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Stewart Agras","lastName":"Agras"},{"researchInterest":"Diagnosis and treatment of developmental psychopathology; especially maladaptive aggression and its disorders, delinquency; psychiatric trauma and related psychopathology; adolescent eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa and bulimia.\r\n\r\nStudy of normal stress response, self regulation and coping, resilience under duress and elite athleticism\r\n\r\nPsycholinguistic methods to study mental content and the healing aspects of oral and written expression of emotions","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4312&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Hans_Steiner","appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent"},{"focus":"Child and Adolescent Psychiatry"}],"firstName":"Hans","primaryAppointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry","displayName":"Dr. med. Hans Steiner","lastName":"Steiner"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Taylor is developing and evaluating innovative electronic and computer-assisted programs to make treatments, proven effective for treating various lifestyle and psychosocial problems, more cost-effective and available.   He is also developing new models of evidence-based psychiatry care for eating, anxiety and depressive disorders.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4478&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Craig_Taylor","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychiatry"},{"focus":"Anxiety Disorders"},{"focus":"Behavioral Medicine"},{"focus":"Eating Disorders"}],"firstName":"Craig","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine","displayName":"C. Barr Taylor","lastName":"Taylor"},{"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.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3799&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Lawrence_Hammer","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - General"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatrics, General"},{"focus":"General Pediatrics"}],"firstName":"Lawrence","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - General","displayName":"Lawrence D. Hammer","lastName":"Hammer"},{"researchInterest":"Alterations in brain morphology and organization during starvation and anorexia nervosa","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4268&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Regina_Casper","appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychiatry"}],"firstName":"Regina","primaryAppointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology","displayName":"Regina Casper","lastName":"Casper"},{"researchInterest":"Current research interests include treatment outcome for major depression, particularly chronic forms of major depression, as well as mediators and moderators of outcome; the epidemiology of chronic pain and depression; relationships between child maltreatment and adult sequelae, including psychiatric, medical and health care utilization; and the relationship between brain activation and sexual response in men and women.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4685&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Bruce_Arnow","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Depression, Unipolar"},{"focus":"Psychology"},{"focus":"Evidence-Based Psychotherapy"}],"firstName":"Bruce","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine","displayName":"Bruce Arnow, Ph.D.","lastName":"Arnow"},{"researchInterest":"Research focus is on the health problems of adolescent women, with particular emphasis on the interaction of psychosocial phenomena with biologic features of the second decade of life. The effects of eating disorders on reproductive physiology, bone density and growth is one example of this interest. Pregnancy prevention and medication compliance in adolescents are other research interests.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3993&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Iris_Litt","appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Iris","primaryAppointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine","displayName":"Iris Litt","lastName":"Litt"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7843&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Kristine_Luce","appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychology"}],"firstName":"Kristine","primaryAppointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine","displayName":"Kristine Luce","lastName":"Luce"},{"researchInterest":"Biostatistics, clinical trials, longitudinal studies, casual inference from observational studies, genetic tissue banking, informed consent. Trial designs for dynamic (adaptive) treatment regimes, psychiatric research, cancer.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4192&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Philip_Lavori","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Health Research & Policy - Biostatistics"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Statistics"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Philip","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Health Research & Policy - Biostatistics","displayName":"Philip W. Lavori","lastName":"Lavori"},{"researchInterest":"Research interests and activities include (1) the early identification and treatment of behavioral problems, particularly in children with special health care needs; (2) emergent literacy and school readiness; and, (3) community-based mental health/educational program evaluation and outcomes measurement.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4414&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Lynne_Huffman","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Pediatrics - General"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research) (By courtesy),Psychiatry & Behavioral Science"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Lynne","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Pediatrics - General","displayName":"Lynne C. Huffman","lastName":"Huffman"},{"researchInterest":"My research has focused on the medical complications of adolescents with eating disorders.  My specific area of study has been the etiology and implications of amenorrhea in adolescents with eating disorders, in particular the management of reduced bone mass and osteoporosis in anorexia nervosa.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7961&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Neville_Golden","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Adolescent Medicine"},{"focus":"Eating Disorders"},{"focus":"Bone Health"}],"firstName":"Neville","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine","displayName":"Neville H. Golden M.D.","lastName":"Golden"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Williams\u0092 work focuses primarily on cognitive and emotional recovery of children who have been medically compromised.  With improved medical treatment and increased survival rates comes the need to better understand the challenges that patients face following a life threatening illness or injury.  Advances in medical technology have opened the door to a better understanding of cognitive development and the recovery or deterioration process over time.  Currently, Dr. Williams is examining th","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4571&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Sharon_Williams","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychology"},{"focus":"Psychology, Child and Adolescent"}],"firstName":"Sharon","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry","displayName":"Sharon E. Williams PhD","lastName":"Williams"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Koopman conducts research on understanding how difficult life events (such as serious illness or violence) are related to stress and health behavior and outcomes. She also evaluates the effects of psychosocial interventions on improving physical health and quality of life.