{"result":[{"lastName":"Gupta","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9715&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Aparna Gupta","firstName":"Aparna","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Aparna_Gupta","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Li","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8756&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Zongjin Li","firstName":"Zongjin","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Zongjin_Li","researchInterest":"Embryonic stem cell differentiation, angiogenesis"},{"lastName":"Wu","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"},{"focus":"Congenital Heart Disease (Adult)"},{"focus":"Echocardiography"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6159&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Joseph  C. 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Specifically, we aim to understand how key processes such as nuclear reprogramming, establishment of developmental competence, maintenance of pluripotency, and cell cycle regulation are regulated at the earliest stages."},{"lastName":"Chung","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10141&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jaehoon Chung","firstName":"Jaehoon","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jaehoon_Chung","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Connolly","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anatomic Pathology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6324&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Andrew J. Connolly","firstName":"Andrew","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Andrew_Connolly","researchInterest":"My research interests are vascular biology and cardiovascular pathology.  We are currently working on gene expression in endothelial cells at sites of pathology."},{"lastName":"Drukker","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Cancer/Stem Cell Biology Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Cancer/Stem Cell Biology Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9848&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Micha Drukker","firstName":"Micha","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Micha_Drukker","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Weissman","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pathology - Stem Cell Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pathology - Stem Cell Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4605&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Irving Weissman","firstName":"Irving","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Irving_Weissman","researchInterest":"Stem cell and cancer stem cell biology; development of T and B lymphocytes; cell-surface receptors for oncornaviruses in leukemia. Hematopoietic stem cells; Lymphocyte homing, lymphoma invasiveness and metastasis."},{"lastName":"Shang","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, School of Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, School of Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10197&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ching Shang","firstName":"Ching","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ching_Shang","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Parnes","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4487&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jane Parnes","firstName":"Jane","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jane_Parnes","researchInterest":"The lab is studying the mechanisms controlling B cell responsiveness and the balance between tolerance and autoimmunity.  B cells deficient in CD72 are hyperresponsive to stimulation through the B cell receptor.  We are examining the alterations in B cell signaling in these B cells and the mechanisms by which CD72 deficiency partially abrogates anergic tolerance.  We hope to learn how deficiency in CD72 leads to spontaneous autoimmunity and increased susceptibility to induced autoimmune disease."},{"lastName":"Moss","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Allergy/Asthma/Immunology, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Medicine/Cystic Fibrosis, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Allergy and Immunology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Pulmonary Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Pulmonary Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4157&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Richard B. Moss","firstName":"Richard","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Richard_Moss","researchInterest":"Immunopathogenesis of chronic airways diseases of childhood, including cystic fibrosis, asthma, allergic aspergillosis and bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Translational research: early clinical trials in airways disease of childhood, most notably CF, including gene, cytokine and drug therapy."},{"lastName":"Robinson","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Pulmonary"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Medicine/Cystic Fibrosis, Pediatric"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Pulmonary Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Pulmonary Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4548&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Terry Robinson","firstName":"Terry","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Terry_Robinson","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Stankunas","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9759&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kryn Stankunas","firstName":"Kryn","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Kryn_Stankunas","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Huang","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8938&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mei Huang","firstName":"Mei","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mei_Huang","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Reijo-Pera","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology - OB GYN Institutes"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology - OB GYN Institutes","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8036&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Renee A. 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Development of small molecule regulators as experimental probes and therapeutic leads.  Signaling through calcineurin  and NFAT in vertebrate development."},{"lastName":"Palmer","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Neurosurgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5930&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Theo Palmer","firstName":"Theo","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Theo_Palmer","researchInterest":"For most areas of the mammalian brain, neurogenesis concludes at birth but there are exceptions to the rule. In rodents and humans, some areas of the brain continue to make new neurons throughout life. This process is mediated by neural stem cells and our research goals are to understand how stem cell activity is regulated and whether the nascent potential of resident stem cells can be harnessed for brain repair."},{"lastName":"Chang","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Dermatology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Dermatology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Dermatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6089&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Howard Y. Chang","firstName":"Howard","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Howard_Chang","researchInterest":"The Chang group is focused on two fundamental questions in epithelial biology: (1) the basis of positional identities in epidermal structures throughout the body, and (2) how those signals and boundaries may be abrogated to allow cancer metastasis. 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I am the PI of a multi-center study researching this question.  Additionally, in a separate study involving children who have received lung transplants, I am a participating site in an NIH-sponsored observational and mechanistic multi-center study that will examine the role of viral infections in causing chronic graft rejection."}]}