Odette Harris is a Professor of Neurosurgery at Stanford University School of Medicine, Vice Chair, Diversity and Director of Brain Injury, Deputy Chief of Staff, Rehabilitation at the VA Palo Alto, and Principal Investigator of the Defense Veterans and Brain Injury Center.

Dr. Harris majored in Biology at Dartmouth and received her MD degree from Stanford University School of Medicine where she also completed her Residency. She earned a Master of Public Health, Epidemiology from the University of California, Berkeley.

Dr. Harris has won numerous academic, research, and humanitarian awards. Most recently, she was recognized in 2019 by Forbes and Ebony Magazine Power 100 List Award as one of the 100 most influential African Americans and received the National Medical Fellowships (NMF) Award for Excellence in Academic Medicine. She was appointed a Fellow of the Aspen Global Leadership Network in 2018.

She will talk about her journey as a doctor and what her day-to-day as a neurosurgeon looks like, before leading youth in a hands-on interactive activity.