Meghan Tieu
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Meghan Tieu graduated from Harvard College with an A.B. in Economics
and a Certificate in Health Policy in 2007. She is currently a second
year medical student at Stanford School of Medicine. Meghan joined
the SNAPL in summer 2008 and is involved in the working memory load
and pain study as well as a study looking at the analgesic effect of
I.V. Lidocaine.
Her broader research interests include understanding
the affective components of pain processing and the interaction
between physical manifestations of pain and emotional suffering. In
the future, Meghan is interested in learning more about the Buddhist
concept of Dukkha, which is often translated as "suffering" or "pain,"
and how mind-body treatments and theories of suffering might be
investigated through science. Outside of research and medicine,
Meghan enjoys jogging, playing tennis and piano, napping, and basking
in the amazing California sunshine.
