{"result":[{"researchInterest":"Dr. Spin began his research career studying the structural biology of low density lipoprotein, and has been augmenting his skills with intensive training in molecular biology techniques, particularly those involving high-throughput genetic expression profiling. He is especially interested in vascular smooth muscle cells, and the role of smooth muscle differentiation and phenotypic switching in development and vascular disease.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6448&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Joshua_Spin","appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Aortic Disease"},{"focus":"Marfan Syndrome and Aortic Disorders"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"}],"firstName":"Joshua","primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","displayName":"Joshua M. Spin","lastName":"Spin"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4070&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Philip_Tsao","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Philip","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","displayName":"Philip S. Tsao, PhD","lastName":"Tsao"},{"researchInterest":"My research interests are translational. We use high dimensional genomic analysis to identify myocardial gene expression networks then use molecular, cellular and classical physiology tools to assay the biological systems. Our interests range from fit to failing hearts.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7578&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Euan_Ashley","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular genetics"},{"focus":"Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy"},{"focus":"Heart Failure"},{"focus":"Sports Medicine"},{"focus":"Dilated Cardiomyopathy"},{"focus":"Long QT Syndrome"},{"focus":"Peripartum cardiomyopathy"},{"focus":"Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia"}],"firstName":"Euan","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","displayName":"Euan A. Ashley","lastName":"Ashley"},{"researchInterest":"My research interests are vascular biology and cardiovascular pathology.  We are currently working on gene expression in endothelial cells at sites of pathology.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6324&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Andrew_Connolly","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anatomic Pathology"}],"firstName":"Andrew","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology","displayName":"Andrew J. Connolly","lastName":"Connolly"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Nolan's group uses high throughput single cell analysis technology of kinase driven signaling cascades to interrogate autoimmunity, cancer, virology (influenza), bacterial pathogens (Listeria and Salmonella) as well as understanding normal immune system function.  Using advanced flow cytometric techniques and computational biology approaches, we focus on high throughput drug screening, mouse models of disease in patient materials, and understanding disease processes at the single cell level.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4713&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Garry_Nolan","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Garry","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory","displayName":"Garry Nolan","lastName":"Nolan"},{"researchInterest":"My lab works on biological mechanisms of adult stem cells, embryonic stem cells, and induced pluripotent stem cells. We use a combination of gene profiling, tissue engineering, physiological testing, and molecular imaging technologies to better understand stem cell biology in vitro and in vivo.  For adult stem cells, we are interested in monitoring stem cell survival, proliferation, and differentiation. For ESC, we are currently studying their tumorigenicity, immunogenicity, and differentiation","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6159&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Joseph_Wu","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"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"},{"focus":"Congenital Heart Disease (Adult)"},{"focus":"Echocardiography"}],"firstName":"Joseph","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","displayName":"Joseph  C. 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Robbins, M. D.","lastName":"Robbins"},{"researchInterest":"Molecular and cellular mechanisms that control muscle and neuronal growth; stem cell biology, differentiation, and tumorigenicity. Regulating stem cell fate in vitro and in vivo. Stem cell therapies. Hematopoietic and muscle stem cells. Characterizing and bioengineering stem cell niches. Nuclear reprogramming. Muscle development and disease. Drug delivery. Tracking cell behavior in vitro and in vivo. Understanding tissue degeneration and regeneration.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4517&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Helen_Blau","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Helen","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory","displayName":"Helen M. Blau","lastName":"Blau"},{"researchInterest":"Geoffrey Gurtner's Lab is interested in understanding the mecahnism of new blood vessel growth following injury and how pathways of tissue regeneration and fibrosis interact in wound healing.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6890&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Geoffrey_Gurtner","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Plastic Surgery"}],"firstName":"Geoffrey","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery","displayName":"Geoffrey Gurtner","lastName":"Gurtner"},{"researchInterest":"Our interests include: \r\n1) The physiology and significance of lymphocyte homing in local and systemic immunity; \r\n2) biochemical and genetic studies of molecules that direct leukocyte recruitment; \r\n3) cellular and molecular genetic studies of leukocyte chemotaxis and the role of chemokines; \r\n4) vascular differentiation in normal and pathologic inflammatory states; \r\n5) systems and chemical biology approaches to understanding the regulation of lymphocyte trafficking programs.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4498&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Eugene_Butcher","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pathology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Eugene","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pathology","displayName":"Eugene Butcher","lastName":"Butcher"},{"researchInterest":"Cellular response to hypoxia and ionizing radiation; cell-cycle control, apoptosis and angiogenesis in transformed cells.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4141&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Amato_Giaccia","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Biology"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Obstetrics & Gynecology"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Amato","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Biology","displayName":"Amato Giaccia","lastName":"Giaccia"},{"researchInterest":"Our research focuses on understanding the regulation of genes associated with cardiovascular development and disease, through the use of cultured cells and tissues and genetically modified mouse models.   