Samim Atmar was an Emergency Medicine Physician and AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the USAID Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance. He was born in Afghanistan and at a young age moved to Pakistan as a refugee and later immigrated to the United States as a teenager. He earned his B.A. in Spanish and B.S. in Biology at George Mason University. He went on to study medicine at Albert Einstein School of Medicine followed by residency in Emergency Medicine at Mt. Sinai St Luke’s-Roosevelt in NYC. He also participated in medical fieldwork in the Amazon of Peru and traveled to Ghana and Afghanistan as a resident to learn about pediatric illnesses in developing countries. His focus is on the interplay between health, climate change, and social justice. He is fluent in Spanish and Farsi (Dari). In his free time, Samim enjoys traveling, reading, and hiking with his dog.