School of Medicine |
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| Jessica Rose Agramonte | Assistant Professor |
Orthopedic Surgery | The neuromuscular and musculoskeletal mechanisms underlying gait abnormalities in children with cerebral palsy (CP) and other pediatric orthopaedic conditions |
| Ben A. Barres | Professor |
Neurobiology | The development and function of glial cells in the mammalian central nervous system |
| Annelise Barron | Associate Professor |
Bioengineering | polymer and colloidal science and biotechnology |
| Vinod Bhutani | Professor |
Pediatrics | Neonatology; newborn jaundice, bilirubin biology and kernicterus prevention; pulmonary physiology, pulmonary functions and neonatal ventilation |
| Helen Blau | Professor |
Microbiology and Immunology | How cells maintain a quiescent, proliferative or differentiated state |
| Helen Bronte-Stewart | Associate Professor |
Neurology | Neurology & Neurological Sciences |
| Mary Kate Bundorf | Assistant Professor |
Health Research and Policy | Health insurance markets including the determinants and effects of individual and purchaser choices, the effects of regulation in insurance markets, the interaction of public and private systems of health insurance, and incentives for insurers to improve health care quality |
| Atul J Butte | Assistant Professor |
Pediatrics | Methodologies in translational bioinformatics |
| Brendan Carvalho | Assistant Professor |
Anesthesia | Cesarean anesthesia and labor analgesia; Pregnancy-induced changes in pain perception and the mechanism behind post-operative pain |
| Eliza Chakravarty | Assistant Professor |
Medicine | Clinical epidemiology, translational studies, and clinical trials. Areas of interest include systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, rheumatoid arthritis, connective tissue diseases, and relationships between autoimmune diseases and pregnancy |
| Shelia Cohen | Professor (Emerita) |
Anesthesia | The efficacy and mechanism of action of spinal and epidural opioids for production of analgesia during labor, and the functionality of epidural analgesia for labor pain relief |
| Terry Desser | Associate Professor |
Radiology | Imaging of gastrointestinal tract cancer; Ultrasound; Simulated learning environment |
| Susan Frayne |
Associate Professor |
Medicine | The quality of primary care provided to patients with mental illness, particularly women with post-traumatic stress disorder secondary to sexual trauma |
| Margaret T. Fuller |
Professor |
Developmental Biology | Stem cell specification, self-renewal, and differentiation; Regulation mechanisms in cell differentiation |
| Sabine C. Girod | Associate Professor |
Surgery | Visuohaptic virtual environments for interactively exploring CT data; Semiautomated planning tools for preoperative surgery simulation; Imaging and robot-guided surgery for dental implants |
| Jeremy Goldhaber-Fiebert
| Assistant Professor |
Medicine | Decision science; International health policy; Cost-effectiveness analysis; Simulation modeling |
| Mary Goldstein | Professor |
Medicine | Development, implementation, and evaluation of quality improvement strategies in primary care; medical informatics; quality of life (health preference/utility) assessment for older adults |
| Miriam B. Goodman |
Associate Professor |
Molecular & Cellular Physiology |
Molecular events that give rise to the sensation of touch and temperature; Novel devices for the study of sensory transduction |
| Stuart Goodman | Professor |
Orthopedic Surgery | 1) the biological aspects of the interface between orthopaedic implants/biomaterials and bone; 2) total joint replacement: prosthesis design, biomechanics, biomaterials, mechanisms of failure; 3) the effects of mechanical stimulation on mesenchymal tissue differentiation; 4) osteoarthritis: etiology, diagnosis, imaging, treatment, outcomes |
| Florette K. Hazard |
Assistant Professor |
Pathology |
Death and disease in the pediatric population. Most notably to characterize pediatric tumor pathology, evaluate abnormalities of the juvenile reproductive system, demonstrate the histologic and ultrastructural changes of metabolic disorders on specific organs, and elucidate new scientific techniques to aid in the study of childhood disease. |
| Jill A. Helms | Associate Professor |
Surgery | The molecular and cellular mechanisms regulating craniofacial morphogenesis, and the etiological basis for genetic and teratogen-induced craniofacial defects |
| Paula Hillard | Professor |
Obstetrics and Gynecology | Adolescent and pediatric gynecology; Contraception; Menopause; Gynecology; Family planning |
| Mark Hlatky | Professor |
Health Research and Policy | Cardiovascular Health Services Research; Cost-Effective Analysis, especially of new technology; Clinical Outome Research; Randomized Clinical Trials with cost, quality of life endpoints (coronary angioplasty, stents, and bypass surgery; diabetes management); Clinical Guidelines Development; Patient Outcomes Research in Cardiac Arrhythmias |
| Ting-Ting Huang | Assistant Professor |
