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Cara Rada
Postdoctoral Scholar, Hematology
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsI develop human brain models to study neurological infection, cancer metastasis, and neurodegeneration. My research focuses on the brain’s blood vessels and brain resident immune cell, microglia, and investigates how alterations in these components of the brain microenvironment can have deleterious effects.
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Ali Rahimpour Jounghani
Postdoctoral Scholar, Psychiatry
BioMy long-term research interests lie in advancing our understanding of neuroimaging techniques and their application in mapping developmental pathways of brain networks, with a focus on how alterations in these networks contribute to mental health disorders. My academic training and multidisciplinary research background have provided me with expertise in a range of neuroimaging modalities, including functional MRI (fMRI), structural MRI, electroencephalography (EEG), and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS).
During my doctoral studies, I investigated the effects of contextually specific, action-based timing behavior on brain responses, as well as the functional impacts of timing behavior in cochlear implant users. These studies provided valuable insights into the temporal dynamics of brain function. My research has also extended to clinical and cognitive applications, such as studying brain functionality in infants in neonatal intensive care units and in adults with brain disorders.
Currently, as a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University, my work bridges psychiatry, cognitive science, and biomedical engineering. I focus on refining neuroimaging data analysis techniques and advancing the use of fNIRS and MRI to explore developmental cognition, particularly in interventions for ADHD. A significant part of my current research involves the development of a wearable, cost-effective fNIRS platform for precision mental health. Through my work, I aim to contribute to a deeper understanding of brain disorders and to create practical, cutting-edge tools that advance precision mental health care. -
Vasiliki Rahimzadeh
Member, Maternal & Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI)
BioVasiliki (Vaso) Rahimzadeh, PhD is an applied bioethics scholar with research interests at the intersection of precision medicine, data governance and public policy.
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Mahalakshmi Ramamurthy
Basic Life Research Scientist, Peds/Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
BioI am a postdoctoral scholar working with Dr. Jason Yeatman. With a background in vision science, psychophysics and developmental cognitive neuroscience my long-term goal is to study the intersection of basic visual mechanisms and various neurodevelopmental disorders and to extend this understanding in creating effective early screening tools, and in advancing evidence-based therapeutic and remediation programs. Inherent to this interest is the need for developmental data in large and demographically diverse populations. I strongly believe that such inclusive research not only contributes to scientific advancements but can go beyond to bridge health and education disparities.
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Mariana Ramirez Posada
Postdoctoral Scholar, Dermatology
BioI am a Latina physician from Medellín, Colombia, passionate about advancing dermatology and healthcare equity. My research focuses on innovative teledermatology solutions to improve access and outcomes for underserved communities, particularly Latinos. With expertise in data science, programming in Python and R, and a background in digital health, I aim to bridge gaps in care through technology and education. Fluent in Spanish, English, French, and Italian, I bring a global perspective to my work and strive to create equitable healthcare solutions for diverse populations.
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Anna Ratuski
Postdoctoral Scholar, Comparative Medicine
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsAnna Ratuski has published on refinement of euthanasia procedures for rodents and the use of environmental enrichment for rats and mice housed in laboratories. She is currently working on 3Rs initiatives for animals used in research, with a particular focus on mice.
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Emily Scarpulla Raymond
Member, Maternal & Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI)
BioDr. Emily Scarpulla Raymond, PhD is a pediatric psychology fellow at Stanford University. She received her PhD at the University of Maine, Orono in clinical psychology in 2024 and received her bachelor’s degree in psychology at the University of Rochester in 2018. Emily has conducted research focusing on adolescent psychosocial behavior and outcomes with a particular emphasis on the role of social media in adolescent friendships. As a clinician, Emily works with children and adolescents with comorbid medical and psychological conditions in several medical clinics through Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford.
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Eduardo Pontes Reis
Affiliate, Rad/Integrative Biomedical Imaging Informatics at Stanford
BioI'm a visiting scholar at Stanford AIMI Center, working in the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Medicine. My purpose is to contribute to our understanding of intelligence. And our best chance to achieve this is through AI.
