{"result":[{"lastName":"King","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4715&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Abby C. King","firstName":"Abby","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Abby_King","researchInterest":"My interests include the application of behavioral theory and social ecological approaches to achieve large scale changes impacting chronic disease prevention and control; expanding the reach and translation of evidence-based interventions through state-of-the-art technologies; exploring social and physical environmental influences on health; applying community participatory research perspectives to address health disparities; and policy-level approaches to health promotion/disease prevention."},{"lastName":"Winkleby","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4305&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Marilyn Winkleby, PhD, MPH","firstName":"Marilyn","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Marilyn_Winkleby","researchInterest":"Cardiovascular disease epidemiology, health of socioeconomically disadvantaged and ethnic minority populations, social determinants of health, community-based intervention research, youth advocacy and mentorship, promoting diversity in health professions"},{"lastName":"Haskell","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor Emeritus,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6108&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"William Haskell","firstName":"William","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/William_Haskell","researchInterest":"My major research interests and activities over the next several years will focus on the development and evaluation of the objective measurement of physical activity in free-living populations using a variety of sensing devices and mobile phones for data collection and processing. Also, I will continue to direct the Stanford Heart Network with the major mission being to assist community-based CVD prevention/treatment programs implement more effective heart attack and stroke prevention programs."},{"lastName":"McClain","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Social Science Science Research Associate,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Social Science Science Research Associate,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=18885&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Arianna McClain","firstName":"Arianna","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Arianna_McClain","researchInterest":"Treatment of childhood obesity; Development of effective behavioral weight loss and management interventions in overweight and obese children;  Psychological/behavioral factors determining development and treatment of childhood obesity; Determinants of dietary intake in children and adolescents; Adherence to dietary interventions"},{"lastName":"Castro","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Sr Research Scholar,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Sr Research Scholar,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=17722&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Cynthia Castro","firstName":"Cynthia","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Cynthia_Castro","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Matheson","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Senior Research Scientist (Waiver),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Senior Research Scientist (Waiver),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=16607&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Donna Matheson","firstName":"Donna","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Donna_Matheson","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Kiernan","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Senior Research Scientist (PI Waiver),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Senior Research Scientist (PI Waiver),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6282&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michaela Kiernan","firstName":"Michaela","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Michaela_Kiernan","researchInterest":"Research interests include: (1) the design and testing of targeted behavioral interventions that promote long-term lifestyle changes and weight management among subgroups at risk, and (2) the development of methodological and statistical approaches that improve the design, delivery, and analysis of behavioral randomized clinical trials"},{"lastName":"Rehkopf","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=20476&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"David Rehkopf","firstName":"David","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/David_Rehkopf","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Finlay","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=30890&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Andrea Finlay","firstName":"Andrea","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Andrea_Finlay","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Robinson","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"General Pediatrics"},{"focus":"Pediatrics, General"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pediatrics - General Pediatrics"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pediatrics - General Pediatrics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4673&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Thomas Robinson","firstName":"Thomas","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Thomas_Robinson","researchInterest":"Dr. Robinson focuses on \"solution-oriented\" research, developing and evaluating effective health promotion and disease prevention interventions for children and adolescents.  His research is mostly experimental, conducting school-, family- and community-based randomized controlled trials to test theory-driven behavioral, social and environmental interventions to prevent obesity, improve nutrition, increase physical activity, reduce smoking, and study the effects of children's television use."},{"lastName":"Killen","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor Emeritus,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4660&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Joel Killen","firstName":"Joel","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Joel_Killen","researchInterest":"My research is focused on the development and evaluation of cigarette smoking prevention and cessation therapies and obesity prevention treatments for children, adolescents and adults."},{"lastName":"Farquhar","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart), Preventive"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"focus":"Chronic Disease Prevention"},{"focus":"Global cancer prevention"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor Emeritus,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5956&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John W. Farquhar, M.D.","firstName":"John","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/John_Farquhar","researchInterest":"Disease prevention, epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases, community-based education for disease prevention, international health."},{"lastName":"Hammer","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatrics, General"},{"focus":"General Pediatrics"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - General Pediatrics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - General Pediatrics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3799&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Lawrence D. Hammer","firstName":"Lawrence","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Lawrence_Hammer","researchInterest":"Dr Hammer has had a longstanding interest in factors influencing the development of childhood obesity.  In particular, his studies have focused on early determinants of eating behavior, physical activity, and parenting behavior in relation to early feeding decisions and parental influences on diet and eating. With the current epidemic of child obesity and it's comorbidities, he is currently involved in the development of protocols for adolescent bariatric surgery."