Dr. Andres Cardenas is an environmental epidemiologist and serve as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health at Stanford University. He joined the faculty at Stanford School of Medicine in 2022.

Dr. Cardenas's research focuses on characterizing molecular and epigenetic biomarkers and the extent to which these alterations contribute to disease risk throughout the life course. His group utilizes computational approaches to investigate environmental chemical mixtures, biological aging markers and fetal epigenetic programming. They have several studies looking at chemical and non-chemical stressors in early-life and subsequent health including; neurodevelopment, obesity and immune function.

Dr. Cardenas's research examines the intersection of chemical and social environments in shaping health and disease.