Yazan was born in New York, USA and raised in Amman, Jordan.

Yazan attended NYU Abu Dhabi with a scholarship studying Biology with minors in Public Health and Mathematics.  

At Cambridge University, Yazan pursued an MPhil in Public Health. Yazan is extremely passionate about Public Health, stating the opportunity to use knowledge to catalyse meaningful change in a local and international context. His passion comes from a deep interest in healthcare. Yazan would like the chance to make a change to the population’s health outcomes through research-based policies. Public Health is a necessary yet understudied field in Yazan’s region of the world.

“Public Health provides me with a platform to advocate for the health outcomes of vulnerable populations - advancing the literature in public health research and utilizing my time to be able to direct policy-makers and intervention policies is my way of addressing local and global challenges within my capacity.”

Yazan is a football enthusiast and played professionally during high school in the Jordanian first-division club, Al Ahli FC. During college, Yazan was an active member in his school's varsity team and participated in local and international tournaments. Lately, Yazan has been enjoying film-making and using media as a tool to transmit research knowledge, using media as a tool to make science accessible to everyone.

Studying at Cambridge, Yazan sees it is as the institute where world-leading research is conducted. Yazan has also lived in more than 5 countries within the past four years and hopes that living in Cambridge will not only add to his global experience but also allow him to flourish academically and personally.