{"result":[{"lastName":"Whittemore","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4482&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Alice S Whittemore","firstName":"Alice","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Alice_Whittemore","researchInterest":"Cancers of the prostate, breast and ovary account for a major proportion of new cancer cases and cancer deaths in the U.S. each year. Our recent research focus has been on developing improved statistical methods for the design and conduct of studies involving hereditary predisposition and modifiable lifestyle characteristics in the etiologies of site-specific cancers."},{"lastName":"Husain","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cervix Cancer"},{"focus":"Cervix Cancer - Gynecologic Oncology"},{"focus":"Endometrial Cancer "},{"focus":"Endometrial Cancer - Gynecologic Oncology"},{"focus":"Fallopian Tube"},{"focus":"Fallopian Tube - Gynecologic Oncology"},{"focus":"Female & Gynecologic Cancers"},{"focus":"Germ Cell Tumors"},{"focus":"Germ Cell Tumors - Gynecologic Oncology"},{"focus":"Gestational Trophoblastic Disease"},{"focus":"Gestational Trophoblastic Disease - Gynecologic Oncology"},{"focus":"Gynecologic Cancers"},{"focus":"Gynecologic Cancers - Gynecologic Oncology"},{"focus":"Gynecologic Cancers - Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Gynecologic Oncology"},{"focus":"Gynecology"},{"focus":"Melanoma"},{"focus":"Melanoma - Gynecologic Oncology"},{"focus":"Ovarian Cancer"},{"focus":"Ovarian Cancer - Gynecologic Oncology"},{"focus":"Sarcomas - Soft Tissue "},{"focus":"Urethral Cancer"},{"focus":"Urethral Cancer - Gynecologic Oncology"},{"focus":"Uterine Cancer "},{"focus":"Uterine Cancer - Gynecologic Oncology"},{"focus":"Vaginal Cancer "},{"focus":"Vaginal Cancer - Gynecologic Oncology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3854&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Amreen Husain, MD","firstName":"Amreen","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Amreen_Husain","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Kempson","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anatomic/Clinical Pathology"},{"focus":"Pathology and Laboratory Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus,Pathology"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor Emeritus,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5959&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Richard Kempson","firstName":"Richard","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Richard_Kempson","researchInterest":"Clinicopathologic studies in endometrial carcinoma, ovarian neoplasms, and soft tissue tumors."},{"lastName":"Berek","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Gynecologic Oncology"},{"focus":"Gynecologic Cancers - Gynecologic Oncology"},{"focus":"Ovarian Cancer"},{"focus":"Uterine Cancer"},{"focus":"Uterine Cervical Cancer"},{"focus":"Vaginal Cancer"},{"focus":"Vulvar Cancer"},{"focus":"Trophoblastic Neoplasms"},{"focus":"Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery"},{"focus":"Neovagina"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology - Gynecologic Oncology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology - Gynecologic Oncology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7246&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jonathan S. Berek","firstName":"Jonathan","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Jonathan_Berek","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Sieh","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8373&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Weiva Sieh, MD, PhD","firstName":"Weiva","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Weiva_Sieh","researchInterest":"Genetic epidemiology; cancer epidemiology; ovarian, breast, and prostate cancer."},{"lastName":"Oakley-Girvan","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Consulting Assistant Professor,Health Research & Policy"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Consulting Assistant Professor,Health Research & Policy","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7432&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ingrid Oakley-Girvan","firstName":"Ingrid","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Ingrid_Oakley-Girvan","researchInterest":"Evaluating factors associated with racial disparities in prostate and breast cancer diagnosis, progression and survival.\r\nEvaluating genetic factors and gene/environment interactions involved in prostate and breast cancer incidence, progression and survival.\r\nAssessing quality of life and survivorship issues two or more years after diagnosis.\r\nProviding information and community-based solutions to improve public health."},{"lastName":"Kurian","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cancer Genetics"},{"focus":"Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Breast Cancer Risk"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Health Research & Policy"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6431&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Allison W. Kurian, M.D., M.Sc.","firstName":"Allison","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Allison_Kurian","researchInterest":"Breast and gynecologic cancer genetics, epidemiology, prevention, and outcomes."