RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE PREVENTION
Postdoctoral Fellows
Current and recent Fellows provide an idea of the breadth of Fellows’ experience and the positions taken after completion of the fellowship.
Former Fellows
Start Year
Fellow, Last Known Position
2023/2024
Michael Royer, PhD
Sneha Jain, PhD
Astrid Zamora, PhD
Molly Bowdring, PhD
Corey Rovzar, PhD
Cate Ward, PhD
2022/2023
Astrid Zamora, PhD
Molly Bowdring, PhD
Corey Rovzar, PhD
Cate Ward, PhD
2021
None
2020
Shawna Follis, Dale Maglalang, Matt Landry
2019
Anthony, Crimarco, Ilana Raskind, Andrea Mendoza-Vasconez
2018
Priya Fielding-Singh, Patricia Espinosa, Kathlee Gali, Shelley Patel
2017
Eric Leas, Sparkle Springfield
2016
Rebecca Drieling, PhD, Affiliate, NCI Biobehavioral Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Fred Hutch, Seattle, WA
2015
Ben Chrisinger, Eric J. Daza, John Trepanowski, Rebecca Drieling
2014
Deepika Laddu, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
2013
Catherine Brown-Johnson, PhD, Research Scientist, Evaluation Sciences Unit, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Jennifer Hartle, DrPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Sciences and Recreation, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Ashley Sanders-Jackson, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Advertising and Public Relations in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Justin White, PhD, Assistant Professor of Health Economics, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco
2012
Jorge Banda, PhD, Assistant Professor, Health and Kinesiology, College of Health and Human Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Chirag J Patel, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Kelly Young-Wolff , PhD, Research Scientist, Division of Research, Drug and Alcohol Research Team, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA
2011
Lauren Grieco, PhD, Principal Scientist, Nokia Technologies
Juliann Saquib, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Qassim University, School of Medicine, Saudi Arabia
Jylana Sheats, PhD, Assistant Professor of Nutrition, Department of Global Community Health & Behavioral Sciences, Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Sandra Winter, PhD, Social Science Research Scholar; Director, Wellness Living Laboratory, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
2010
Arianna McClain, PhD, Director of Insights, DoorDash, San Francisco, CA
Sarah Ramirez, PhD, Lecturer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Executive Director, Tulare County Food Bank
Mary Rosenberger, PhD, Social Science Research Associate, Stanford Center on Longevity
Alicia Salvatore, PhD, Assistant Professor, Occupational Health and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City
Abu Nazmus Saquib, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Sulaiman AlRajhi College, School of Medicine, Saudi Arabia
2008
Dipanjan Banerjee, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
Matthew Buman, PhD, Associate Professor, Exercise and Health Promotion, School of Nutrition and Health Promotion, Arizona State University, Phoenix
Erik Hekler, PhD, Associate Professor, Nutrition, School of Nutrition and Health Promotion, Arizona State University, Phoenix
2007
Kathleen Carrie Armel, PhD, Research Associate, Precourt Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Susan (Moore) Brown, PhD, Staff Scientist II, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA
Valarie Jernigan, PhD, Assistant Professor, College of Public Health, Assoc. Member, Stephenson Cancer Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Tulsa, OK
Marina Martin, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, General Medical Disciplines/Geriatrics, Co-Director, Pacific Free Clinic, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
Farshad Marvasti, MD, Adjunct Faculty Member & Educator 4 Care Associate, Stanford University School of Medicine; Founder and Owner, Marvasti Medical Services, PLLC
Stacy Sims, PhD, Stacy Sims, PhD, Senior Research Fellow, University of Waikato, New Zealand
Sharon Toker, PhD, Assistant Professor, Head of Organizational Behavior Program, Tel Aviv University, Israel'
Sandra Tsai, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - General Medical Disciplines/ Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
Matthew Wheeler, MD, PhD, Instructor, Cardiovascular Medicine/Dept of Medicine, Executive Director, Center for Undiagnosed Diseases, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
2006
Steffani Bailey, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Andrea Bersamin, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biology Department and Center for Alaska Native Health Research; Nutrition and Physical Activity Core Director, Center for Alaska Native Health Research, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Vani Henderson, PhD, Quantitative Marketing Manager, Google, Mountain View, CA
2005
Byron S Kennedy, MD, PhD, MPH, Physician in Preventive Medicine and Public Health; Commissioner of Public Health, Monroe County, NY
Ruth Taylor-Piliae, RN, CNS, MN, PhD, Associate Professor, BioBehavioral Health Science Division, College of Nursing, University of Arizona, Tucson
Jennifer Tremmel, MD, SM, Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine; Director, Secondary Prevention Program; Clinical Director, Women’s Heart Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto CA
2004
Sofiya Alhassan, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Mass. Amherst
Leslee Throckmorton-Belzer, PhD, Pediatric Psychology Services, Licensed Pediatric Psychologist in Private Practice, Los Altos, CA
Natara Garovoy, PhD, MPH, Program Director, Women’s Counseling Center, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System
Cooker Storm (Perkins), PhD, Associate Professor, Sports Medicine, Pepperdine University, Malibu
2003
John R Sirard, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Commonwealth Honors College, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Tirzah Spencer, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Nutritional Epidemiology, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina
Jodi Stookey, PhD, Private Research Consultant, San Francisco, CA
2002
Adam Hersh, MD, PhD, MS Medical Resident – Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco
Shannon Quinlan Hurtz, PhD, Part-Time Faculty, California State University-Sacramento
Alexandre Kiazand, MD, Associate Medical Director, Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals.