Neurology | Microbial genetics; mammalian genetics; using genetic tools to create and characterize mouse models for human diseases ( e.g., Down syndrome-related mouse models) |
| Keith Humphreys | Professor (Research) |
Psychiatry | Interventions for substance abuse and psychiatric disorders |
| Michael Hsieh | Assistant Professor |
Urology | Host-microbe interactions in the genitourinary tract; Antibiotic and probiotic interventions; Biofilms, chronic parasite infections, and sepsis |
| Robert K. Jackler | Professor |
Otolaryngology | Development of innovative surgical methods, via the cranial base, to expose inaccessible intracranial disease. Surgical simulation and robotics. Evidence based outcomes analysis in acoustic neuroma and other tumors of the cerebellopontine angle. History of tobacco advertising with false reassurance of healthfulness (see tobacco.stanford.edu). Medical history - especially the history of otology, neurosurgery, deafness, and quackery. |
| David Katzenstein | Professor (Research) |
Medicine | Treatment and evaluation of HIV infection |
| Cheryl Koopman | Associate Professor (Research) |
Psychiatry | Psychosocial reactions to political trauma, serious illness, and other stressful life events and the evaluation of intervention programs to help people cope with such events. Studies designed to inform the design of psychosocial interventions for improving physical and mental health. |
| Eswar Krishnan | Assistant Professor |
Immunology and Rheumatology | Clinical Epidemiology and Health Outcomes |
| Amy Ladd | Professor |
Orthopedic Surgery | Bone Graft substitutes; Phosphate bone cement; Congenital anomalies of the upper limb; Tendon transfers for cord injured patients; Malunited wrist fracture |
| Iris F. Litt | Professor (Emerita) |
Pediatrics | The health problems of adolescent women, with particular emphasis on the interaction of psychosocial phenomena with biologic features of the second decade of life |
| Merritt Maduke | Assistant Professor |
Molecular and Cellular Physiology | A combination of electrophysiological, structural, and biochemical methods |
| Rachel Manber | Professor |
Psychiatry | Treatment of depression during pregnancy and post partum; Phenomenology and treatment of insomnia. Comorbid insomnia and depression; The effects of female gonadal hormones on sleep |
| Christina Mora Mangano | Professor |
Anesthesia | Anesthesia |
| Vinod Menon | Associate Professor (Research) |
Psychiatry | Cognitive neuroscience; Cognitive development; Psychiatric neuroscience; Functional brain imaging; Dynamical basis of brain function; Nonlinear dynamics of neural systems |
| Anna Messner | Professor |
Otolaryngology | Pediatric Otolaryngology |
| Rudolf Moos | Professor |
Psychiatry | (1) Assessment of the quality of treatment for substance use and psychiatric disorders and its relationship to treatment outcome; (2) characteristics of the social environments of community settings that contribute to treatment outcome, such as families, the workplace, and self-help and mutual support groups; and (3) clarification of the role of social context and coping in personal growth and well-being. One area of his interest involves gender similarities and differences in these areas. |
| Ruth O'Hara | Associate Professor (Research) |
Psychiatry | Psychiatry and Behavioral Science |
| Claudia Mueller | Assistant Professor |
Pediatric Surgery | Pediatric Surgery |
| Karen J. Parker | Assistant Professor (Research) |
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Behavioral neuroscience research program focusing on 1) the biology of healthy and disordered social functioning and 2) the role of early stressful experiences in developmental outcomes |
| Josef Parvizi | Assistant Professor |
Neurology | Brain architecture and how pathological changes in distinct networks cause various clinical problems. Lab goal is to understand the neural basis of seizure propagation and how it relates to ictal behavior. Also, to test hypotheses at cellular, local, and system levels using intracranial stimulation & recordings. |
| Anna Penn | Assistant Professor |
Pediatrics | The Penn lab is studying the role of placental factors in brain development. We are using novel mouse models to explore factors that contribute to normal neurodevelopment and the effects of their loss following premature birth. We are focused on the influence of steroid hormones (estrogens and progestins) on cerebellar development and, collaboratively, are extending our studies to hippocampal stem cells and forebrain neurons. |
| Renee Reijo Pera | Professor |
Obstetrics & Gynecology | Understanding key cell fates in the embryo, including the generation of pluripotent stem cells, somatic and germ cell lineages |
| Marlene Rabinovitch | Professor |
Pediatrics | The regulation of genes associated with cardiovascular development and disease |
| Chandra Ramamoorthy | Associate Professor |
Anesthesia | Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia; Pediatric Anesthesia |
| Natalie Rasgon | Professor |
