{"result":[{"lastName":"Pao","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Nephrology"},{"focus":"Hypertension, Renal"},{"focus":"Nephrolithiasis"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Nephrology"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8440&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Alan C. Pao","firstName":"Alan","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Alan_Pao","researchInterest":"We are interested in the hormonal and signal transduction pathways that control epithelial ion transport.  Our model system involves tight epithelia, typically found in the distal nephron of the kidney.  Clinical implications of our work include a better understanding of the pathogenesis of salt-sensitive hypertension and hypertension associated with the insulin resistance syndrome."},{"lastName":"Crasta","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, School of Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, School of Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10372&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Sheela Crasta","firstName":"Sheela","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/postdocs/researcher/Sheela_Crasta","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Goodman","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Molecular & Cellular Physiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Molecular & Cellular Physiology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3813&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Miriam B. Goodman","firstName":"Miriam","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Miriam_Goodman","researchInterest":"We study the molecular events that give rise to the sensation of touch and temperature in C. elegans. To do this, we use a combination of quantitative behavioral analysis, genetics, in vivo electrophysiology, and heterologous expression of ion channels.  We also collaborate with Pruitt's group in Mechanical Engineering to develop and fabricate novel devices for the study of sensory transduction."},{"lastName":"Ring","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"MD Student, School of Medicine"},{"appointment":"Ph.D., Structural Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"MD Student, School of Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=17919&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Aaron Ring","firstName":"Aaron","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Aaron_Ring","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Ferrell","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor,Biochemistry"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4656&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"James Ferrell","firstName":"James","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/James_Ferrell","researchInterest":"My lab has two main goals: to understand mitotic regulation and to understand the systems-level logic of simple signaling circuits.  We often make use of Xenopus laevis oocytes, eggs, and cell-free extracts for both sorts of study.  We also carry out single-cell fluorescence imaging studies on mammalian cell lines.  Our experimental work is complemented by computational and theoretical studies aimed at identifying the design principles of regulatory circuits."},{"lastName":"Arora","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Nephrology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - Nephrology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=15093&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Neiha Arora","firstName":"Neiha","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Neiha_Arora","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Chertow","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Nephrology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Nephrology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8311&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Glenn M. Chertow","firstName":"Glenn","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Glenn_Chertow","researchInterest":"clinical epidemiology, health services research, decision sciences, clinical trials in acute and chronic kidney disease"},{"lastName":"O'Brodovich","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Pulmonary"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Medicine/Cystic Fibrosis, Pediatric"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pediatrics"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pediatrics","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8414&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Hugh O'Brodovich","firstName":"Hugh","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Hugh_O'Brodovich","researchInterest":"Clinical: \r\nPulmonary edema, acute respiratory distress syndromes (ARDS), hyaline membrane disease (HMD), bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)\r\n\r\nBasic Science: \r\nLung epithelial sodium transport\r\nGenetic influences on the development of BPD"},{"lastName":"Eastwood","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Molecular & Cellular Physiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Molecular & Cellular Physiology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10621&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Amy L Eastwood","firstName":"Amy","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/postdocs/researcher/Amy_Eastwood","researchInterest":"Dr. Amy Eastwood\u0092s career has not just bloomed - it has rocketed.  From her takeoff in high school where her chemistry teacher inspired her to pursue a career in science, Dr. Eastwood obtained her Ph.D. at Caltech University, which in turn drew her interest to look at her research on ion channels in a more natural environment.  \r\n\r\nHouston, we have found C. elegans. Dr. Eastwood came to Stanford University in late 2008 and now, with the Stanford University\u0092s Dean Fellowship and a NIH NRSA Fello"},{"lastName":"Meyer","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Nephrology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4497&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Timothy Meyer","firstName":"Timothy","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Timothy_Meyer","researchInterest":"Inadequate removal of uremic solutes contributes to widespread illness in the more than 350,000 Americans maintained on hemodialysis.   But we know remarkably little about these solutes.  Dr. Meyer's research efforts are focused on identifying which uremic solutes are toxic, how these solutes are made, and how their production could be decreased or their removal  could be increased.  We should be able to improve treatment if we knew more about what we are trying to remove."},{"lastName":"Myers","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Nephrology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4332&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Bryan Myers","firstName":"Bryan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Bryan_Myers","researchInterest":"A novel approach is used to evaluate glomerular disease in humans, and its progression.  A combination of physiologic techniques, a morphometric analysis of glomeruli obtained by biopsy, and mathematical modeling of glomerular ultrafiltration is used to quantify the extent of glomerular injury in humans for the first time."