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We also collaborate with Pruitt's group in Mechanical Engineering to develop and fabricate novel devices for the study of sensory transduction."},{"lastName":"McDonald","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Sr Research Engineer (PI Waiver),Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Research"}],"primaryAppointment":"Sr Research Engineer (PI Waiver),Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Research","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6130&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kathryn McDonald","firstName":"Kathryn","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Kathryn_McDonald","researchInterest":"My research and educational activities focus on evidence-based medicine, patient-centered concerns, health care quality, and patient safety. I enjoy forming and participating in multi-disciplinary teams to identify, highlight and formulate solutions to issues of suboptimal performance of the health care system, both in the US and abroad."},{"lastName":"Buckmaster","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Comparative Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Comparative Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4415&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Paul Buckmaster, DVM, PhD","firstName":"Paul","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Paul_Buckmaster","researchInterest":"Mechanisms of epilepsy, especially temporal lobe epilepsy."},{"lastName":"Luoma","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurosciences Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurosciences Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=24597&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jessie Luoma","firstName":"Jessie","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jessie_Luoma","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Pasca","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurobiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurobiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10793&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Sergiu P. Pasca","firstName":"Sergiu","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Sergiu_Pasca","researchInterest":"My primary interest is in understanding the molecular and cellular underpinnings of psychiatric diseases of developmental origin, in particular autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenias. I use induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) derived from patients to identify cellular phenotypes associated with these diseases. I am also working on developing reliable assays for probing neuronal phenotypes in vitro and optimizing high-throughput drug screening in iPSC-derived neurons from patients."},{"lastName":"Taylor","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Bio-X","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6076&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Charles A. 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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":"Chitkara","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Maternal - Fetal Medicine"},{"focus":"Obstetrics"},{"focus":"Obstetrics and Gynecology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus,Obstetrics & Gynecology - Maternal Fetal Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor Emeritus,Obstetrics & Gynecology - Maternal Fetal Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4288&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Usha Chitkara","firstName":"Usha","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Usha_Chitkara","researchInterest":"Rh disease, other red call isoimmunization, e.g. Kell, etc.\r\nI.T.P. and alloimmune thrombocytopenia\r\nMultiple pregnancy (twins, triplets, etc.) and associated problems and procedures\r\nUltrasound referrals -- complicated and routine\r\nProcedures --cordocentesis, intrauterine transfusion; selective termination or reduction in multiple pregnancy."},{"lastName":"Dash","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8685&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Rajesh Dash, MD, PhD","firstName":"Rajesh","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Rajesh_Dash","researchInterest":"My research focuses on imaging cell signaling in the heart.  I am developing molecular imaging probes that  track to injured heart tissue, such that non-invasive imaging techniques, like cardiac MRI, can visualize these probe signals in real-time.  The translational goal of my research is to develop new ways to detect early cardiac injury before permanent damage occurs, so that preventive medical therapy can be started."},{"lastName":"Giacomini","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4503&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John Giacomini, MD","firstName":"John","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/John_Giacomini","researchInterest":"Calcium channel blockers; membrane pharmacology;, coronary physiology; antiarrhythmic drugs; cardiac hemodynamics;, cellular mechanisms of myocyte hypertrophy."},{"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://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8440&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Alan C. 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We employ mouse and human embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells as well as rodents as our in vivo models for investigation."},{"lastName":"Deisseroth","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychiatry"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Professor,Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Bioengineering","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6080&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Karl Deisseroth","firstName":"Karl","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Karl_Deisseroth","researchInterest":"Research in Dr. Deisseroth's laboratory focuses on developing optical, molecular and cellular tools to observe, perturb, and re-engineer brain circuits. His laboratory is based in the James H. Clark Center at Stanford and has developed optogenetic and tissue engineering methods, employing techniques spanning electrophysiology, molecular biology, optics, neural activity imaging, animal behavior, and computational neural network modeling."},{"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://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4541&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Rex L. Jamison","firstName":"Rex","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/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."}]}