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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":"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":"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":"Clarke","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7430&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Christina Clarke","firstName":"Christina","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Christina_Clarke","researchInterest":"Dr. Clarke\u0092s research efforts are centered in five areas: 1) the epidemiology of breast cancer, 2) the epidemiology of lymphoid malignancies 3) immunologic and viral causes of malignancy, and 4) cancer surveillance and creative uses of and ways to visually display cancer surveillance data (e.g, SEER, cancer registry data) and more recently, 5) internet-based, patient-centric methods for recruitment and data collection in epidemiologic studies."},{"lastName":"Gomez","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7427&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Scarlett Lin Gomez","firstName":"Scarlett","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Scarlett_Gomez","researchInterest":"As a cancer epidemiologist with a focus on surveillance research and social epidemiology, Dr. Gomez conducts research in two broad areas:  1) methodologic studies aimed at enhancing cancer registry data for studies of race/ethnicity and social determinants in cancer incidence and outcomes; and 2) studies to elucidate the underlying social factors responsible for racial/ethnic and socioeconomic health disparities, particularly those identified through surveillance data."},{"lastName":"Keegan","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7431&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Theresa Keegan, MS, PhD","firstName":"Theresa","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Theresa_Keegan","researchInterest":"Dr. Keegan's research focuses on cancer epidemiology and cancer surveillance, with primary areas of interest in genetic and modifiable factors that influence the occurrence of and survival after cancer."},{"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":"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":"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":"Jeffrey","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"General Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - General Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - General Surgery","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4147&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Stefanie S. Jeffrey, MD","firstName":"Stefanie","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Stefanie_Jeffrey","researchInterest":"Dr. Jeffrey was team leader of the multidisciplinary team from the School of Medicine, School of Engineering, and Genome Technology Center that invented the MagSweeper automated technology to isolate live circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from cancer patient blood for single cell analysis. Her lab characterizes CTCs in different cancers, investigating CTC profiles and mutations as potential companion diagnostics to define individual patient response to newer biologically-based cancer therapies."},{"lastName":"Blayney","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Cancer Survivorship"},{"focus":"Breast cancer"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=18330&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Douglas W. Blayney","firstName":"Douglas","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Douglas_Blayney","researchInterest":"Use of medical informatics to improve quality delivery in cancer care"},{"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":"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":"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":"Sheth","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Young Women with breast cancer, metastatic breast cancer, HER2 positive breast cancer"},{"focus":"breast cancer"},{"focus":"Medical Oncology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Instructor,Medicine - Oncology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Instructor,Medicine - Oncology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8535&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Shruti Sheth","firstName":"Shruti","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Shruti_Sheth","researchInterest":""},{"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":"Goldstein","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=21132&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Benjamin Goldstein","firstName":"Benjamin","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Benjamin_Goldstein","researchInterest":"I am a senior biostatistician in the Quantitative Sciences Unit in the Department of Medicine. I am interested in applications of statistical methods to all areas of medicine. My current work is focused on computational methods for developing risk prediction tools for health outcomes, with a focus on utilizing real time, genetic and longitudinal data."},{"lastName":"Wapnir","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Breast Cancer"},{"focus":"Breast Cancer - Surgery"},{"focus":"Breast Surgery"},{"focus":"General Surgery"},{"focus":"Nipple-sparing mastectomy, breast conserving surgery, sentinel node biopsy"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - General Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - General Surgery","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4337&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Irene Wapnir","firstName":"Irene","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Irene_Wapnir","researchInterest":"Clinical treatment trials in Breast Cancer, especially local recurrence of breast cancer. Dr. Wapnir is institutional Principal Investigator for National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP). Laboratory research includes exploring the activity of breast iodide transporter in breast cancer. These endeavors have lead to translational research protocols."},{"lastName":"Van Dam","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4349&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jacques Van Dam, M.D., Ph.D.","firstName":"Jacques","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Jacques_Van Dam","researchInterest":"Dr. Van Dam's research focus involves the use of Raman and light-scattering spectroscopy for the early detection and screening of gastrointestinal cancer."},{"lastName":"Horst","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Breast Cancer"},{"focus":"Breast Cancer - Radiation Oncology"},{"focus":"Breast Cancer - Partial Breast Irradiation"},{"focus":"Radiation Oncology"},{"focus":"Radiation Therapy"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6053&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kathleen Horst","firstName":"Kathleen","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Kathleen_Horst","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Ikeda","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Breast Cancer"},{"focus":"Breast Cancer - Diagnostic Imaging"},{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology"},{"focus":"breast density"},{"focus":"breast cancer needle biopsy"},{"focus":"breast cancer screening"},{"focus":"breast cancer mammography"},{"focus":"breast cancer ultrasound"},{"focus":"breast cancer magnetic resonance imaging"},{"focus":"breast cancer outcomes"},{"focus":"breast cancer tomosynthesis"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4275&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Debra M. Ikeda, M.D.","firstName":"Debra","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Debra_Ikeda","researchInterest":"My research interests involves many aspects of Breast Cancer Imaging: contrast-enhanced MRI, MRI-guided breast biopsies, digital mammography, ultrasound, tomosynthesis,  MR spectroscopy, fine-needle aspiration, large core image guideneedle biopsy, SLN biopsy, outcomes, compliance, digital mammography, CAD, optical imaging, risk assessment, molecular imaging, BIRADS and development of secure QA dashboards."},{"lastName":"Ford","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cancer Genetics"},{"focus":"Gastrointestinal Cancers - Genetics"},{"focus":"Gastrointestinal Cancers - Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Breast Cancer - Genetics"},{"focus":"Ovarian Cancer - Genetics"},{"focus":"Medical Oncology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Oncology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Pediatrics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Oncology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4066&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"James Ford","firstName":"James","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/James_Ford","researchInterest":"Mammalian DNA repair and DNA damage inducible responses; p53 tumor suppressor gene; transcription in nucleotide excision repair and mutagenesis; genetic determinants of cancer cell sensitivity to DNA\u000bdamage; genetics of inherited cancer susceptibility syndromes and human GI malignancies; clinical cancer genetics of BRCA1 and BRCA2 breast cancer and mismatch repair deficient colon cancer."},{"lastName":"Glaser","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7426&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Sally Glaser","firstName":"Sally","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Sally_Glaser","researchInterest":"Dr. Glaser\u0092s interests in cancer epidemiology focus primarily on Hodgkin lymphoma, breast cancer, and Surveillance Research (the use of population-based cancer and other data to monitor cancer occurrence and related population patterns).  In these areas, her work addresses cancer etiology and outcomes related to several risk factors, including EBV and HIV."},{"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":"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":""}]}