Alison Rigby, PhD, MPH, Clinical Research Coordinator, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University Medical Center
Niraj Sehgal, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Guido Urizar, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, California State University-Long Beach
2001
Ying-Chih Chuang, Graduate Institute of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
Suzanne Drungle Danhauer, PhD, Assistant Professor & Associate Director, Psychosocial Oncology & Cancer Patient Support Program, Wake Forest University Health Science, Winston-Salem, NC
Jennifer Goldberg, Psychology Research Consultant, Coral Gables, FL
Brian Oliveira, PhD Faculty, University of Santa Clara, CA
2000
Glenn S. Brassington, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology, Sonoma State University; Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Raul Calderon, Jr., PhD, Project Director/The Family Project, Prevention Research Center, Psychology Dept., Arizona State University
Mercedes R. Carnethon, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, The Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Latha Palaniappan, MD, MS, Assistant Investigator-Health Care and Policy Research, Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA; Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Leslie Smithline Kinder, PhD, Co-Implementation Research Coordinator, IHD QUERI, Seattle, WA
1999
Michael Antecol, PhD, Vice President, Pollara, Inc. (Public Opinion and Market Research Firm)
Carla V. Corral, PhD, Counseling Psychologist, Counseling and Career Services, University of California, Santa Barbara
B. Sophia Ford, PhD, Fellow in Urology/Andrology, University of Illinois, Chicago; Current Postion Unknown
Ruben E. Perczek, PhD, Director at the Perczek Leadership Institute, Hallandale, FL
1998
Audie A. Atienza, PhD, Health Science Administrator, Behavioral Research Program/DCCPS, National Cancer Institute
Rakale Collins, PhD, Assistant Professor of Social Epidemiology, Morehouse School of Medicine
Catherine Cubbin, PhD, Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Rebecca E. Lee, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine
Frederic Luskin, PhD, Associate Professor; Institute of Transpersonal Psychology; Project Director, Stanford Forgiveness Project
1997
John A. Astin, PhD, Research Scientist, California Pacific Medical Center; Adjunct Professor, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology; Lecturer, Santa Clara University
Joseph Carlson, PhD, RD, Associate Professor, Division of Sports Medicine, Michigan State University School of Medicine, East Lansing, MI
Cynthia M. Castro, PhD, Research Associate, SPRC, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Donna Matheson, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, SPRC, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Elizabeth Wrone, PhD, Nephrologist, Diablo Nephrology Medical Group, Berkeley, CA
1996
Dina Borzekowski, EdD, Assistant Professor, Program Director, Health Communication Track, Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Karen Jacowitz, PhD, Consultant, Moorehead, MN
Sonja Myhre, PhD, Consultant, Mountain View, CA
Julie Peltz, MD, Clinical Physician, Department of Sports Medicine and Occupational Medicine, Kaiser Permanente, Redwood City, CA
Sara Wilcox, PhD, Associate Professor, University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health, Department of Exercise Science; Adjunct Associate Professor, University of South Carolina, Department of Psychology
1994
Wayne Phillips, PhD, Assistant Professor, Exercise Science and Physical Education Department, Arizona State University
1993
Rebecca Duran-Guarino, MD, Internal Medicine Physician, South Valley Multispecialty Group, San Jose, CA
Christopher Gardner, PhD, Associate Professor, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Michaela Kiernan, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University , Stanford, CA
Kurt M. Ribisl, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sarah Wild, PhD, Senior lecturer in Epidemiology and Public Health, Public Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, U.K.
Daniel Williams, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of Utah
1992
Roy F. Oman, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Peter Orton, PhD, Director, Harvard Business School Publishing, Boston, MA
Caroline Schooler, PhD, Vice President, Director of Research and Development, Foote, Cone & Belding Healthworks, New York, NY
1991
Douglas Levine, PhD, Assistant Professor, Family Practice Physician, Camino Medical Group, Sunnyvale, CA
Roberta K. Oka, D.N.Sc., Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health
Systems, UC San Francisco
Thomas G. Quinn, MD, Private Practice, Comprehensive Adult Risk Evaluation (CARE), Oakland, CA
Deborah Young, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology, College of Health and Human Performance, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
1990
Erica Frank, MD, MPH, Professor and Canada Research Chair, University of British Columbia Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, and Department of Family Practice