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Astrid Nicole Zamora
Postdoctoral Scholar, Epidemiology
BioDr. Astrid N. Zamora is a public health researcher and epidemiologist dedicated to advancing health equity. Her research leverages robust birth cohort data, formative research (e.g., interview, ethnography), and behavioral intervention data, primarily among Latino/a populations in the US and Mexico, to better understand health disparities and develop interventions that address the unique health challenges faced by these communities. In addition to this primary focus, Dr. Zamora is actively conducting public health pedagogical research, specifically investigating equity-focused teaching practices and ways to create a more inclusive and equitable learning environment for public health students.
After completing her MPH at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, Dr. Zamora pursued her PhD at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. As a doctoral trainee, her dissertation research—funded by an NIH/NIEHS Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research—examined the impact of endocrine-disrupting chemical exposure on sleep and metabolic health risks among pubertal adolescents and peri-menopausal women in Mexico City, focusing on populations at high risk for health inequities.
As a Propel Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University School of Medicine, Dr. Zamora is furthering her expertise in RCT study design and citizen science methods, bridging her epidemiologic training with community-based research. This training reinforces her commitment to ensuring that her research agenda is closely aligned with the needs and priorities of the communities she serves. Dr. Zamora’s research aims to illuminate how diet, the built environment, and physical activity interact and influence psychosocial and cardiometabolic health across the life course. Through her work, she strives to minimize health disparities and support the health of marginalized communities, creating actionable insights that contribute to a more equitable future for public health. -
James L. Zehnder, M.D.
Professor of Pathology (Research) and of Medicine (Hematology)
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy main research and clinical interests include molecular pathogenesis of acquired cytopenias, genetic testing for inherited non-malignant hematologic disorders, next-generation sequencing approaches to T and B cell clonality testing, somatic mutations in cancer and assessment of minimal residual disease in cancer patients.
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Jamie Zeitzer
Professor (Research) of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Sleep Medicine)
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsDr. Zeitzer is a circadian physiologist specializing in the understanding of the impact of light on circadian rhythms and other aspects of non-image forming light perception.
He examines the manner in which humans respond to light and ways to manipulate this responsiveness, with direct application to jet lag, shift work, and altered sleep timing in teens. Dr. Zeitzer has also pioneered the use of actigraphy in the determination of epiphenomenal markers of psychiatric disorders. -
Bing Melody Zhang
Clinical Associate Professor, Pathology
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy main research interests lie in the following areas:
1) HLA testing for BMT/solid organ transplantation
2) NGS-based TCR/Ig clonality/MRD testing
3) HLA testing in cellular therapy and oncology
4) Genetic/genomic testing for malignant and non-malignant hematologic disorders
5) HLA-related disease association/drug hypersensitivity testing. -
Chongyang Zhang
Postdoctoral Scholar, Cardiology
BioDr. Zhang is a Postdoctoral Scholar at RabLab in the cardiopulmonary division. She has a PhD in Pharmacology from University of Rochester, NY. She has research in cardiovascular research and chronobiology published in high impact peer-reviewed journals. She is recipient of honors including predoctoral fellowship from AHA, Travel Grant for Early Career Investigators from Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. She has served as ad hoc reviewer for more than 40 manuscripts for reputed journals.
