Research Opportunities
Admitted Stanford H4A fellows may have the opportunity to pursue research with the Stanford H4A faculty. The process to apply for these opportunities will be covered as part of the Stanford H4A curriculum.
Stanford H4A faculty represent several fields, including medicine, behavioral science, nutrition, physiology, epidemiology, and biostatistics:
Professor |
Research interests: Cardiovascular disease treatment and prevention; the adoption of new technology and prevention practices; patterns of physician practice, particularly medication prescribing; measuring and improving the quality of outpatient care; and disparities in health care by race, gender, age and socioeconomic status. |
Professor |
Research interests: The role of nutrition and preventive medicine, with particular interests in: plant-based diets; cardiovascular disease; cancer; obesity; differential response to weight loss diets by insulin resistance status; linking dietary behavior change to social movements; stealth nutrition; food systems. Nutrition Studies Web Site. |
Associate Professor |
Research Interests: developing effective treatments for tobacco dependence and other leading risk factors (e.g., sedentary behavior, obesity, stress and distress), with a focus on complex and multi-problem groups including people with serious mental illness, alcohol and drug problems, and heart disease, the unemployed, and homeless. |
Assistant Professor |
Research Interests: Epidemiological modeling methods and systems science; Econometrics and population health statistics; Comparative cross-national datasets; Social policy influence on health outcomes. |
Instructor |
Research Interests: Development of innovative strategies for promotion of healthy lifestyles and prevention of chronic disease among low-income and racial/ethnic minority families using a community-based approach; incorporation of technology to increase reach and adoption of interventions especially in hard-to-reach populations; chronic disease prevention during developmentally unique periods such as adolescence and pregnancy/postpartum. |