Postdoctoral Fellows

Boudet, Hilary, PhD

Designing and evaluating interventions to promote environmental sustainability and energy conservation. Assessing the environmental and social impacts associated with energy development. Explaining public participation in environmental and energy decision making.

Grieco, Lauren, PhD

Intervention design by moderating specific aspects of a single physical activity exposure (e.g., doese, time of day), to maximize immediate psychological responses (e.g., cognitive and attention improvements) to impact participants' exercise experience, improving overall program adherence.

Mobile devices and increasing reliance on technology for initiating behavior change.

McClain, Arianna, PhD, MPH

Treatment of childhood obesity; Development of effective behavioral weight loss and management interventions in overweight and obese children; Psychological/behavioral factors determining development and treatment of childhood obesity; Determinants of dietary intake in children and adolescents; Adherence to dietary interventions

Otten Jennifer, PhD, RD

Adolescent and adult behavioral weight management; nutrition policy and communication; multiple health behavior change interventions, with a specific focus on diet intake and composition, sedentary behaviors, physical activity, and sleep; the role of the built environment in weight regulation; the role of nutrition in preventive health

Ramirez, Sarah, PhD

Public health systems research, community collaboration, health
disparities/equity, health media literacy, and environmental and policy changes to support healthy eating and active living research.

Rosenberger, Mary, PhD

Using technology for measurement of physical activity and sedentary behavior. Application of this work will include using mobile devices to monitor daily activity in long term studies and providing motivational feedback for behavior change. This includes evaluation and calibration of several commercially available devices as well as custom built technology (Wockets), promoting smart phone applications for tracking and feedback, and integrating sensors depending on research, community or personal goals.

Salvatore, Alicia, PhD

Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR); immigrant and refugee health; occupational and environmental health promotion; the development and evaluation of ecologic interventions to promote health; and international health; mixed method research.  Measuring the impacts of school/community gardens and urban agriculture on health and well-being is an emerging research interest.

Saquib, Abu Nazmus, PhD

To investigate how the well-known quality of life instrument (SF-36) interacts with the established lifestyle risk factors (such as poor diet, obesity, and physical inactivity) in the prediction of prognosis for various chronic diseases (cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases). To compare the prevalence/incidence of various chronic diseases (cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases) and their associated risk factors between the native vs. immigrants (to the US) Bangladeshis.

Saquib, Juliann, PhD

International women’s health; chronic disease prevention with diet and physical activity; health behavior change; complementary and alternative medicine.

Currently investigating dietary habits, physical activity, and barriers to weight management in urban Bangladeshi women.

Sheats, Jylana, PhD

Dr. Sheats interest include psychosocial, behavioral and environmental determinants of physical activity and healthy eating; food choice; the impact of contextual factors on the health outcomes of minority and aging populations, respectively; the development of technology-based physical activity and nutrition interventions; settings-based health promotion; health-related implications of Smart Growth; nutrition and physical activity-related policy.

Yank, Veronica, MD

Dr. Yank is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Stanford Prevention Research Center and the Department of Health Services Research at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute. She is also an Instructor and primary care doctor in General Internal Medicine at Stanford. Her current research interests include behavior change and lifestyle interventions for weight management in patients with obesity, shared decision making regarding chronic disease prevention and treatment, and training for health professionals regarding effective self-management support for patients with chronic diseases.