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Nathaniel Breg
Postdoctoral Scholar, Health Policy
BioNate Breg is a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University's Department of Health Policy and at the Palo Alto Veterans Health Administration. He earned his PhD at Carnegie Mellon University and his BA at Tufts University.
His interest in health care providers intersects with questions from labor economics and industrial organization. Nate's current research investigates how providers respond to incentives, how they decide to adopt new technology, and how health care services affect local economies and local health. He is a 2020-2021 recipient of the Fellowship in Digital Health from CMU's Center for Machine Learning and Health.
He previously worked at RTI International on evaluations of government health care initiatives, prospective payment systems, and health care delivery quality measures, employing econometrics and other quantitative methods. His clients included the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the U.S. Health and Human Services Department’s Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE).
Research interests: health economics, labor economics, industrial organization, public economics, productivity, reimbursement and regulation, imperfect competition, organizational economics -
Mariame D. Diabate, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Epidemiology
BioMariame Diabate, PhD (she/her) is a postdoctoral scholar in the HIPE Lab (Healthcare Innovation, Policy and Equity), mentored by Dr. Alyce S. Adams in the Stanford Cancer Institute and the Departments of Health Policy/Epidemiology and Population Health, and Pediatrics (by courtesy) and Dr. Tainayah Thomas in the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health. A two-time Buckeye, she earned her PhD in Biomedical Sciences and BS in Biology with a minor in Global Public Health from The Ohio State University. Dr. Diabate uses bioinformatics to study breast and ovarian cancer variants, intending to reduce cancer treatment disparities for minority women.
Through her postdoctoral training, she aims to address the genetic, social, and policy drivers of persistent health disparities. Dr. Diabate is currently focused on integrating community perspectives into observational research to improve population health outcomes and influence health policy. Additionally, she applies AI technology to support better treatment decisions, working alongside interdisciplinary teams to close the gap between cancer research and marginalized communities, while advocating for equitable healthcare.
Previously, she served as the youngest state-level commissioner on Ohio’s New African Immigrant Commission and interned with UNAIDS in Geneva, Switzerland. Currently, Dr. Diabate is one of the co-presidents for Stanford’s Black Postdoctoral Association. Her passion for improving minority women's health continues to drive her research and advocacy. -
Ruth Margaret Gibson
Postdoctoral Scholar, Health Policy
BioDr. Ruth M. Gibson is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Health Policy at Stanford Medicine. She is also a postdoctoral fellow, by courtesy, at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and a postdoctoral affiliate at the Center for Innovation in Global Health.
Ruth’s academic focus is global health, foreign affairs, strategic studies, and population health. Her academic research seeks to improve maternal and child health in geopolitically complex countries–those dealing with war, other forms of geopolitical coercion, and diplomatic challenges. She is working with the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights Council to develop a universal system of monitoring to assess the impacts of sanctions on human rights. She has contributed to reports on the mental health impacts of war crimes for prosecutors at the International Criminal Court. She works with the Global Burden of Disease Consortium at the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, as part of their efforts to publish global health estimation and forecasting.
Regionally, the emphasis of Ruth’s work is on Asia (Taiwan–China) due to the potential threat of a great-power conflict to protect children in crisis and enforce adherence to international humanitarian law as the character of war evolves, and on Sub-Saharan Africa (the Sahel) due to high forecasted fertility rates and widespread food insecurity in this fragile region of the world struggling with internal conflict, terrorism, and the impact of climate change. Ruth is competent in English, Mandarin Chinese, and French.
Ruth’s goal is to advance maternal and child health in the most complex and challenging regions of the globe.
Ruth’s appointment is supported by the Department of Health Policy and a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship, the most prestigious postdoctoral award given by the Government of Canada to future global leaders in health research, the natural sciences and humanities. The fellowship is named after Frederick Banting, one of the Canadian physicians who invented insulin and sold the patent for one dollar for the betterment of humanity.
Ruth spent a decade living abroad doing humanitarian and global health work in eight countries on five continents, focusing on fragile nations struggling with poverty, human rights abuses, and armed conflict. In her international work she witnessed the human impacts of war and nonviolent forms of geopolitical coercion, which informs her current academic research.
Ruth completed an Honor’s Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science at the University of Toronto, a fellowship in Medical Education at the Wilson Center for Medical Education at the University Health Network, and a PhD in Global Health and Strategic Studies at the University of British Columbia. -
Cellas Ari'ka Hayes
Postdoctoral Scholar, Epidemiology
BioCellas is currently a postdoctoral fellow/Propel scholar at Stanford University in the Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences in a laboratory utilizing longitudinal data analysis and neuroimaging modalities to understand the aging brain, neuropathology, cognition, and Alzheimer’s Disease. Postdoctoral experience includes using R, Linux, and Python to perform data preprocessing, multivariate statistical analysis, and applying novel models for longitudinal continuous outcomes. Cellas received his Bachelor’s in Biology (2015-2019) and Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Sciences with an emphasis in Pharmacology (2019-2022) from the University of Mississippi. As a doctoral candidate, his research focused on using both in vitro and in vivo approaches to further elucidate how neuroendocrine modulation specifically insulin-like growth factor-1 alters learning and memory performance along with ischemic stroke outcomes. Skills gained during doctoral training included in vitro cell culture, pharmacological experimental design of both in vitro and in vivo studies, development of transgenic mouse models, a wide array of rodent behavioral paradigms, stereotaxic surgery, photothrombosis, and numerous ex vivo cellular, molecular, and microscopy techniques.
My primary interests lie at the intersection of aging, neurodegenerative disease, and using longitudinal epidemiological data sets to investigate hypotheses. All around neuroscientist seeking sci-comm, industry, and academic opportunities to strengthen skills to become an independent investigator.
