{"result":[{"lastName":"Sarin","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Dermatology"},{"focus":"Precision Dermatology"},{"focus":"Skin Cancers"},{"focus":"Adverse Drug Reactions"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Dermatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Dermatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=33859&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kavita Sarin","firstName":"Kavita","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Kavita_Sarin","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Kuo","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Medical Oncology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Hematology"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Chemical and Systems Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Hematology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5906&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Calvin Kuo","firstName":"Calvin","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Calvin_Kuo","researchInterest":"We explore angiogenesis, cancer genomics, intestinal stem cells, and hepatic glucose metabolism.  Angiogenesis projects include endothelial miRNA and GPCR ko mice, blood-brain barrier regulation, stroke therapeutics and anti-angiogenic cancer therapy.  Intestinal stem cell projects use primary intestinal culture and mouse genetics to study injury-inducible vs homeostatic stem cells.  We use primary organoid cultures of diverse tissues for oncogene functional screening and therapeutics discovery."},{"lastName":"Zhao","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"MD Student, School of Medicine"},{"appointment":"Ph.D., Stem Cell"}],"primaryAppointment":"MD Student, School of Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=18651&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ludan \"Dani\" Zhao","firstName":"Ludan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ludan_Zhao","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Chu","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Ph.D., Dean's Office"},{"appointment":"Student Resident Asst,Academic and Residential Computing - Student Computing"}],"primaryAppointment":"Ph.D., Dean's Office","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=19664&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ci Chu","firstName":"Ci","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ci_Chu","researchInterest":"lncRNA and regulation of gene expression."},{"lastName":"Myers","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Nephrology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4332&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Bryan Myers","firstName":"Bryan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/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":"Nusse","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4280&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Roeland Nusse","firstName":"Roeland","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Roeland_Nusse","researchInterest":"Our laboratory studies Wnt signaling in development and disease. We found recently that Wnt proteins are unusual growth factors, because they are lipid-modified. We discovered that Wnt proteins promote the proliferation of stem cells of various origins. Current work is directed at understanding the function of the lipid on the Wnt,  using Wnt proteins as factors the expand stem cells and on understanding Wnt signaling during repair and regeneration after tissue injury."},{"lastName":"Artandi","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Internal Medicine"},{"focus":"General Internal Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6449&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Maja Artandi, MD","firstName":"Maja","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Maja_Artandi","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Meyer","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Nephrology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4497&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Timothy Meyer","firstName":"Timothy","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/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":"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://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4656&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"James Ferrell","firstName":"James","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/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":"Sylvester","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Surgery, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Pediatric Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Pediatric Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3827&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Karl Sylvester","firstName":"Karl","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Karl_Sylvester","researchInterest":"Current research interests include mesenchymal stem cell biology, clonal isolation of mesenchymal progenitors, signaling pathways for maintenance of potency and committment to differentiation.\r\n\r\nAdditional areas of ongoing study are the mechanisms of liver regeneration.  Interests include local and humoral cellular components of liver repair and regrowth; and the requisite cellular signaling mechanisms of liver stem cell biology."},{"lastName":"Janda","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Molecular & Cellular Physiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Molecular & Cellular Physiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10499&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Claudia Janda","firstName":"Claudia","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Claudia_Janda","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Lafayette","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Nephrology (Kidney)"},{"focus":"Glomerular Disease"},{"focus":"Amyloidosis"},{"focus":"Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation"},{"focus":"Nephrology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Nephrology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4023&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Richard Lafayette","firstName":"Richard","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Richard_Lafayette","researchInterest":"Initiating a glomerulonephritis cohort study, including immunologic characterization.  Interventional studies of preeclampsia exploring the nitric oxide, endothelin system and effects on glomerular function and morphometry.  Outcome studies in dialysis and acute renal failure patients.  Interventional and observational studies of glomerular disease, particularly IgA nephropathy."},{"lastName":"Ronan","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Ph.D., Dean's Office"},{"appointment":"Thinking Matters 2013 Instructor Scott Grad CDA 7/1 - 3/31/13. $18/hr 8hrs/wk,Stanford Introductory Studies - Introduction to the Humanities Program"},{"appointment":"Stanford Student Employee,Stanford Introductory Studies - Introduction to the Humanities Program"}],"primaryAppointment":"Ph.D., Dean's Office","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=20121&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jehnna Ronan","firstName":"Jehnna","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jehnna_Ronan","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Green","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Comparative Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Comparative Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4470&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Sherril L. Green, DVM, PhD","firstName":"Sherril","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Sherril_Green","researchInterest":"Research Interests: Xenopus laevis. Husbandry, biology, infectious and parasitic diseases of laboratory Xenopus laevis. Large animal models of disease."},{"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://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3829&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Neeraja Kambham","firstName":"Neeraja","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/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":"Reijo Pera","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology - Obstetrics & Gynecology - Institutes"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology - Obstetrics & Gynecology - Institutes","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8036&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Renee A. Reijo Pera, Ph.D.","firstName":"Renee","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Renee_Reijo Pera","researchInterest":"The Reijo Pera Laboratory is focused on pluripotent stem cells and regenerative medicine with an emphasis on understanding key cell fate decisions in early human development.  In particular, we examine early events such as the  generation of pluripotent stem cells, somatic and germ cell lineages and pathologies that arise in development."},{"lastName":"Wernig","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Pathology - Stem Cell Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Pathology - Stem Cell Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10445&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Marius Wernig","firstName":"Marius","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Marius_Wernig","researchInterest":"Epigenetic Reprogramming, Direct conversion of fibroblasts into neurons, Pluripotent Stem Cells, Neural Differentiation: implications in development and regenerative medicine"},{"lastName":"Sebastiano","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Obstetrics & Gynecology - Obstetrics & Gynecology - Institutes"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Obstetrics & Gynecology - Obstetrics & Gynecology - Institutes","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=12351&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Vittorio Sebastiano","firstName":"Vittorio","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Vittorio_Sebastiano","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Chang","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6387&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ching-Pin Chang","firstName":"Ching-Pin","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ching-Pin_Chang","researchInterest":"The ultimate goal of my laboratory is to define the molecular mechanisms underlying cardiovascular development and disease and translate the bench findings to clinical applications. One objective is to understand how the major types of cardiac cells (endocardial, myocardial, epicardial and neural crest cells) interact with each other to generate heart tissues. We are interested in chromatin regulation, transcriptional and signaling events that coordinate their interactions and assembly into hea"},{"lastName":"Xie","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Ph.D., Biochemistry"}],"primaryAppointment":"Ph.D., Biochemistry","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=19942&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kathleen Xie","firstName":"Kathleen","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Kathleen_Xie","researchInterest":""}]}