},{"lastName":"John","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7425&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Esther M. John","firstName":"Esther","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Esther_John","researchInterest":"Etiology of breast, prostate and ovarian cancer; cancer in Hispanics and African-Americans; migration and acculturation in Hispanics; modifiable lifestyle factors (vitamin D, physical activity, body size, heterocyclic amines, occupational exposures); genetic susceptibility; gene-environment interactions"},{"lastName":"Jensen","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pathology"},{"focus":"Cytopathology"},{"focus":"Anatomic Pathology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7660&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kristin Jensen","firstName":"Kristin","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Kristin_Jensen","researchInterest":"I am a clinical translational investigator with a primary interest in breast cancer biology, and the use of investigational and clinical ancillary techniques such as gene and tissue microarray analysis and immunohistochemistry in the diagnosis and prognosis of this disease. As a practicing cytopathologist, I also have an interest in improving the fine needle aspiration biopsy diagnosis of breast lesions, again using immunohistochemistry and gene expression analysis as adjuncts to cytomorphology."},{"lastName":"Haile","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Acting Professor,Medicine - Oncology"},{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Oncology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Acting Professor,Medicine - Oncology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=38026&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Robert Haile","firstName":"Robert","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Robert_Haile","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Allison","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anatomic/Clinical Pathology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=37019&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kimberly Allison","firstName":"Kimberly","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Kimberly_Allison","researchInterest":"Dr. Allison\u0092s clinical expertise is in breast pathology.  Her research interests include how standards should be applied to breast cancer diagnostics (such as HER2 testing), the utility of molecular panel-based testing in breast cancer, and identifying the most appropriate management of specific pathologic diagnoses. She is also the author of \u0093Red Sunshine\u0094, a memoir about her personal experience with breast cancer, a topic which she speaks about to both patient and health care audiences."},{"lastName":"Balise","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Sr Research Engineer,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Sr Research Engineer,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=25948&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Raymond Balise","firstName":"Raymond","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Raymond_Balise","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"West","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6327&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Dee W. West","firstName":"Dee","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Dee_West","researchInterest":"- Cancer etiology (diet, familial, genetic), especially breast, prostate and colon cancer\r\n- Cancer surveillance (Cancer registration, cancer patterns)\r\n- Cancer outcomes (Survival, quality of life, quality of care)"},{"lastName":"Gonzalgo","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Prostate Cancer - Robotic Prostatectomy"},{"focus":"Bladder Cancer - Robotic Cystectomy"},{"focus":"Urologic Oncology - Prostate, Bladder, Kidney, Testicular Cancer"},{"focus":"Urology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=13213&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mark L. Gonzalgo, M.D., Ph.D.","firstName":"Mark","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Mark_Gonzalgo","researchInterest":"My laboratory is focused on studying the role of DNA methylation in prostate and bladder cancer.  Certain genes and their downstream targets may be useful molecular markers for disease detection and prognostication. We are interested in utilizing methylation markers to detect abnormal changes in serum and urine.  Clinical Focus: Prostate Cancer - Robotic Prostatectomy; Bladder Cancer - Robotic Cystectomy; Urologic Oncology - Prostate, Bladder, Kidney, Testicular Cancer."},{"lastName":"Desai","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Medicine - General Medical Disciplines"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research) (By courtesy),Health Research & Policy"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Medicine - General Medical Disciplines","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=13492&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Manisha Desai","firstName":"Manisha","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Manisha_Desai","researchInterest":"Dr. Desai is the Director of the Quantitative Sciences Unit.  She is interested in the application of biostatistical methods to all areas of medicine including oncology, nephrology, and endocrinology.  She works on methods for the analysis of epidemiologic studies, clinical trials, and studies with missing observations."},{"lastName":"King","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Pediatrics - Neonatal and Developmental Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Pediatrics - Neonatal and Developmental Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10623&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Bonnie King, PhD","firstName":"Bonnie","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Bonnie_King","researchInterest":"My areas of interest are mammary gland biology and translational breast cancer research. I recently joined the Contag lab as an NIH Career Re-Entry Scientist, where I am using molecular imaging tools to study the process of cancer cell dissemination during breast cancer progression."