Professor Alison Marsden is the Douglass M. and Nola Leishman Professor of Cardiovascular Disease at Stanford University, holding positions in the departments of Pediatrics, Bioengineering, and Mechanical Engineering. She earned her bachelor's degree from Princeton University and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford, later becoming a faculty member at the University of California San Diego. Marsden's work centers on cardiovascular blood flow simulation, medical device design, and optimization in fluid mechanics, with a commitment to improving patient care in the cardiovascular domain.