A variety of different aberrant pathways are being characterized, including those related to signaling through the bone morphogenetic proteins, serotonin and the S100 family of calcium binding proteins, and those defining how a microtubule associated protein regulates mRNA translation.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3897&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Marlene_Rabinovitch","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pediatrics - Cardiology"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Developmental Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart), Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiology"}],"firstName":"Marlene","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pediatrics - Cardiology","displayName":"Marlene Rabinovitch","lastName":"Rabinovitch"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8938&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mei_Huang","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Mei","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology","displayName":"Mei Huang","lastName":"Huang"},{"researchInterest":"Embryonic stem cell differentiation, angiogenesis","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8756&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Zongjin_Li","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Zongjin","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology","displayName":"Zongjin Li","lastName":"Li"},{"researchInterest":"Functional consequences and pathogenetic mechanisms of mutations and microdeletions in human neurogenetic syndromes and mouse models: Williams-Beuren syndrome, a heterozygous 1.6 megabase deletion; Rett syndrome, caused by mutations in the X-linked methyl-CpG binding protein 2 (MECP2) gene. Mechanisms of genomic imprinting: Prader Willi syndrome","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4281&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Uta_Francke","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Professor,Pediatrics"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Clinical Genetics"},{"focus":"Neurogenetics"}],"firstName":"Uta","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Genetics","displayName":"Uta Francke","lastName":"Francke"},{"researchInterest":"My laboratory studies the mechanisms of cardiovascular development, particularly how the three major types of cardiac cells (endocardial, myocardial and epicardial cells) and neural crest cells interact with each other to generate heart tissues.  We are interested in the transcriptional and signaling events that coordinate their interactions and assembly into heart tissues.  The long-term goal is to understand the developmental mechanisms that control tissue formation and recapitulate the devel","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6387&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ching-Pin_Chang","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Ching-Pin","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","displayName":"Ching-Pin Chang","lastName":"Chang"},{"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.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4605&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Irving_Weissman","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"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Irving","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pathology - Stem Cell Institute","displayName":"Irving Weissman","lastName":"Weissman"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9869&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Olga_Razorenova","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiation Oncology"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Olga","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiation Oncology","displayName":"Olga Razorenova","lastName":"Razorenova"},{"researchInterest":"Our translational research program involves molecular, cellular, animal and human studies of endothelial biology. We are focused on the role of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) in atherosclerosis and angiogenesis.  A new focus of investigation has resulted from our discovery of a novel angiogenic pathway mediated by endothelial nicotinic cholinergic receptors (nAChR). We use a wide variety of tools and approaches to investigate the role of NOS and nAChR pathways in cardiovascular biology and disease.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4115&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/John_Cooke","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart), Preventive"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"},{"focus":"Vascular Medicine"}],"firstName":"John","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","displayName":"John Cooke, MD, PhD","lastName":"Cooke"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9671&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Yoko_Kojima","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, School of Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Yoko","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, School of Medicine","displayName":"Yoko Kojima","lastName":"Kojima"},{"researchInterest":"My laboratory focuses on merging advances in molecular biology with those in biomedical imaging to advance the new field of molecular imaging. Methods to image gene expression in living subjects have been developed.  Newer approaches to image fundamental cellular events with optical and radiolabeled probes are under active investigation. These imaging approaches are expected to have a fundamental impact in the study of cancer biology,  as well as in molecular therapeutics including gene therapy","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3971&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Sanjiv_Gambhir","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiology - Nuclear Medicine"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Nuclear Medicine"},{"focus":"Radiology"},{"focus":"PET Scan"}],"firstName":"Sanjiv","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiology - Nuclear Medicine","displayName":"Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, MD, PhD","lastName":"Gambhir"},{"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. We are investigating the roles of site-specific fibroblast differentiation in patterning the epidermis, and dissecting the mechanisms of wound healing programs in cancer metastasis.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6089&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Howard_Chang","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Dermatology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Dermatology"}],"firstName":"Howard","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Dermatology","displayName":"Howard Y. 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