{"result":[{"lastName":"Francke","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurogenetics"},{"focus":"Clinical Genetics"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Professor,Pediatrics - Medical Genetics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor Emeritus,Genetics","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4281&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Uta Francke","firstName":"Uta","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Uta_Francke","researchInterest":"Functional consequences and pathogenetic mechanisms of mutations and microdeletions in human neurogenetic syndromes and mouse models. Integration of genomic information into medical care."},{"lastName":"Berg","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Biochemistry"},{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus,SoM Dean's Office Administrative Units - Dean's Office Operations"},{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus,Biochemistry"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Biochemistry","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6263&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Paul Berg","firstName":"Paul","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Paul_Berg","researchInterest":"For about 10 years until 2000, my lab's research activities were focused on the mechanism of recombinational repair of double-strand breaks in DNA. We focused our efforts on two model systems:  one involved the repair of restriction enzyme cleavages at specific mammalian chromosomal loci and the second explored the biochemical properties of purified yeast Rad51 protein, an essential catalyst for synapsing the broken ends of DNA with an intact homologue of that sequence.  We also explored the ro"},{"lastName":"Tobin","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Sr Research Scholar (PI Waiver),Pediatrics - Centers, Center for Biomedical Ethics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6945&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Sara L. (Sally) Tobin","firstName":"Sara","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Sara_Tobin","researchInterest":"Tobin is a Senior Research Scholar at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics. She obtained her Ph.D. in Developmental Biology from the University of Washington and did postdoctoral research in Genetics at the University of California, Berkeley and in Biochemistry at the University of California, San Francisco. She became a faculty member at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in 1983 and moved to Stanford University in 1996. Her research contributions have been published in presti"},{"lastName":"Puglisi","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor (Research),Structural Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor (Research),Structural Biology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10456&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Elisabetta Viani Puglisi","firstName":"Elisabetta","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Elisabetta_Puglisi","researchInterest":"Viral infections and subsequent host response depend on multiple RNA-protein interaction. My research focuses on the structural and functional characterization of RNA-protein complexes involved in viral infection. Current research aims to understand how the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) initiates its replication upon host infection. We use NMR spectroscopy and x-ray crystallography to study the structure of the initiation complex, formed by a host tRNA and HIV genomic RNA, coupled with bio"},{"lastName":"Okada","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8191&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ami Okada","firstName":"Ami","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Ami_Okada","researchInterest":"Our interests are to understand the mechanism and control of signals that regulate proliferation and differentiation in adult tissue.  We are currently focused on studying modulation of the Hedgehog pathway in brain and muscle stem cell compartments during normal homeostasis and in degeneration or disease."},{"lastName":"Campbell","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor Emeritus,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6212&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Allan Campbell","firstName":"Allan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Allan_Campbell","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Li","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Genetics","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=18946&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jin Billy Li","firstName":"Jin","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Jin_Li","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Hu","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10405&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mickey Hu","firstName":"Mickey","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Mickey_Hu","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Holodniy","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Infectious Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Infectious Diseases"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Infectious Diseases","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4021&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mark Holodniy","firstName":"Mark","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Mark_Holodniy","researchInterest":"My research program is currently focused in three areas: 1) translational research (HCV/HIV viral evolution and antiviral resistance prevalence and development), 2) HIV/HCV clinical trials (diagnostic assay/medical device, antiretrovirals, ARVs and immunomodulators), and 3) health services research focusing on cost effectiveness of HIV antibody and ARV resistance testing and ARV utilization and clincal outcome."},{"lastName":"Lewis","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Infectious Disease"},{"focus":"Primary Immunodeficiency"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Immunology and Allergy"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Immunology and Allergy","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4439&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"David B. Lewis","firstName":"David","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/David_Lewis","researchInterest":"My laboratory has two major research interests.  First, to define cellular and molecular mechanisms that limit T cell responses to vaccines and pathogens during normal early postnatal development and in cases of inherited genetic immunodeficiencies.  Second, to determine how these limitations in immunity can be overcome by using novel approaches for vaccine adjuvants, with a particular focus on anti-viral vaccines."},{"lastName":"Smith","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Ph.D., Microbiology & Immunology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Ph.D., Microbiology & Immunology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=20067&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Lauren Smith","firstName":"Lauren","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Lauren_Smith","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Kahn","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=32885&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"James Kahn","firstName":"James","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/James_Kahn","researchInterest":"My initial research activities involved antiretroviral and novel therapeutic treatments of HIV infection, understanding elements of HIV pathogenesis associated with acute HIV infection and post exposure prevention.  