Maya Jaffe

Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology       

Maya Jaffe is from Irvine, California, and graduated with highest honors from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering and a minor in Computational Data Analysis. Throughout her undergraduate career, Jaffe spent time in the Haynes Lab researching synthetic biology approaches and epigenetic changes in triple negative breast cancer. She also dedicated three years to teaching as a TA, eventually becoming a head TA and leading a team of fellow instructors. Her interests extended to her involvement in cardiac device startups and her time competing as both an attorney and a witness on Georgia Tech’s nationally recognized Mock Trial team.

After graduation, Jaffe joined Moderna Therapeutics as an engineer in Operations Science and Technology, where she led investigations into deviations in manufacturing issues in pre-clinical DNA, RNA, and drug production. Outside of her role at Moderna, she volunteered in the NICU, an experience that sparked a love for caring for the smallest and most vulnerable patients and for supporting women in difficult moments.

Jaffe chose the EnMed program because she believes physicianeers are uniquely positioned to identify and address gaps in care that traditional medical training can overlook. She was drawn to EnMed’s curriculum, which allows her to build this dual expertise by pursuing rigorous engineering training alongside her medical education, all while training within the Texas Medical Center, the largest medical complex in the world. She hopes to use this combined skill set to design practical solutions for care in the greater Houston area and globally. For Jaffe, being a physician means more than recognizing a problem; it means having the tools and perspective to build something that fixes it.

In her free time, Jaffe enjoys playing soccer, singing, hiking new trails, traveling as often as she can, and petting every dog she happens to meet along the way.