Zaid Al-Shoha

As Co-Founder & Executive Director of Voices of Equity, Zaid Al-Shoha leads a national, student-led movement working to address disparities in healthcare access and outcomes. He is responsible for the organization's strategic direction, building collaborative partnerships, and developing community-centered solutions that reach students and communities nationwide. Through this work, he strives to bridge gaps in access to quality care, inspire future healthcare leaders, and develop scalable approaches to inequity within the medical field. Zaid is a recipient of the Arab America Foundation's 30 Under 30.

Zaid is an undergraduate at Cornell University studying Biological Sciences on the premedical track, with aspirations in academic medicine. At Cornell, he leads a health equity research team investigating frameworks for undergraduate-led community health work. He also conducts cardiac surgery outcomes research at Yale School of Medicine, neuroregeneration research in the Lin Lab, and translational cancer research at the National Institutes of Health. He is interested in advancing public health through academic medicine by developing innovative, scalable approaches to improving health outcomes in underserved communities.