{"result":[{"lastName":"Sabatti","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Health Research & Policy - Biostatistics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Natural Sciences Cluster - Statistics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Health Research & Policy - Biostatistics","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=14357&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Chiara Sabatti","firstName":"Chiara","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Chiara_Sabatti","researchInterest":"Statistical models and reasoning are key to our understanding of the genetic basis of human traits. Modern high-throughput technology presents us with new opportunities and challenges. We develop statistical approaches for high dimensional data in the attempt of improving our understanding of the molecular basis of health related traits."},{"lastName":"Valdmanis","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pediatrics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pediatrics","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=12455&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Paul Valdmanis","firstName":"Paul","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/postdocs/researcher/Paul_Valdmanis","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Hofmann","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6988&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"William Hofmann","firstName":"William","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/William_Hofmann","researchInterest":"Neuromuscular physiology\r\n  Immunology of myasthenia gravis"},{"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":"Levinson","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychiatry"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7233&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Douglas F. Levinson, M.D.","firstName":"Douglas","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Douglas_Levinson","researchInterest":"Dr. Levinson directs the Program on the Genetics of Brain Function in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.  The program investigates the genetic basis of psychiatric disorders (schizophrenia and major depressive disorder), using genetic association, linkage and resequencing methodologies.  In collaboration with Dr. Alice Whittemore, we are also actively engaged in statistical methods testing and development for genetic research."},{"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. 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We start with yeast, perform genetic and chemical screens, and then move to other model systems (e.g. mammalian tissue culture, mouse, fly) and even work with human patient samples (tissue sections, patient-derived cells, including iPS cells) and next generation sequencing approaches."},{"lastName":"Ruiz-Lozano","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Pediatrics - Cardiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Pediatrics - Cardiology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=18359&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Pilar Ruiz-Lozano, Ph.D.","firstName":"Pilar","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Pilar_Ruiz-Lozano","researchInterest":"Cardiac development and repair"},{"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":"Hestrin","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Comparative Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Comparative Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4343&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Shaul Hestrin","firstName":"Shaul","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Shaul_Hestrin","researchInterest":"The main interest of my lab is to understand how the properties of neocortical neurons and the circuits they form give rise to cortical activity and function. Our approach includes recordings from multiple cells, calcium imaging, two-photon imaging and viral-based optogenetic methods to activate  cortical neurons as well as cortical afferents."},{"lastName":"Montgomery","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Pathology"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor (By courtesy),Computer Science"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=23650&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Stephen B. 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I am especially interested in patient decision making, informed consent, and the interface between genetics and disability."},{"lastName":"Sun","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Dermatology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Instructor,Dermatology"},{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Dermatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Instructor,Dermatology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=33858&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Bryan Sun","firstName":"Bryan","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Bryan_Sun","researchInterest":""},{"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":"Hallmayer","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4056&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Joachim Hallmayer","firstName":"Joachim","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Joachim_Hallmayer","researchInterest":"Principal Investigator\r\nInfrastructure to facilitate discovery of autism genes\r\nThe purpose of this project is to facilitate the discovery of the genes that contribute autism by maintaining an infrastructure which research groups studying the genetics of autism can work collaboratively. 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Application of clinical neurophysiological methods to neurological diagnosis. Neurological complications of HIV infection. Development of evidence-based medicine pertaining to the practice of neurology."},{"lastName":"Schrijver","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pathology and Laboratory Medicine"},{"focus":"Clinical Pathology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Pediatrics - Medical Genetics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3905&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Iris Schrijver","firstName":"Iris","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Iris_Schrijver","researchInterest":"Iris Schrijver is a diplomate of the ABMG, with specialty certification in Clinical Molecular Genetics. In addition, she is a diplomate of the ABP in Clinical Pathology. She is one of the directors of the diagnostic Molecular Pathology laboratory and Stanford Point-of-Care testing. 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