SHI Fellows

Nora Al-Roub is a physician and a Yale MPH candidate (‘26) specializing in Chronic Disease Epidemiology. As a Sustainable Health Initiative Fellow, she is she is committed to bridging the traditional divide between medicine and public health by integrating clinical care, epidemiologic research, and health innovation. In this role, she brings her diverse experience to venture teams she mentors, helping build sustainable, long-lasting impact across healthcare and technology. Prior to Yale, Nora spent two years at Harvard Medical School/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center conducting research in cardiovascular outcomes. She worked on developing a novel registry to aid in post-marketing surveillance of cardiovascular devices and procedures. Her work further explored the intersection of AI and cardiovascular disease, including the validation of AI tools for the detection of heart failure. She was also part of the CTO registry team, engaging directly with patients to collect procedural data and study long-term clinical outcomes. Her research, has been published in several high-impact journals. Internationally, Nora served as a data analyst at the Dubai Health Authority, where she completed her clinical training. She has also participated in clinical volunteer work across Jordan, Türkiye, and the UAE, deepening her global perspective and commitment to health equity. Nora’s primary passion lies in democratizing science. During her time at yale, she has been dedicated to making high-quality evidence accessible to all by creating an AI tool that translates complex high-quality research articles into short videos. Her work explores how digital technologies can bridge gaps in health education, combat misinformation, and improve patient care. Nora is the founder of an AI-driven health communication platform, supported by funding and mentorship through the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale (Tsai CITY) and is currently piloting initial content and user engagement strategies. She also holds positions at the Clinical NLP Lab at the Yale School of Medicine, leads quality improvement projects in primary care at the HAVEN Free Clinic, and remains engaged in clinical patient care.

Nat (Pitchaya) Chairuengjitjaras is a Master’s student (’26) in Health Informatics at Yale and a Sustainable Health Initiative (SHI) Fellow. She is passionate about improving healthcare delivery and patient outcomes through informatics tools such as data analytics and large language models (LLMs), with a focus on low-resource settings and pediatric care. Before Yale, Nat worked as a primary care physician in Thailand and gained additional clinical exposure through rotations in the U.S. and Canada. Her firsthand experience with the challenges of delivering care in low-resource settings inspired her to join a health tech startup focused on validating and implementing a medical LLM to support clinical decision-making. There, she also collaborated on market research, pitched the product to healthcare and business leaders, and helped the team earn second runner-up in a startup competition. Her work contributed to improving access to timely care and specialist-level support in underserved areas. In parallel, Nat supported digital health research at the Center of Excellence in Hepatitis and Liver Cancer, Chulalongkorn University, where she helped expand telehealth services and develop a national e-registry and screening platform for hepatitis B and C. As an SHI Fellow, Nat is excited to mentor student teams, support global health ventures, and connect peers with Yale’s innovation resources. She currently works as a research assistant in the Pediatric Health Services & Implementation Research Lab and the Clinical NLP Lab at the Yale School of Medicine, and serves as clinical lead at the Laboratory of Intelligent Global Health & Humanitarian Response Technologies (LiGHT), facilitating partnerships with hospitals in Thailand. In her free time, she enjoys spinning, running, and perfecting her matcha latte.