Simar Bajaj

Simar Bajaj is an undergraduate student at Harvard University and a research fellow in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Stanford University. He is passionate about medical education and health equity, hosting That Medic Podcast, leading the World Pre-Health Conference, and directing policy for the American Lung Cancer Screening Initiative. Simar has previously written essays for The New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, Nature Medicine, British Medical Journal, and Tarbell.

Simar Bajaj's Posts

Perspective

Inside the Pig Heart Transplant and Ethical Dilemma That Followed

David Bennett died two months after having a pig heart transplanted into his body, leaving doctors more questions than answers about the future of this “groundbreaking” technology.

Policy•5 min read

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Topics

Sentient investigates and explains factory farms and their effect on climate, animals, health, politics and more.

Climate

Investigation

UN Green Climate Fund Investing in Factory Farming, Report Finds

Climate•6 min read

Food

Solutions

Slaughterhouse Workers Seek a ‘Brave New Life,’ but Challenges Remain

Food•9 min read

Health

Reported

Why Vegan Restaurants Going Un-Vegan Isn’t Necessarily a Long-Term Problem

Diet•5 min read

Policy

Explainer

Do Government Subsidies Make Meat Cheaper? Yes, but With Some Important Caveats

Meat Lobby•10 min read

Science