Alexa is a postdoctoral scholar at the SPRC, mentored by Drs. Shoa Clarke and Tim Assimes. She earned her undergraduate degree in nutrition from Texas A&M University, followed by a Master of Science and Dietetic Internship at the University of Florida. In 2024, she completed her PhD in Nutrition at Cornell University, with minors in computational biology and biochemistry, where she conducted a precision nutrition study on the genetics of iron homeostasis. Her research explores the intersection of diet, genomics and epigenomics in cardiometabolic disease prevention, focusing on why individuals respond differently to various environmental exposures.

Andrea is a postdoctoral fellow at SPRC. She completed her doctorate in Nutritional Sciences at University of Florida in partnership with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Her research focuses on dietary and culinary interventions. Andrea received her Bachelor of Science degrees in Nutrition and in Kinesiology at Texas A&M University. During this time, she worked on multiple nutrition protocols through two fellowships at the NIH Clinical Center and National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. She received her culinary training through Rouxbe Cooking School and completed dietetic training through The Ohio State University.

Sarah Tanveer is a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS), working with Drs. John Ioannidis and Steven Goodman. She holds a PhD in Pharmaceutical Health Services Research from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and a Master’s in Public Health Biology from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her primary research focuses on drug safety. She is also interested in pharmaceutical policy, pharmacoepidemiology, pharmacovigilance, causal inference, and evidence synthesis methods to assess the safety of clinical interventions.

Nora Satybaldiyeva, PhD, MPH, is a postdoctoral fellow at the Stanford Prevention Research Center. She earned a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University, an MPH in Epidemiology from San Diego State University, and a BS in Biology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). More broadly, her research interests include tobacco, cannabis, and emerging psychoactive substance use among priority populations (e.g., youth). Her current work examines the impact of state-level policies on tobacco and cannabis use among young adults.