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Anjali Nambiar, BS
Masters Student in Epidemiology and Clinical Research, admitted Autumn 2026
BioAnjali Nambiar is a Research Coordinator at the Surgery Policy Improvement Research and Education (S-SPIRE) Center. She holds a degree in Biological Sciences and has experience supporting clinical research across various specialties, as well as in implementing new programs at community-based clinics and organizations.
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Lorene Nelson, PhD, MS
Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health, Emerita
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsPrimary research interests:
- genetic, environmental and lifestyle determinants of neurodegenerative disorders
(amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, migraine)
- innovative study design and data ecosystems in clinical and public health
Primary educational interests:
- Training of next generation scientists in advanced data science and analytic methods
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Lesley Park
Affiliate, Epidemiology and Population Health
BioStanford Advancing Health Equity and Diversity (AHEaD)
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Founding Co-Director (2020-present)
Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS)
Executive Director (2022-present)
Cancer Core Co-Director (2016-present)
International Workshop on HIV and Hepatitis Observational Databases (IWHOD)
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Chair, Scientific Secretariat (2024-present)
Dr. Lesley Park is a co-founding director of the Stanford AHEaD summer research program for college students from underrepresented and historically excluded groups in the health sciences. She is also the Executive Director of the VACS consortium, an international collaboration of methodologists, clinicians, and trainees who utilize the rich and valuable data from the Veterans Health Administration to do impactful research. VACS has been at the forefront of research to understand aging with HIV to improve patient care, particularly with respect to alcohol and other substance use, physiologic frailty, and polypharmacy. In recent years, the VACS mission has expanded to encompass other foci, including genomic research and most recently COVID-19.
Within the VACS, Dr. Park oversees cancer and COVID-19 outcomes research in persons with HIV/AIDS (PWH). Her research experience has focused on the intersection of cancer and HIV, examining epidemiologic methods for cancer research, cancer incidence trends, and cancer (particularly hepatocellular carcinoma) prevention in PWH. Dr. Park is an experienced epidemiologist, skilled in "big data" observational research, survival analysis, and SAS programming. She teaches courses in computing, data management, and epidemiologic analysis methods. Her prior experience includes research at the Yale School of Medicine and at the Center for Biostatistics in AIDS Research (CBAR) at the Harvard School of Public Health.
The International Workshop on HIV and Hepatitis Observational Databases (IWHOD) is an established scientific forum for the appropriate application of real-world data to emerging issues in infectious disease. Dr. Park leads the IWHOD scientific committee of internationally reknowned experts in infectious disease and is responsible for administrative and scientific coordination of IWHOD.
Previously, Dr. Park was one of the leaders of the Stanford Center for Population Health Sciences (PHS). PHS aims to improve the health of populations by bringing together diverse disciplines and data to understand and address social, environmental, behavioral, and biological factors. She oversaw all of the educational and training initiatives at PHS and was one of the founding directors of the PHS Data Center and PHS Postdoctoral Fellowship program. -
Chloe Nobuhara
Masters Student in Epidemiology and Clinical Research, admitted Autumn 2025
BioDr. Chloe Nobuhara is a Stanford general surgery resident and AI researcher dedicated to upholding patient safety standards while pursing aggressive surgical innovation. Currently on a two-year professional development track during residency, her research explores the intersection of AI and surgical practice. She has collaborated with the Medical AI and Computer Vision (MARVL) Lab to use computer vision and vision language models for performance assessment, worked with the Operating Room Black Box technologies for ambient intelligence and automated documentation, and most recently is helping to organize a foreign body identification challenge for MICCAI.
Dr. Nobuhara holds an MD from Duke University and an undergraduate degree from Northeastern University. Originally hailing from Honolulu, Hawaii, she brings a global perspective to her work, having flown over 100,000 miles (4x around the globe) for speaking engagements and conferences during her research time.
