Medical Student
The Ohio State University
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Alexander Weiss is a third-year medical student at The Ohio State University College of Medicine with plans to pursue further training in child and adolescent psychiatry. He has a background in mental healthcare, working as a mental health assistant at Nationwide Children’s Hospital before matriculating to medical school. As founder of the student organization Talking is Medicine, Alexander is passionate about organizing events meant to introduce his classmates to psychotherapy, motivational interviewing, and mindfulness concepts. A former president for his college’s psychiatry student interest group, Alexander organized events meant to destigmatize mental health issues, with special attention paid to the extra barriers minority classmates faced in this regard. With over 3 years of research experience divided between The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Alexander has contributed to novel research with subjects ranging from social determinants of health to oncology, the latter for which he is published in the journal Neuro-Oncology. He has presented his work at numerous local and international forums including The American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy 19th Annual Meeting. More recently Alexander has been active in quality improvement work with Ohio State Harding Hospital geared towards improving measures of patient comprehension and satisfaction with respect to safety planning.
