About Dr. Rania Awaad:
Dr. Rania Awaad M.D., is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Stanford University School of
Medicine where she is the Director of the Stanford Muslim Mental Health & Islamic Psychology Lab, Associate
Chief of the Division of Public Mental Health and Population Sciences, and Co-Chief of the Diversity and
Cultural Mental Health Section. On a community level, she is the Executive Director of the holistic mental
health nonprofit Maristan.org. In addition, she serves as the Director of The Rahmah Foundation, a
non-profit organization dedicated to educating Muslim women and girls, and as a Senior Fellow at Yaqeen
Institute and ISPU. She has previously served as the founding Clinical Director of the Khalil Center-San
Francisco as well as a Professor of Islamic Law at Zaytuna College. Prior to studying medicine, she pursued
classical Islamic studies in Damascus, Syria and holds certifications (ijaza) in Qur’an, Islamic Law and
other branches of the Islamic Sciences. Follow her @Dr.RaniaAwaad
