Current Postdoctoral Fellows
Molly Bowdring, PhD
MOLLY BOWDRING, PhD, is a clinical scholar in the Stanford University School of Medicine. She is a postdoctoral researcher in the Stanford Prevention Research Center NHLBI-funded T32 program, working under the mentorship of Dr. Jodi Prochaska. Dr. Bowdring earned a BS in psychology from Virginia Tech and a PhD in the joint Clinical and Biological Health Psychology Program from the University of Pittsburgh. She completed a postdoctoral clinical fellowship at Stanford University in 2021 and continues to practice one day per week as a licensed clinical psychologist in Stanford Medicine's Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. Her research centers on elucidating factors that contribute to initiation, maintenance, and exacerbation of substance use, and identifying approaches to mitigate risky use. She is currently interested in clarifying the relation between non-alcoholic beverage use (e.g., non-alcoholic beers/wines/liquor) and alcohol use.
Corey Rovzar, PhD, DPT
COREY ROVZAR, PhD, DPT, is a postdoctoral fellow at the Stanford Prevention Research Center in the School of Medicine. She holds a PhD in Geography from UCLA and a doctorate in physical therapy from the University of Colorado. Her broad research interests include physical activity promotion, movement optimization, and biomechanical assessment to support healthy aging. Her current research involves designing and implementing a novel, education and exercise-based remote intervention to enhance balance and movement quality and reduce the risk of falls in older women.
Michael Royer, PhD, MSEd
MICHAEL ROYER, PhD, MSEd, is a Postdoctoral Research Scholar for the Stanford Prevention Research Center. He earned a PhD in Exercise and Nutritional Sciences from Arizona State University, an MSEd in Health from Western Oregon University, and a BS in Exercise Science from Western Oregon University. Dr. Royer's research interests include food insecurity, eating behaviors, physical activity, behavioral science, and research methodology.
Cate Ward, PhD, RD
CATE WARD, PhD, RD, is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Stanford Prevention Research Center. Cate received her doctoral degree in Metabolic Biology from UC Berkeley, where she characterized metabolic flux changes of the unfolded protein response. She completed her dietetic training at UCSF and continues to see patients through her private nutrition practice. As a fellow, she studies metabolic and microbiome differences across dietary interventions, currently focusing on the FeFiFo-MOMs study.
Astrid N. Zamora, PhD
ASTRID N. ZAMORA, PhD, she received her PhD from the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Her work to date has utilized robust birth cohort data to examine associations between exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals and dietary patterns with subsequent sleep and metabolic health outcomes among Latinx populations. Her future research agenda aims to elucidate the intricate connections between the built environment and physical activity and their implications for psychosocial (e.g., sleep) and metabolic changes within minoritized communities.
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Previous post-docs can be found on this page.