Cooking for Busy Healthy People

Maya Adam, MD, has been a lecturer at Stanford University since 2009, where she creates online educational content for physicians, medical students, and the general public. She holds a BA in Human Biology from Stanford and completed her medical degree at the University of British Columbia in Canada. Before her academic career, Maya spent nearly ten years as a professional ballerina in Germany. At the Stanford School of Medicine, she leads the Digital MEdIC South Africa initiative, which focuses on international collaborative online health education. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Maya is passionate about cooking and writing; she authored Food Love Family: A Practical Guide to Child Nutrition. Her courses on Coursera include Child Nutrition and Cooking, Cooking for Busy Healthy People, and Health Across the Gender Spectrum, among others, aiming to promote healthy eating habits and improve public health awareness.