Simone Jacot
Bio
Simone Jacot is a senior at the University of Nevada, Reno, studying Nutritional Science with minors in Biochemistry and English Literature. She is following a pre-medical track with interests in pediatrics, global health, and the power of narrative to enrich the physician-patient relationship. Her love of medicine is rooted in and nourished by her abiding interest in the humanities.
Her work has included laboratory research on the ecology of physiological systems, anthropological fieldwork in Eastern Ecuador, and community-based health initiatives in rural Uganda. She is an alumna of the Summer Institute in Bioethics at Yale University and currently conducts research in global health ethics and medical humanities. Clinically, she works in pediatrics, hospice care, and community health. She is the Founder and President of the Hippocratic Society chapter at the University of Nevada, Reno.