Meet our graduates: Mike van Ness (PhD '25)
October 7, 2025. Interviewed by Lindsey Akin. Audio edited for length and clarity.
Migration and Malleability
Mike shares his decision making process after learning that his existing PhD advisor was a new hire at Stanford, and discusses the applied research which helps provide the 'why' in health outcome predictions. (Spoiler alert: It was also one of the deciding factors for his cross-country move).
This episode of our podcast, Stanford MS&E: Stories & Voices, is part of our series, Graduating Student Profiles, that shares stories of our students as they prepare to launch their post-MS&E careers.
Note: The auto-generated transcript has been disabled for the embedded version of this episode on Spotify. A version with a verified transcript appears on our YouTube channel @msande.stanford