},{"lastName":"Kraemer","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4163&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Helena Chmura Kraemer","firstName":"Helena","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Helena_Kraemer","researchInterest":"I am interested in the methodology pertinent to dealing with research problems where biological and behavioral interests meet. These interests have been applied not only in psychiatric research, but in those areas of Cardiology, Pediatrics and other fields of medicine in which behavioral research is becoming ever more salient."},{"lastName":"Friedman","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Consulting Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Consulting Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6143&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gary Friedman","firstName":"Gary","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Gary_Friedman","researchInterest":"Chronic disease epidemiology, particularly cancer, cardiovascular disease, adverse effects of smoking, alcohol and pharmaceuticals, evaluation of screening tests.\r\nMost of my career has been in the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research where I was Director for 7 years and am still active. I especially enjoy mentoring students and trainees at Stanford."},{"lastName":"Mascola","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychiatry"},{"focus":"Behavioral Medicine"}],"appointments":[],"imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6509&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Anthony Mascola","firstName":"Anthony","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Anthony_Mascola","researchInterest":"I hope to compassionately and effectively promote health and well being through better\r\nunderstanding of the interaction between environmental, biological and psychological factors\r\ninfluencing decision making and self regulation. Complex behavioral problems can be viewed\r\nthrough the lens of the basic sciences, including the psychological sciences of decision theory\r\nand motivation, recently organized under a framework described as behavioral economics. I\r\nhave been employing conceptual models"},{"lastName":"Horn-Ross","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7424&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Pamela Horn-Ross","firstName":"Pamela","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Pamela_Horn-Ross","researchInterest":"My research interests focus on nutrition and the etiology of hormonally-dependent cancers in women (most particularly breast, endometrial, and thyroid cancers).  Of particular interest are the effects of phytochemicals that may reduce cancer risk, such as the isoflavones in soy foods, the lignans in whole grains, the isothiocyanates in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables, and resveratrol in red wine and peanuts. Nutrient-gene interactions are also of interest."},{"lastName":"Rosas","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=23489&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Lisa Rosas","firstName":"Lisa","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Lisa_Rosas","researchInterest":"1. Latino Immigrant Health:  Binational approach to understanding health of Latino immigrant populations by studying groups in sending communities (primarily Mexico) and receiving communities in the US with a focus on modifiable risk factors and preventable environmental exposures.\r\n\r\n2. Childhood and adolescent obesity:  Design, implementation and analysis of community-based observational studies aimed at understanding determinants of dietary intake, obesity and metabolic syndrome among childr"},{"lastName":"Robinson","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9578&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Athena Robinson","firstName":"Athena","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Athena_Robinson","researchInterest":"My current research interests include investigation into the nature and treatment of eating disorders. In particular, the development and dissemination of guided self-help treatments for eating disorders and the role emotion dysregulation plays in the etiology and maintenance of disordered eating behaviors. In 2010, I received a Mentored Patient-Oriented Career Development Award from NIH whose primary aim is to compare the efficacy of two guided self-help treatments for binge eating disorder."},{"lastName":"Keegan","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7431&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Theresa Keegan, MS, PhD","firstName":"Theresa","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Theresa_Keegan","researchInterest":"Dr. Keegan's research focuses on cancer epidemiology and cancer surveillance, with primary areas of interest in genetic and modifiable factors that influence the occurrence of and survival after cancer."},{"lastName":"Palaniappan","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Internal Medicine"}],"appointments":[],"imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6447&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Latha Palaniappan, MD, MS","firstName":"Latha","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Latha_Palaniappan","researchInterest":"Latha Palaniappan is currently an Associate Investigator at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute, an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford University and Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of California San Francisco. Dr. Palaniappan has completed over 20 studies spanning 10 years in the areas of ethnicity, obesity, and diabetes risk. She currently leads the Pan Asian Cohort Study (www.pamf.org/pacs), to investigate diabetes in Asian Americans"},{"lastName":"Gardner","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4085&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Christopher Gardner","firstName":"Christopher","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Christopher_Gardner","researchInterest":"The role of nutrition in individual and societal health, with particular interests in: plant-based diets, differential response to low-carb vs. low-fat weight loss diets by insulin resistance status, chronic disease prevention, randomized controlled trials, human nutrition, community based studies, Community Based Participatory Research, sustainable food movement (animal rights and welfare, global warming, human labor practices), stealth health, nutrition policy, nutrition guidelines"},{"lastName":"Prochaska","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=32487&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Judith Prochaska","firstName":"Judith","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Judith_Prochaska","researchInterest":"My research program focuses on developing effective treatments for tobacco dependence and other leading risk factors (e.g., sedentary behavior, obesity, stress and distress), with a focus on complex and multi-problem groups including people with serious mental illness, alcohol and drug problems, and heart disease, the unemployed, and homeless."},{"lastName":"Weintraub","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"General Pediatrics"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Pediatrics - General Pediatrics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Pediatrics - General Pediatrics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5892&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Dana Weintraub","firstName":"Dana","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Dana_Weintraub","researchInterest":"Research interests include: 1) Childhood obesity, community-based interventions to increase physical activity 2) Impact of medical-legal collaboration on child and family health."},{"lastName":"West","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6327&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Dee W. West","firstName":"Dee","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Dee_West","researchInterest":"- Cancer etiology (diet, familial, genetic), especially breast, prostate and colon cancer\r\n- Cancer surveillance (Cancer registration, cancer patterns)\r\n- Cancer outcomes (Survival, quality of life, quality of care)"}]}