My most recent scholarly activities concentrate on working as a team to capitalize on the data stored in electronic medical records, HIV disease modeling and using electronic medical records for outcome research and developing a mentorship program for early career scientists."},{"lastName":"Sanchez Cordero Gonzalez","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Ph.D., Dean's Office"}],"primaryAppointment":"Ph.D., Dean's Office","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=20146&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Pablo Cordero","firstName":"Sergio","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Sergio_Sanchez Cordero Gonzalez","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Boyle","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=17416&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Alan Boyle","firstName":"Alan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/postdocs/researcher/Alan_Boyle","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Katzenstein","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Medicine - Infectious Diseases"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Medicine - Infectious Diseases","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4325&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"David Katzenstein","firstName":"David","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/David_Katzenstein","researchInterest":"Treatment and evaluation of HIV infectionin the United States and Europe through the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG). International HIV pathogenesis work includes studies in Zimbabwe, South Africa, and India where we are particularly interested in the pandemic of subtype C HIV-1, TB and other co-infections. The lab currently is focused on drug resistance, envelope tropism and the pathogenesis of HIV."},{"lastName":"Lazzeroni","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Psychiatry & Behavioral Science"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Psychiatry & Behavioral Science","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4220&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Laura C. Lazzeroni, Ph.D.","firstName":"Laura","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Laura_Lazzeroni","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Hendriksen","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychology"},{"focus":"Anxiety Disorders"},{"focus":"Mood Disorders"},{"focus":"Caregivers"},{"focus":"Cancer of Lung"},{"focus":"HIV prevention (primary and secondary)"},{"focus":"Cognitive Therapy"},{"focus":"Cognitive Behavior Therapies"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=36794&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ellen Hendriksen","firstName":"Ellen","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Ellen_Hendriksen","researchInterest":"Dr. Hendriksen\u2019s research develops and tests cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) interventions to reduce distress and improve quality of life in patients with chronic illness, including HIV and cancer.  Her current project aims to develop a brief CBT intervention to reduce anxiety in patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer and their informal family caregivers.  Clinically, Dr. Hendriksen treats mood and anxiety disorders, particularly in patients with chronic medical illness."},{"lastName":"Peltz","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Anesthesia"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Anesthesia","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8527&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gary Peltz","firstName":"Gary","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Gary_Peltz","researchInterest":"The laboratory develops and uses state of the art genomic methods to identify genetic factors affecting disease susceptibility, and to translate these findings into new treatments. We have developed a more efficient method for performing mouse genetic analysis, which has been used to analyze the genetic basis for 16 different biomedical traits. We are developing novel methods, and have developed a novel experimental platform that replaces mouse liver with functioning human liver tissue."},{"lastName":"Bustamante","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Genetics","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=15848&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Carlos Bustamante","firstName":"Carlos","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Carlos_Bustamante","researchInterest":"My research focuses on analyzing genome wide patterns of variation within and between species to address fundamental questions in biology, anthropology, and medicine. My group works on a variety of organisms and model systems ranging from humans and other primates to domesticated plant and animals. Much of our research is at the interface of computational biology, mathematical genetics, and evolutionary genomics."},{"lastName":"Hanawalt","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor,Dermatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5957&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Philip C. Hanawalt","firstName":"Philip","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Philip_Hanawalt","researchInterest":"Our current research focuses in two principal areas:\r\n\r\n1. The molecular basis for  diseases in which the pathway of transcription-coupled DNA repair is defective, including Cockyne syndrome (CS) and UV-sensitive syndrome (UVSS). Patients are severely sensitive to sunlight  but  get no cancers. See Hanawalt & Spivak, 2008, for review.\r\n\r\n2. Transcription arrest by guanine-rich DNA sequences and non-canonical secondary structures. Transcription collisions with replication forks."},{"lastName":"Bendavid","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Infectious Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9404&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Eran Bendavid","firstName":"Eran","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Eran_Bendavid","researchInterest":"Effect of global health policies on health of individuals in developing countries, global health, HIV and TB."},{"lastName":"Contopoulos-Ioannidis","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Infectious Disease"},{"focus":"Infectious Diseases"},{"focus":"Toxoplasmosis"},{"focus":"Antibiotics and Weight Gain"},{"focus":"General Pediatrics"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Pediatrics - Infectious Diseases"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Pediatrics - Infectious Diseases","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=20444&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Despina Contopoulos-Ioannidis, MD","firstName":"Despina","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Despina_Contopoulos-Ioannidis","researchInterest":"Evidence based medicine Systematic reviews  Meta-analyses \r\nOutcome research \r\nComparative effectiveness \r\nComparative safety research\r\nChronic Antibiotic Use and Weight Gain\r\nFamily outbreaks and Epidemiology of acute toxoplasmosis in US\r\nCongenital toxoplasmosis: Improving  laboratory dx \r\nTrends in intussusception in the US (association with pediatric vaccines)\r\nEmpirical appraisal of CEA for pediatric vaccines (with and without inlcusion of herd immunity"}]}