Ryan Sutherland is a fifth-year medical student at the Yale School of Medicine currently on a research year.
He is drawn to projects at the intersection of clinical medicine, public health, and global development, and actively conducts research on homelessness, substance use, maternal and child health, palliative care, and in Urology. As a scholar-activist, he is interested in leveraging his passion for social entrepreneurship, community mobilization and human-centered design to revolutionize healthcare delivery models and build more resilient communities.

Ryan is deeply passionate about global health and equity, serving as a board member of the Yale Alumni Service Corps, where he has collaborated with women entrepreneurs in Brazil to advance sustainable economic opportunities. He has also worked as a primary care provider with Medicine in Action, delivering medical care to under-resourced communities in rural Jamaica; and with Amazon Promise, providing healthcare to indigenous populations in the Upper Amazon basin in Peru.