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Chris Field
Melvin and Joan Lane Professor of Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, Professor of Earth System Science, of Biology and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment and at the Precourt Institute
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsResearch
My field is climate-change science, and my research emphasizes human-ecological interactions across many disciplines. Most studies include aspects of ecology, but also aspects of law, sociology, medicine, or engineering. -
Priya Fielding-Singh
Postdoctoral Scholar, SCRDP/ Heart Disease Prevention
BioI am a Sociologist and Postdoctoral Fellow in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention at the Stanford Prevention Research Center. My research examines health, gender, and social inequality.
My primary research agenda investigates health disparities across class, race, and gender in the United States. I draw on both qualitative and quantitative methods to understand how neighborhoods, schools, and families shape our health behaviors and outcomes. My work has been published in journals such as Social Science & Medicine, Obesity, Sociological Science, and the Journal of Adolescent Health.
I hold a Ph.D. in Sociology from Stanford University, a M.A. in Anthropology from the University of Bremen, and a B.S. in Education and Social Policy from Northwestern University. -
Vikram Fielding-Singh, MD, JD
Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsImproving perioperative care of patients with end stage kidney disease, using biomarkers to aid early diagnosis of acute kidney injury, and evaluating the performance of risk prediction models in perioperative medicine.
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Hannah Fields
Licensing Associate, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
Current Role at StanfordHannah is a Licensing Associate at OTL focused on life sciences. She is a Ph.D-trained life science professional with over a decade of experience spanning academic research, early stage biotechnology startups, and translational drug development with a focus on cellular immunotherapies.
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Caroline Figueroa, MD PhD
Affiliate, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Visiting Scholar, Pediatrics - General PediatricsBioCaroline Figueroa, MD, PhD, is a visiting scholar at Stanford University. She is the 2025–26 Dutch Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice. She is an assistant professor at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands, where she leads the Research on Inclusive Solutions and Empowerment in Digital Health (RISE) group. Her work focuses on making digital mental health solutions — such as apps and AI-chatbots — safe, effective, and accessible, particularly for adolescents, young adults, and women. Figueroa’s research on digital health equity has directly informed policy documents by global organizations such as the World Health Organization and the United Nations, and has been published in leading journals including Lancet Digital Health, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, and Human Brain Mapping.
Figueroa is a medical doctor with a PhD in the neuroscience of depression from the University of Amsterdam and the University of Oxford; she also has several years of experience in clinical psychiatry. Before joining TU Delft, she was a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. -
Christian Figueroa
Undergraduate, History
BioChristian Figueroa is a political communications professional based in Southern California.
He is currently a senior communications aide at Derek Tran for Congress, one of the most competitive House races in the 2026 midterm elections, and previously held roles with U.S. Senator Alex Padilla, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, and the California Democratic Party.
Aside from his day job, Christian is a passionate advocate for progressive policies in his community, serving on the executive board of the California Democratic Party. In 2024, he was one of the youngest delegates to represent California at the Democratic National Convention.
Christian studies history at Stanford University, specializing in early colonial America. He enjoys hiking, traveling, and watching documentaries in his free time.
