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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 -
Eduardo De la Vega
Postdoctoral Scholar, Epidemiology
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy research aims to identify key barriers adolescents face and explore how affected communities can actively mobilize for change. I aim to investigate how adolescents and community members can identify environmental hazards, propose practical solutions, and effectively advocate for policy changes by engaging directly with decision-makers and leveraging technological tools to amplify their voices and drive meaningful improvements in their environments.
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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
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsPurpose: This project is dedicated to assessing the potential impact on civilians - particularly children - in vulnerable countries in the Indo-Pacific resulting from a variety of escalation scenarios. These scenarios include trade blockages, economic pressure through restricting trade or sanctions, scenarios of oil and food shortages, and war. This study brings together scholars from political science, military strategy, simulation modeling, and population health.
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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. -
Amy M Inkster
Postdoctoral Scholar, Epidemiology
BioAmy Inkster, PhD is a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health at Stanford University. She conducts research on epigenetic alterations in pregnancy and early life to understand the molecular levers affecting healthy development. She primarily uses large 'omics datasets to study the effect of environmental exposures on pregnancy outcomes and maternal health.
Dr. Inkster received her PhD in Medical Genetics from the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada), where her research focused on evaluating DNA methylation variation in prenatal life, primarily in the context of placental epigenetics, sex differences, prenatal exposures, and X-chromosome inactivation. She holds a BSc in Chemistry. As a cross-disciplinary researcher, her work and research interests lie at the intersection of molecular mechanisms and their impacts on human health and disease at the population level. -
Tracy Lam-Hine
Postdoctoral Scholar, Epidemiology
BioTracy Lam-Hine (he/him), DrPH, MBA, is a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health and the Center for Population Health Sciences, and a T32 trainee in the Division of Endocrinology, Gerontology, and Metabolism. Dr. Lam-Hine is a social and legal epidemiologist, studying how exposure to adverse childhood experiences and policy environments shape the risk of chronic disease and aging outcomes across the life course. Within this broad research area, he has a special focus on the health and social experiences of the US Multiracial population and the measurement of structural racism in policy. Dr. Lam-Hine also collaborates with state and local health jurisdictions in California and Hawaii in applied epidemiology and surveillance projects on topics including structural racism, adolescent health, and COVID-19.
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Javier Perez-Garcia
Postdoctoral Scholar, Epidemiology
BioJavier Perez-Garcia is a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health at Stanford University. His research has been focused on the integration of multi-omic data (e.g., genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomics, and microbiome) to identify potential biomarkers of treatment response for complex diseases like asthma. His research background includes experience both in molecular biology techniques (e.g., DNA extraction and sequencing libraries preparation) and bioinformatic analyses (e.g., processing of raw omic data, association studies at genomic scale, or multi-omic integration through machine learning and quantitative trait loci analyses). He holds a Ph.D. in Health Sciences and a B.Sc. in Pharmacy from the University of La Laguna (Spain).
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Benjamin Seiler
Postdoctoral Scholar, Epidemiology
BioBen Seiler is a postdoctoral research fellow in the department of Epidemiology and Population Health at the Stanford School of Medicine, with Mike Baiocchi. He specializes in developing and deploying interpretable statistical learning methods. As part of the Stanford Human Trafficking Data Lab (HTDL), Ben currently works on quantitative approaches to issues of labor trafficking and child labor in Brazil in partnership with their Federal Labor Prosecution Office. As part of the Stanford Regulation, Evaluation, and Governance Lab (RegLab), Ben currently works in partnership with the US Internal Revenue Service to study the use of AI to modernize the system for tax collection. He holds a PhD in Statistics from Stanford University, where he was advised by Art B. Owen. Before Stanford, he earned a BA magna cum laude in physics, economics, and mathematics from Williams College. After completing his BA, he worked as a foreign exchange derivatives trader at Goldman Sachs from 2013 to 2018.
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Ziping Ye
Postdoctoral Scholar, Health Policy
BioZiping Ye is a postdoctoral researcher at the Prevention Policy Modeling Lab in the Department of Health Policy at Stanford. Her research focuses on the development of decision making models for disease prevention programs.
Previously, Dr Ye served as an assistant professor at the School of Public Administration at Hainan University, where she conducted research on cost-effectiveness thresholds, health outcomes studies, and health burden surveys. Dr Ye received her Ph.D. in Pharmacy Administration from Shenyang Pharmaceutical University with a specialization in Pharmacoeconomics. She is also a self-taught R programmer. -
Astrid Nicole Zamora
Postdoctoral Scholar, Epidemiology
BioDr. Astrid N. Zamora is a public health researcher and epidemiologist committed to advancing health equity. Her research combines birth cohort data, formative methods (e.g., interviews, ethnography), and behavioral intervention data to investigate health disparities and develop targeted interventions, focusing on Latino/a populations in the U.S. and Mexico. Dr. Zamora’s work explores how environmental exposures, diet, physical activity, and sleep interact to shape psychosocial and cardiometabolic health across the life course. Dr. Zamora is also actively engaged in public health pedagogy, researching equity-focused teaching practices and strategies for fostering inclusive and equitable learning environments for public health students.
After earning her MPH at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, Dr. Zamora completed her PhD at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Her NIH/NIEHS-funded dissertation examined the impact of endocrine-disrupting chemical exposure on sleep health and metabolic risk among adolescents and peri-menopausal women in Mexico City, focusing on populations at high risk for health inequities. This work contributed to the growing understanding of how environmental factors affect sleep quality and their implications for long-term metabolic health.
Currently, as a Propel Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University School of Medicine, Dr. Zamora is expanding her expertise in randomized controlled trial (RCT) study design and citizen science methodologies. Her work aims to integrate epidemiologic training with community-based research, aligning her scientific agenda with the priorities of the communities she serves. Dr. Zamora’s research seeks to illuminate how diet, sleep, the built environment, and physical activity intersect to influence health outcomes, with the ultimate goal of reducing health disparities and supporting marginalized communities through actionable and equitable public health solutions.
