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Academic Appointments Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Member, Bio-X
Clinical Focus- Gastroenterology
Research InterestDr. Van Dam's research focus involves the use of Raman and light-scattering spectroscopy for the early detection and screening of gastrointestinal cancer.
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Academic Appointments Professor - Med Center Line, Pathology
Member, Child Health Research Institute
Member, Bio-X
Clinical Focus- Anatomic Pathology
- Sarcoma
Research InterestOur 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.
Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital -
Academic Appointments Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Radiology - Pediatric Radiology
Member, Child Health Research Institute
Member, Bio-X
Clinical Focus- Diagnostic Radiology
- Pediatric and Abdominal MRI
- Cardiovascular Diagnostic Techniques
Research InterestOur group is focused on developing new MRI techniques. In particular, we are increasing the speed of MRI.
Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital -
Academic Appointments Professor, Developmental Biology
Member, Bio-X
Professor, Genetics
Research InterestMechanisms underlying homologous chromosome pairing, DNA recombination and chromosome remodeling during meiosis, using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as an experimental system. High-resolution 3-D imaging of dynamic reorganization of chromosome architecture. Role of protease inhibitors in regulating sperm activation.
