Dr. Adamson is a clinical professor of Neurosurgery at Stanford School of Medicine, Research Director for a national Veteran women’s center and Senior Scientist Rehabilitation Services at VA Palo Alto Healthcare system. She completed her undergraduate degrees in neurobiology and women studies at the University of California, Irvine. She completed her Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Southern California and a postdoctoral fellowship in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford School of Medicine. Soof Solutions Inc. was developed during her Faculty Innovation Fellowship at Stanford Byers Biodesign Program (2021). She also completed her Masters in Healthcare Leadership at Brown University School of Professional Studies in 2022.

Originally from Pakistan, Dr. Adamson is a trained neuroscientist, neuromodulation, and neuroimaging expert, whose research interests span traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease, depression, and pain. She’s a leader in healthcare innovation, entrepreneurship, and translational neuroscience and has over 20 years of research and healthcare leadership experience with Stanford School of Medicine, Brown University, Department of Defense, and Veterans Health Administration. She serves as a scientific advisor to several companies and mentors high school students to MD and Ph.D. colleagues along with entrepreneurs in the neuroscience space, especially minority women. With over a 100 publications, her research has won numerous awards and she is a frequent keynote or invited speaker on the international academic, entrepreneur and government healthcare conferences.