},{"lastName":"van de Rijn","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anatomic Pathology"},{"focus":"Sarcoma"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4008&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Matt van de Rijn","firstName":"Matt","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Matt_van de Rijn","researchInterest":"Our research focuses on gene microarray analysis of human soft tissue tumors (sarcomas). In addition we work with tissue microarrays to characterize large numbers of novel antisera raised against peptides derived from genes found to be of interest during gene array analysis."},{"lastName":"Pegram","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Oncology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=32170&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mark Pegram","firstName":"Mark","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Mark_Pegram","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Skinner","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cancer > urologic oncology"},{"focus":"Bladder Cancer"},{"focus":"Continent urinary reservoir"},{"focus":"urinary tract reconstruction"},{"focus":"testis cancer"},{"focus":"Kidney Cancer"},{"focus":"Urology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Urology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Urology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=32891&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Eila C. Skinner","firstName":"Eila","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Eila_Skinner","researchInterest":"My research focuses on outcomes in the treatment of muscle invasive and high-grade non-muscle invasive bladder cancer.  This includes identifying markers of prognosis, predictive markers for response to surgery and chemotherapy, and working toward an individualized, multidisciplinary approach to disease management.  I have also focused on optimizing the  use of lower urinary tract reconstruction in patients undergoing cystectomy, and developing interventions to improve patient quality of life."},{"lastName":"Horn-Ross","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7424&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Pamela Horn-Ross","firstName":"Pamela","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Pamela_Horn-Ross","researchInterest":"My research interests focus on nutrition and the etiology of hormonally-dependent cancers in women (most particularly breast, endometrial, and thyroid cancers).  Of particular interest are the effects of phytochemicals that may reduce cancer risk, such as the isoflavones in soy foods, the lignans in whole grains, the isothiocyanates in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables, and resveratrol in red wine and peanuts. Nutrient-gene interactions are also of interest."},{"lastName":"Brooks","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Male Cancers - Prostate "},{"focus":"Prostate Cancer"},{"focus":"Nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy"},{"focus":"Prostate Cancer - Urologic Oncology"},{"focus":"Urologic Cancers"},{"focus":"Urologic Cancers - Urologic Oncology"},{"focus":"Urology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Urology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6178&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"James D. Brooks","firstName":"James","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/James_Brooks","researchInterest":"We use genomic approaches to identify disease biomarkers.  We are most interested in translating biomarkers into clinical practice in urological diseases with a particular focus in cancer."},{"lastName":"Pollack","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Pathology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6066&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jonathan Pollack","firstName":"Jonathan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Jonathan_Pollack","researchInterest":"Our laboratory uses genomic approaches to explore patterns of gene expression and gene copy number alteration in human cancer cell line model systems and in tumors, with the goals of better understanding cancer, and developing novel diagnostic and therapeutic strategies."},{"lastName":"Gevaert","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Research Associate,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Basic Life Science Research Associate,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Research Associate,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=15978&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Olivier Gevaert","firstName":"Olivier","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Olivier_Gevaert","researchInterest":"My research focuses on using advanced machine learning methods to integrate molecular data of cancer patients. These data sources are often called omics such genomics, transcriptomics or proteomics. In addition, currently I'm also investigating strategies to couple these omics data sources with MRI imaging data."},{"lastName":"Rouse","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4491&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Robert V Rouse","firstName":"Robert","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Robert_Rouse","researchInterest":"My recent research efforts are currently focused in the field of applications of immunohistology to the diagnosis of human neoplasms. This work is predominantly aimed at characterizing markers for the identification of non-lymphoid neoplasms and at establishing criteria for their evaluation in diagnostic situations."},{"lastName":"Beck","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Ph.D., Dean's Office"}],"primaryAppointment":"Ph.D., Dean's Office","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=18189&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Andrew Beck","firstName":"Andrew","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Andrew_Beck","researchInterest":""}]}