Research highlights:
- Published BRAX, the Brazilian Chest X-ray Dataset - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01608-8
- Open-sourced the PyTorch implementation of ConVIRT (Y Zhang et al), a contrastive learning method for radiologic images and text (before CLIP) - https://github.com/edreisMD/ConVIRT-pytorch
- Released Brain Hemorrhage Annotations - Brain Hemorrhage Extended - BHX (https://physionet.org/content/bhx-brain-bounding-box)
At Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein:
- Started the Health Story project, a medical history timeline to support research and a more personalized clinical practice
- Ran the development of AI algorithms for diseases of national importance: Tuberculosis, COVID, Melanoma and Head CT -
Suman Rimal
Postdoctoral Scholar, Pathology
BioResearch interests: Genetic mechanism underlying mitochondrial pathology, neurodegeneration, and muscle loss using Drosophila as a model organism.
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Desirée Rodrigues Plaça
Postdoctoral Scholar, Infectious Diseases
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsI am studying Flaviviridae viruses, focusing on dengue. My research explores T cell and myeloid dysregulation in severe dengue to improve vaccines and identify biomarkers. I'm characterizing T cell responses to DENV, and the regulatory immune response through integrative systems analysis. My ultimate goal is to contribute to the development of improved diagnostic tools and vaccines for pediatric infectious diseases, particularly in endemic regions like Brazil.
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Benjamin Rolles
Postdoctoral Scholar, Hematology
BioMD/Research Fellow
@MullallyLab @StanfordMed @VAPaloAlto @BrighamHeme @BrighamResearch @HarvardMed
Studied
@UniklinikAachen @RWTH
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Soumyadeep Roy
Postdoctoral Scholar, Biomedical Informatics
BioI am a postdoctoral scholar at the Center for Biomedical Informatics Research of Stanford University, advised by Prof. Tina Hernandez-Boussard.
My primary area of research is natural language processing, with expertise in medical and healthcare applications. My research areas of interest are Foundation Models for Medicine, Generative AI, Text Summarization, and Efficient Pretraining.
I hold a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, where I worked with Prof. Niloy Ganguly and Prof. Shamik Sural. Here, I was part of the Complex Networks Research Group (CNeRG). My PhD thesis is titled “Domain Adaptation for Medical Language Understanding”, where I developed novel domain adaptation techniques to effectively and efficiently adapt open-domain AI models to the medical domain.
In summary, I have six years of experience working with medical NLP data, which includes clinical trial registry data (2018-2021), medical forum questions (2020-2021), DNA sequence data (2021-2024), biomedical scientific literature (2023 - 2025), clinical data (2021-2023) and EHR clinical notes (2025). My medical AI research experience includes 2.5 years at L3S Research Germany collaborating with Hannover Medical School as well as a 7-month research internship at GE HealthCare Technology and Innovation Center (HTIC) in Bangalore, India. I also presented a tutorial on March 10, 2025 titled "Building Trustworthy AI Models for Medicine" at WSDM 2025 held in Germany.
In my free time, I like hiking, and playing chess or table tennis. -
Michael Royer
Postdoctoral Scholar, SCRDP/ Heart Disease Prevention
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsDr. Royer's research interests include food insecurity, eating behaviors, and physical activity. His research primarily aims to remove barriers hindering individuals from accessing healthy food. Dr. Royer seeks to advance public health by sustainably promoting healthy eating and food security through innovative and evidence-based research approaches. Through his research, he is motivated to promote food security, healthy eating, and physical activity toward the prevention of chronic disease.
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Katie Rozzell-Voss
Postdoctoral Scholar, Psychiatry
BioKatie received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. She completed her predoctoral clinical psychology internship at the University of California, San Diego, where she worked at the UCSD Eating Disorder Center for Treatment and Research and Rady Children's Hospital. Katie's research interests focus on the impact of body image distress and internalized weight bias on disordered eating and other health behaviors, measurement invariance of eating disorder assessments across diverse populations, and neuroendocrinological risk factors of eating disorders. She currently works as a postdoctoral fellow in the Eating Disorders Clinic and Student Athlete Mental Health Clinic at Stanford.
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Alejandra Ruiz
Postdoctoral Scholar, Emergency Medicine
BioDr. Alejandra Ruiz is a physician scientist with experience in high-complexity medical settings, including oncology and intensive care. She is a strong advocate for integrative care, addressing both physical and mental health needs. Currently, Dr. Ruiz is a postdoctoral researcher in both the Department of of Emergency Medicine and the Department of Surgery, where she investigates the barriers faced by underserved communities when seeking health care while developing strategies to improve access and connection to health services. Deeply committed to community based participatory research and health advocacy, Dr. Ruiz is dedicated to creating sustainable pathways for underserved populations to receive comprehensive care.