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4286&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Cheryl_Koopman","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychosocial"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Cheryl","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychosocial","displayName":"Cheryl Koopman","lastName":"Koopman"},{"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.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4660&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Joel_Killen","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Joel","primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research","displayName":"Joel Killen","lastName":"Killen"},{"researchInterest":"Female athlete triad, eating disorders, homeless youth, health service access","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7657&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jennifer_Carlson","appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Instructor,Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Adolescent Medicine"}],"firstName":"Jennifer","primaryAppointment":"Clinical Instructor,Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine","displayName":"Jennifer Carlson","lastName":"Carlson"},{"researchInterest":"Primary research interests include the nature and treatment of eating disorders\r\n(particularly bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder),  the development and treatment of obesity, and the relationship between binge eating and the metabolic syndrome.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3859&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Debra_Safer","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychiatry"},{"focus":"Eating Disorders"},{"focus":"Binge-Eating Disorder"},{"focus":"Bulimia Nervosa"}],"firstName":"Debra","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine","displayName":"Debra Safer","lastName":"Safer"},{"researchInterest":"Psychological issues in medically ill children.\r\nMedical posttraumatic stress disorder.\r\nTreatment adherence.\r\nTransplant psychiatry.\r\nPediatric oncology.\r\nForensic psychiatry.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4456&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Richard_Shaw","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Pediatrics"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent"},{"focus":"Child and Adolescent Psychiatry"}],"firstName":"Richard","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry","displayName":"Richard J. Shaw, M.D.","lastName":"Shaw"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9578&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Athena_Robinson","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychology"}],"firstName":"Athena","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science","displayName":"Athena Robinson","lastName":"Robinson"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Spiegel's research program involves mind/body interactions,  including cancer progression, the response to traumatic stress, and the effect of hypnosis on the perception of pain and anxiety.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3789&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/David_Spiegel","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychosocial"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychiatry"},{"focus":"Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent"},{"focus":"Medical Director, Stanford Center for Integrative Medicine"}],"firstName":"David","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychosocial","displayName":"David Spiegel","lastName":"Spiegel"},{"researchInterest":"Our research group works primarily on psychiatric program evaluation and the quality of health care. The studies focus heavily on health care programs and the context, process, outcome, and cost of care.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4510&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Rudolf_Moos","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA & Geriatric"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Rudolf","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA & Geriatric","displayName":"Rudolf Moos","lastName":"Moos"},{"researchInterest":"Nonpharmacological treatments of insomnia and depression","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4368&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Rachel_Manber","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"non-pharmacological treatments of insomnia"},{"focus":"Sleep difficulties in children and teens"},{"focus":"Adjustment to CPAP"},{"focus":"Sleep Medicine"}],"firstName":"Rachel","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center","displayName":"Rachel Manber","lastName":"Manber"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Joshi's teaching and research interests focus on increasing knowledge and enhancing effectiveness of pediatric psychotherapy and psychopharmacology interventions.  Areas of study include: the therapeutic alliance in medical care, structured psychotherapy interventions in school settings, and the teaching of pediatric psychopharmacology to medical students, residents, and fellows.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4353&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Shashank_Joshi","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Pediatrics"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent"},{"focus":"Child and Adolescent Psychiatry"}],"firstName":"Shashank","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry","displayName":"Shashank V. Joshi, MD","lastName":"Joshi"},{"researchInterest":"Medical outcomes (bone/endocrine, cardiovascular) of disordered eating behaviors in adolescents of diverse weights; Pro-eating disorder website usage in eating disordered adolescents; Binge eating and purging in overweight populations; Web-based behavioral treatment of obesity in adolescents","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6386&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Rebecka_Peebles","appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Adolescent Medicine"}],"firstName":"Rebecka","primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine","displayName":"Rebecka Peebles","lastName":"Peebles"},{"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.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4673&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Thomas_Robinson","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pediatrics - General"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"General Pediatrics"},{"focus":"Pediatrics, General"}],"firstName":"Thomas","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pediatrics - General","displayName":"Thomas Robinson","lastName":"Robinson"},{"researchInterest":"The core goal of Dr Wren\u0092s academic work is to develop innovations in clinical intervention and health care delivery that will improve clinical outcomes and access to effective care for depressed and anxious children and adolescents seen within the pediatric medical system and to evaluate clinical and cost-effectiveness.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5966&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Frances_Wren","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Child and Adolescent Psychiatry"}],"firstName":"Frances","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry","displayName":"Frances J Wren","lastName":"Wren"}]}