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Scott is a medical student at Harvard Medical School and recent graduate of Brigham Young
University, where he studied public health and international development. He also plans to earn
a Master’s of Public Health during his training. Scott is passionate about global eye health. He
aspires to become an academic ophthalmologist who partners in research and clinical care with
colleagues in resource-limited settings.
Scott saw health inequity firsthand while living in Ghana for two years. Informed by these
experiences, he worked with a multi-national committee of the International Pediatric
Ophthalmology and Strabismus Council, where he led two studies related to infant blindness in
Africa and organized an online training platform for ophthalmologists and neonatologists within
the region. He has also volunteered with organizations working with low-income populations
within his own community. Scott enjoys co-leading Daybreak’s research efforts, which has
included publishing a multi-national study and mentoring students on various projects to
improve eye health delivery.
Scott loves spending time with his wife and son. He enjoys basketball, snowboarding, and fly
fishing.
Scott Herrod
Research Co-Coordinator