{"result":[{"researchInterest":"Dr. Humphreys researches interventions for substance abuse and psychiatric disorders. He focuses particularly on evaluating the outcomes of professionally-administered treatments and peer-operated self-help groups (e.g., Alcoholics Anonymous), developing health services research-related applications for innovative qualitative and quantitative research techniques, and analyzing national mental health policy.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4381&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Keith_Humphreys","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA & Geriatric"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Keith","primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA & Geriatric","displayName":"Keith Humphreys","lastName":"Humphreys"},{"researchInterest":"My health services research aims at improving processes and outcomes of mental health care, especially for people suffering from post-traumatic stress. \r\n\r\nMy primary focus is evaluating VA services for veterans with psychiatric disorders. My second emphasis is using telemedicine technologies in mental health and substance use care.  My third area is evaluating mental health services in response to disasters and terrorism.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3862&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Craig_Rosen","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Craig","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science","displayName":"Craig S. Rosen","lastName":"Rosen"},{"researchInterest":"My research focuses on evaluation of the efficacy of various psychosocial intervention programs to reduce distress in family caregivers of older adult relatives with Alzheimer's disease or another form of dementia. These programs assess impact on a variety of physiological & psychological variables such as: cortisol level, depression, & anxiety. They are conducted with individuals from diverse ethnic, cultural, and lingusitic backgrounds and are funded by the NIA & the Alzheimer's Assn.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4313&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Dolores_Thompson","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA & Geriatric"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychiatry"},{"focus":"Psychology"}],"firstName":"Dolores","primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA & Geriatric","displayName":"Dolores Gallagher Thompson","lastName":"Thompson"},{"researchInterest":"Primary care for mentally ill patients, particularly post-traumatic stress disorder in women seconday to sexual trauma.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6264&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Susan_Frayne","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - General Internal Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Susan","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - General Internal Medicine","displayName":"Susan M. Frayne, MD, MPH","lastName":"Frayne"},{"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":"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":"My interests include the application of social cognitive theory and similar behavioral and ecological approaches to achieve large scale change in disease prevention and health promotion areas of relevance to adults, especially women and mid-life and older adults; translation of interventions that have proven effective in the laboratory to field settings; exploration of environmental influences on individual health and quality of life; and long term maintenance of hygienic/lifestyle regimens.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4715&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Abby_King","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology"},{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Abby","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology","displayName":"Abby C. 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Hans Steiner","lastName":"Steiner"},{"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":"My research focuses on the constraints that vulnerable populations face in making decisions that affect their health status, as well as the effects of government policies and programs designed to benefit vulnerable populations.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4000&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jayanta_Bhattacharya","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Rsrch"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Economics"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Health Research & Policy"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Jayanta","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Rsrch","displayName":"Jayanta Bhattacharya","lastName":"Bhattacharya"},{"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. 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Barr Taylor","lastName":"Taylor"},{"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. 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My research focuses on developing effective psychotherapy interventions to reduce chronic stress as well as enhance positive health behaviors to reduce morbidity and mortality among patients coping with chronic, medical illnesses which are often life threatening.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6625&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Cheryl_Gore-Felton","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychosocial"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychology"}],"firstName":"Cheryl","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychosocial","displayName":"Cheryl Gore-Felton, Ph.D.","lastName":"Gore-Felton"},{"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","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4305&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Marilyn_Winkleby","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Marilyn","primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research","displayName":"Marilyn Winkleby, PhD, MPH","lastName":"Winkleby"},{"researchInterest":"Health services research in primary care and geriatrics; developing,, implementing, and evaluating methods for clinical quality improvement; utility assessment for cost-effectiveness analysis.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4068&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mary_Goldstein","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Rsrch"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Health Research & Policy"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Mary","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Rsrch","displayName":"Mary Kane Goldstein","lastName":"Goldstein"},{"researchInterest":"My research focuses on studying phenomenology, vulnerability factors, and psychiatric and medical comorbidity of panic disorder in old age, as well as treatment responses to medication in elders with panic disorder. I am presently involved in establishing and extending our preliminary finding that Late-Onset Panic Disorder (LOPD) (onset at or after age 55) is a phenomenologically distinct syndrome from Early-Onset Panic Disorder (EOPD).","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4153&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Javaid_Sheikh","appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Javaid","primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science","displayName":"Javaid I. 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Specific interests include measuring and improving the quality of outpatient care, disparities in health care by race, gender, age and socioeconomic status, and interventions to improve prevention outcomes.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3840&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Randall_Stafford","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol)"},{"focus":"Hypertension (high blood pressure)"},{"focus":"Diabetes Mellitus"},{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart), Preventive"},{"focus":"Obesity"},{"focus":"Primary Prevention"},{"focus":"Internal Medicine"}],"firstName":"Randall","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research","displayName":"Randall Stafford","lastName":"Stafford"},{"researchInterest":"We study cognitive processes and aging in our research center.  Studies range from molecular biology to neuropsychology of cognitive processes.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4637&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jerome_Yesavage","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA Research"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Geriatric Psychiatry"},{"focus":"Psychiatry"}],"firstName":"Jerome","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA Research","displayName":"Jerome Yesavage","lastName":"Yesavage"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10344&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mickey_Trockel","appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Instructor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine"},{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychiatry"}],"firstName":"Mickey","primaryAppointment":"Clinical Instructor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine","displayName":"Mickey Trockel","lastName":"Trockel"}]}