Victoria Ward

Victoria is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford University’s School of Medicine, with a research focus in pediatric global health. She serves as Medical Director for Stanford’s Digital Medic, focusing on building effective digital health education.

She additionally is the Director of Global Child Health for the Global Center for Gender Equality at Stanford, focusing on clinical research for premature birth and maternal child health programs in Africa and Asia.  

Victoria has extensive experience in the issue of human trafficking, having implemented large-scale awareness and prevention programs, and currently serves as the Chair of the Board for the non-profit organization, Made in a Free World, and as a key faculty member for the Stanford Human Trafficking Data Lab. Clinically, she works as a pediatric hospitalist for Stanford’s Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital.