmin is a fiction fellow of the Kundiman and Tin House writing workshops. Her poems and short stories have been published in literary magazines and anthologies including "The BreakBeat Poets Vol 3: Halal If You Hear Me," "New Moons: Contemporary Writing by North American Muslims," The Georgia Review, The Literary Review, Foundry, The Los Angeles Review, The Asian American Writer’s Workshop, Apogee and others. Her writing has earned awards and residencies from the Millay Colony for the Arts, the Mid Atlantic Arts Council, Hedgebrook, and others.

After training in medicine at the University of Cambridge, she served as an officer in the Epidemic Intelligence Service at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where she investigated outbreaks in prisons, hospitals, reservations and other settings; principal investigator for a number of epidemiologic studies; and deployed as strategic advisor to foreign ministries of health. She trained in journalism at the University of Toronto and worked as a staff writer at The Dallas Morning News covering Ebola’s arrival in Texas.

Her scholarly work focuses on the spread of health misinformation and disinformation, the growth of medical and news deserts, and the impact on public health. She teaches creative nonfiction including health and science journalism, global health storytelling, practicing medicine with empathy and compassion, and advanced clinical communication skills.

Dr. Yasmin's unique combination of expertise in epidemics, science communication and journalism has been called upon by the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, the Aspen Ideas Festival and the Skoll World Forum.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 07/13/2025.

Seema Yasmin Speaking Topics

  • The Future of Business

    • The impact of Covid-19 on the future of tech, medicine and business.
    • How work, travel and leisure could change post-pandemic.

  • Imperfect Leaders: You Don't Have to Be Perfect to Make a Difference

    Live a life of consequence, be the person that does the most good, but know that you can be your imperfect self and still be a hero.



    When Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by pro-Russian rebels in July 2014, the world wondered if a cure for HIV had fallen from the sky and disappeared among the burning debris. Seated in the plane’s business-class cabin was Joseph Lange, better known as Joep, a shrewd Dutch doctor who had revolutionized the world of HIV and AIDS and was working on a cure.



    Dr. Lange graduated from medical school in 1981, right as a new plague swept across the globe. His story became intertwined with the story of HIV. At once a physician, scientist, AIDS activist, and medical diplomat, Lange studied ways to battle HIV and prevent its spread from mother to child. Fighting the injustices of poverty, Lange advocated for better access to health care for the poor and the vulnerable. He championed the drug cocktail that finally helped rein in the disease and was a vocal proponent of prophylactic treatment for those most at risk of contracting HIV. But he was far from perfect. 



    This talk will show leaders of organizations that as long as they get off their imperfect butts and work their imperfect skills and try their imperfect hardest, they can and will make a difference.

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Seema Yasmin Videos

Seema Yasmin - Center for Inquiry

Seema Yasmin - Center for Inquiry

Viral BS: Medical Myths and Why We Fall for Them

Seema Yasmin - WIRED

Seema Yasmin - WIRED

Doctor Debunks Medical Myths

Seema Yasmin | TEDxOakLawn

Seema Yasmin | TEDxOakLawn

Imperfect Heroes

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Seema Yasmin is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as The Future of Business, Imperfect Leaders: You Don't Have to Be Perfect to Make a Difference, Advance Your Leadership Skills: Get Smart, Stay Calm, Tell Me a Bedtime... Fact? Compel to Propel: Create Captivating Communication Through Storytelling and Advanced Journalistic Reporting and Writing for Health and Science Journalism. The estimated speaking fee range to book Seema Yasmin for your event is $30,000 - $50,000. Seema Yasmin generally travels from Los Angeles, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Elizabeth Nabel, Maria Bartiromo, Stephanie Lheureux, Dr. Lloyd Minor and Jonathan LaPook. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Seema Yasmin for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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