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  • Samuel Montalvo

    Samuel Montalvo

    Postdoctoral Scholar, Cardiovascular Medicine

    BioAs a clinical exercise physiologist, sport scientist, and biomechanist, I study the mechanical, physiological, and molecular determinants of human performance and health. I am certified as a Performance and Sport Scientist (CPSS), Strength and Conditioning Specialist with Distinction (CSCS,*D), and Clinical Exercise Physiologist.

    I am a Postdoctoral Scholar in Cardiovascular Medicine at Stanford University and a member of the Stanford Bioinformatics Core and Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance. My training has been supported by the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance Postdoctoral Fellowship, the NIH T32 Research Training in Myocardial Biology at Stanford, and a two-year NIH/NHLBI Loan Repayment Program award in Research in Emerging Areas Critical to Human Health.

    My research integrates clinical exercise physiology, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, biomechanics, and multi-omics to better understand how physical activity influences cardiovascular health, biological adaptation, and athletic performance. Through the NIH-funded Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Consortium (MoTrPAC), I analyze large clinical, multi-omic, multi-tissue, multimodal, and multi-species datasets to identify mechanisms and biomarkers of exercise response.

    I also collaborate on projects involving sports cardiology and electrocardiography, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, exercise and neuromuscular disease, and athlete performance, including work with Stanford Baseball and external sports-science collaborators.

    I contribute to professional and institutional service as a Senior Editor for the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research and Financial Officer of the Stanford University Postdoctoral Association (SURPAS).

    Teaching and mentoring are central to my academic work. As a first-generation college graduate and Mexican American with Indigenous heritage, I am committed to creating supportive and inclusive pathways for trainees from underrepresented backgrounds. I serve as a Postdoctoral Mentoring Coach with the Stanford Office of Postdoctoral Affairs and mentor undergraduate, graduate, and medical trainees and residents through several Stanford programs and initiatives, including PRISM and the MAVERICs program within the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute.

    My long-term goal is to lead an independent research program that combines exercise physiology, multi-omics, physical activity, nutrition, cardiovascular science, and sports performance while mentoring the next generation of scientists.

  • Bryan Mosher

    Bryan Mosher

    Clinical Scholar, Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
    Postdoctoral Scholar, Cardiovascular Medicine

    BioBryan Mosher, MD, PhD, is a physician-scientist in Adult Congenital Heart Disease at Stanford University. His clinical and research interests focus on understanding the mechanisms that drive cardiovascular dysfunction across the lifespan, with particular emphasis on congenital heart disease, exercise physiology, myocardial remodeling, pulmonary vascular disease, and precision medicine. His research integrates advanced cardiovascular imaging, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, multimodal phenotyping, and emerging single-cell technologies to identify biologically distinct patient phenotypes and develop more individualized approaches to risk stratification and therapy.

    Dr. Mosher completed his pediatric cardiology fellowship at the University of Michigan and advanced fellowship training in Adult Congenital Heart Disease at Stanford. He holds both an MD and PhD, with doctoral training in neuroscience focused on optogenetics and electrophysiology. His long-term goal is to build a translational research program that connects human phenotyping with mechanistic discovery to improve outcomes for patients with congenital and acquired cardiovascular disease.