},{"lastName":"Krishnan","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Immunology and Rheumatology"},{"focus":"Rheumatology"},{"focus":"Gout"},{"focus":"Lupus"},{"focus":"arthritis"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8452&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Eswar Krishnan, MD M.Phil","firstName":"Eswar","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Eswar_Krishnan","researchInterest":"I am a clinical epidemiologist. My long-term goal is to develop ways and means of disease prevention in the context of rheumatic diseases. Currently, my core  investigative areas are: 1) Cardiovascular impact of inflammatory arthritis 2) Healthcare utilization of populations 3) Methodological innovations for improvement of individual and population phenotyping and health outcome measurement 4)Health outcomes in extreme old age."},{"lastName":"Vanni","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pediatrics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pediatrics","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=37642&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Emilia Vanni","firstName":"Emilia","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/postdocs/researcher/Emilia_Vanni","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Koch","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Senior Director, Discovery & Technological Service Centers,Dean's Office - Senior Associate Dean for Research"},{"appointment":"Admin Services Manager,Dean's Office - Senior Associate Dean for Research"}],"primaryAppointment":"Senior Director, Discovery & Technological Service Centers,Dean's Office - Senior Associate Dean for Research","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=25427&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Bruce Koch, Ph.D.","firstName":"Bruce","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Bruce_Koch","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Tamura","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Nephrology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10432&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Manjula Kurella Tamura","firstName":"Manjula","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Manjula_Tamura","researchInterest":"I am a clinical and health services investigator whose primary interest is in improving the quality of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) care among older adults.  Our previous and current work aims to describe outcomes (especially geriatric outcomes) in older patients and to compare the effectiveness of different ESRD management strategies on these outcomes.  We use a variety of study designs and populations to address questions of interest in this area."},{"lastName":"Jackson","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Bio-X","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4463&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Peter Jackson","firstName":"Peter","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Peter_Jackson","researchInterest":"Cell cycle and cyclin control of DNA replication ."},{"lastName":"Jamison","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus,Medicine - Nephrology"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Nephrology"},{"appointment":"Academic Secretary,Academic Secretary's Office"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor Emeritus,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4541&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Rex L. Jamison","firstName":"Rex","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Rex_Jamison","researchInterest":"Patients with advanced chronic kidney disease and end stage kidney disease have high rates of cardiovascular mortality and morbidity.  The purpose of the Homocysteine Study was to determine if lowering their high plasma homocysteine levels would reduce their mortality.  Secondary endpoints included reductions in myocardial infarction, stroke, and amputation of a lower extremity.  The results showed there was no improvement in survival or reduction in the cardiovascular events."},{"lastName":"Kambham","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pathology and Laboratory Medicine"},{"focus":"Renal Pathology"},{"focus":"Anatomic Pathology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3829&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Neeraja Kambham","firstName":"Neeraja","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Neeraja_Kambham","researchInterest":"Research interests primarily involve medical diseases of the native and transplant kidney. Other interests include liver transplantation pathology and gastrointestinal pathology."},{"lastName":"Rabkin","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Nephrology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6052&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ralph Rabkin","firstName":"Ralph","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Ralph_Rabkin","researchInterest":"Dr Rabkin is examining the mechanism of the acquired resistance to hormones that develops in kidney failure.In particular he is studying the impact of kidney failure on the action of growth hormone and the role of impaired signal transduction as a cause of growth hormone resistance. He is also engaged in the study of growth factors in diabetic kidney disease."},{"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":"Scandling","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation"},{"focus":"Nephrology"},{"focus":"Nephrology (Kidney)"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Nephrology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4276&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John Scandling","firstName":"John","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/John_Scandling","researchInterest":"Clinical renal transplantation; acute renal failure;, cardiovascular disease in diabetic end-stage renal disease."},{"lastName":"Sibley","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anatomic Pathology"},{"focus":"Pathology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4113&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Richard Sibley","firstName":"Richard","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Richard_Sibley","researchInterest":"Immunologic mechanism of rejection in humans and animal, models of organ transplantation; histological definition of clinical pathology studies of various renal disorders."},{"lastName":"Wong","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Nephrology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Pediatrics - Nephrology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Pediatrics - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7185&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Cynthia Wong","firstName":"Cynthia","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Cynthia_Wong","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Chu","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Structural Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Structural Biology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=15846&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Matthew Chu","firstName":"Ling Hon","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/postdocs/researcher/Ling Hon_Chu","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Grimm","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Nephrology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Nephrology"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7989&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Paul C. Grimm","firstName":"Paul","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Paul_Grimm","researchInterest":"Computerized image analysis of kidney and liver biopsies to quantitate and diagnose subtle changes in tissue structure. \r\nRenal Inflammation\r\nRenal Allograft Rejection\r\nRenal Fibrosis in; \r\n-Primary Kidney Disease\r\n-Transplant Kidney Disease\r\nLiver fibrosis\r\nSteatohepatitis"}]}