Maya Ayoub, M.D., Ed.M.

Maya Ayoub, MD, EdM, is a fifth year Child Neurology Resident at UCLA. She studied neurobiology with a minor in global health and health policy at Harvard College for her undergraduate degree. Prior to joining the medical field, Maya worked as a Clinical Developmental Associate in an Intensive Outpatient Program for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities; from there, she focused her studies on the overlap between educational accommodations, neurodevelopment, and the healthcare system through a graduate degree at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She works closely with research advisor Dr. Rujuta Wilson, Director of Research at the Tarjan Center and PI of the Wilson Motor Lab; her research interests and work in medicine have focused on medical education innovations, deep phenotyping for neurodevelopmental disabilities, training around evidence-based behavior strategies for parents, and advocacy.