Psychiatry | Neuroendocrine and brain imaging studies in postmenopausal women and endocrine studies in reproductive-aged women with mood disorders |
| Allan Reiss | Professor |
Psychiatry | (1) behavioral neurogenetics and (2) neuroimaging |
| Edward Riley | Associate Professor |
Anesthesia | "Obstetric Anesthesia Controversies: Vasopressor Choice for Postspinal Hypotension During Cesarean Delivery." Int Anesthesiol Clin 2007; 45: 1: 115-132 |
| Eunice Rodriguez | Associate Professor (teaching) |
Pediatrics | Social epidemiology of public health; The use and exploration of mixed methods in program evaluation |
| Debra Safer | Assistant Professor |
Psychiatry | The nature and treatment of eating disorders (particularly bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder), the development and treatment of obesity, and the relationship between binge eating and the metabolic syndrome |
| Minnie Sarwal | Associate Professor |
Pediatrics | Translational research into the molecular and immunological basis of transplant dysfunction |
| Iris Schrijver | Assistant Professor |
Pathology | Cystic fibrosis; Sensorineural hearing loss; Mitochondrial mutation detection |
| Audrey Shafer | Associate Professor |
Anesthesia | Staff Anesthesiologist, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System; Director, Arts, Humanities and Medicine Program, Center for Biomedical Ethics |
| Carla Shatz | Professor |
Neurobiology | To discover cellular and molecular mechanisms that transform early fetal and neonatal brain circuits into mature connections, and in particular to determine the extent to which neural function during critical periods of development is needed for these circuits to tune up into adult patterns of connectivity. |
| Steven Shafer | Professor |
Anesthesia | Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of intravenous anesthetics, including drug interactions and continuous measures of drug effect; model-based drug development; target controlled drug delivery; advanced models of drug behavior |
| Linda Dairiki Shortliffe | Professor |
Urology | Pediatric Urology, Cancer - Urologic Oncology |
| Barbara Sommer | Associate Professor |
Psychiatry | Cognitive reserve and factors that positively and negatively influence it |
| Marcia Stefanick | Professor (Research) |
medicine - prevention | Chronic disease prevention and health promotion across the lifespan, for men and women, with a special interest in menopause and sex hormones |
| Kathryn Stevens | Assistant Professor |
Radiology | "Comparison of minimally invasive and conventional open posterolateral lumbar fusion using magnetic resonance imaging and retraction pressure studies." J Spinal Disord Tech 2006; 19: 2: 77-86 |
| Jane Tan | Assistant Professor |
Nephrology | Issues pertaining to clinical kidney transplantation with ongoing studies on the following topics: 1. Renal senescence and kidney transplant, and chronic allograft nephropathy; 2. Living donor safety and response to uninephrectomy; and 3. Biomarkers for post-transplant monitoring. |
| Dolores Gallagher Thompson | Professor (Research) |
Psychiatry | Intervention research to reduce distress in older adults & their family members; the efficacy of psychotherapies (cognitive/ behavioral {CBT} & psychodynamic) to treat late-life depression |
| Philip Tsao | Associate Professor (Research) |
Cardiovascular Medicine | Cardiovascular Medicine |
| Hannah Valantine | Professor |
Medicine | The mechanism mediating acute and chronic allograft failure, in particular on the role of microvascular injury in acute allograft failure and the mechanisms of mediating transplant coronary artery disease |
| Nancy Ewen Wang | Assistant Professor |
Surgery | Disparities in Emergency Medical Services for children; Efficacy of novel interventions for pediatric access to care; Teaching and supporting community-initiated interventions and programs internationally |
| Heather Wakelee | Assistant Professor |
Oncology | Lung cancer; Anti-angiogenesis strategies |
| Irene Wapnir | Associate Professor |
Surgery | Clinical treatment trials in Breast Cancer, especially locally recurrent breast cancer |
| Lynn Westphal | Associate Professor |
Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility | Infertility, fertility preservation, oocyte cryopreservation |
| Carol Hunter Winograd | Associate PRofessor (Emerita) |
Medicine (Geriatrics) and Human Biology | Women's issues, mobility, improving function and quality of life, especially for older adults. |
| Frances Wren | Assistant Professor |
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Clinical intervention and health care delivery that will improve clinical outcomes and access to effective care for depressed and anxious children and adolescents seen within the pediatric medical system and to evaluate clinical and cost-effectiveness |
| Sherry Wren |
Professor |
Surgery |
Surgical oncology, especially gastrointestinal cancers |
| Mylene Yao | Assistant Professor |
Obstetrics and Gynecology | Early mammalian embryo development |
