{"result":[{"lastName":"O'Hara","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA & Geriatric"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA & Geriatric","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5920&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ruth O'Hara","firstName":"Ruth","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ruth_O'Hara","researchInterest":"Dr. O\u0092Hara\u0092s research aims to identify physiological markers of neurocognitive impairment in a broad range of late-life disorders, including Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer\u0092s disease (AD), Late-Life Depression, and Late-Life Anxiety disorders."},{"lastName":"Tinklenberg","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA & Geriatric"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA & Geriatric","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4107&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jared Tinklenberg","firstName":"Jared","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jared_Tinklenberg","researchInterest":"Psychopharmacology of dementia and Alzheimer's disease;, biological correlates of Alzheimer's disease; sexual dysfunction in, Alzheimer's disease; memory disorders."},{"lastName":"Schatzberg","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychiatry"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4194&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Alan F. Schatzberg","firstName":"Alan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Alan_Schatzberg","researchInterest":"Biological bases of depressive disorders;, glucocorticoid/dopamine interactions in delusional depression;, pharmacologic treatment of depressive disorders."},{"lastName":"Yesavage","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Geriatric Psychiatry"},{"focus":"Psychiatry"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA Research"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA Research","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4637&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jerome Yesavage","firstName":"Jerome","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jerome_Yesavage","researchInterest":"We study cognitive processes and aging in our research center.  Studies range from molecular biology to neuropsychology of cognitive processes."},{"lastName":"Wyss-Coray","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3929&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Tony Wyss-Coray","firstName":"Tony","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Tony_Wyss-Coray","researchInterest":"Use of genetic and molecular tools to dissect immune and inflammatory pathways in Alzheimer's and neurodegeneration."},{"lastName":"Thompson","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychiatry"},{"focus":"Psychology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA & Geriatric"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA & Geriatric","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4313&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Dolores Gallagher Thompson","firstName":"Dolores","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Dolores_Thompson","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."},{"lastName":"Sommer","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Geriatric Psychiatry"},{"focus":"Psychiatry"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4455&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Barbara Sommer","firstName":"Barbara","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Barbara_Sommer","researchInterest":"I am interested in the clinical investigation of cognitive stresses during younger adulthood that may give rise to frank intellectual impairment with older age.  Examples may include specific kinds of chronically taken medications."},{"lastName":"Henderson","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Alzheimer's Disease"},{"focus":"Memory Disorders"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology"},{"appointment":"Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6157&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Victor W. Henderson","firstName":"Victor","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Victor_Henderson","researchInterest":"Research interests:\r\n\r\n(1)  Risk factors for age-associated cognitive decline and dementia,\r\n\r\n(2)  Therapeutic strategies to improve cognitive function in aging and dementia, and\r\n\r\n(3)  Brain\u0096behavior relations as they pertain to human cognition."},{"lastName":"David","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Family Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Medicine - Family & Community Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Medicine - Family & Community Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=11193&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Sean P. David, M.D., D.Phil.","firstName":"Sean","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Sean_David","researchInterest":"My research examines genetic influences on smoking with an emphasis on pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics. Current work is translating results from clinical trials demonstrating gene-x-drug interactions for bupropion and nicotine replacement therapy into a new clinical trial of genetically-tailored smoking cessation therapy in primary care. Genome-wide association data and functional neuroimaging complement this work by identifying new molecular targets to advance the state of the science."},{"lastName":"Hallmayer","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4056&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Joachim Hallmayer","firstName":"Joachim","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Joachim_Hallmayer","researchInterest":"Principal Investigator\r\nInfrastructure to facilitate discovery of autism genes\r\nThe purpose of this project is to facilitate the discovery of the genes that contribute autism by maintaining an infrastructure which research groups studying the genetics of autism can work collaboratively. This will be \r\naccomplished through workshops, a Virtual Private Network, and access to a database that includes phenotype and genotype data from all participating groups.\r\n\r\nPrincipal Investigator\r\nA California"},{"lastName":"Killen","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research","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":"DeBattista","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychiatry"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4550&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Charles DeBattista","firstName":"Charles","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Charles_DeBattista","researchInterest":"Treatment resistant depression.\r\n\r\nNovel biological interventions in the treatment of mental illness.\r\n\r\nAnti-glucocorticoid drugs in the treatment of mood disorders.\r\n\r\nAugmentation strategies in the treatment of depression."},{"lastName":"Sheikh","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4153&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Javaid I. Sheikh","firstName":"Javaid","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Javaid_Sheikh","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)."},{"lastName":"Sullivan","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Neurosciences"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Neurosciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4158&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Edith Vioni Sullivan","firstName":"Edith","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Edith_Sullivan","researchInterest":"Application of magnetic resonance imaging modalities and component process analysis of cognitive, sensory, and motor functions to identify brain structural and functional mechanisms disrupted in neurodegenerative conditions:  alcoholism, Alzheimer's disease, HIV infection, and normal aging.  Our laboratory is applying structural MRI, MR spectroscopy, and MR diffusion tensor imaging to animal models of aging and alcoholism in parallel with the human studies."},{"lastName":"Andreasson","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7903&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Katrin Andreasson","firstName":"Katrin","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Katrin_Andreasson","researchInterest":"Our research focuses on understanding disease mechanisms of stroke injury and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) as they relate to the COX-2-prostaglandin pathways.  We are identifying prostaglandin receptor pathways that are involved in these disease models, and our objective is to identify which receptors will be translationally relevant in human neurological disease."},{"lastName":"Wroolie","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Instructor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Instructor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8032&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Tonita Wroolie","firstName":"Tonita","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Tonita_Wroolie","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Quertermous","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4426&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Thomas Quertermous, MD","firstName":"Thomas","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Thomas_Quertermous","researchInterest":"Understanding genetic basis of cardiovascular function and disease."},{"lastName":"Fortmann","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart), Preventive"},{"focus":"Internal Medicine"},{"focus":"Primary Prevention"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Health Research & Policy"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4619&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Stephen P. Fortmann, MD","firstName":"Stephen","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Stephen_Fortmann","researchInterest":"Population-level (community) prevention of cardiovascular disease, epidemiology and prevention of chronic diseases, tobacco use cessation research, tobacco control policy, nutrition education, blood pressure control, and lipid disorders."},{"lastName":"Giffard","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Anesthesia"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Anesthesia","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4657&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Rona Giffard","firstName":"Rona","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Rona_Giffard","researchInterest":"The cellular and molecular basis for brain cell injury in stroke is our focus.  Astrocytes and neurons interact, and have unique vulnerabilities to injury based on their patterns of gene expression and their functional roles.  We study gene therapy with heat shock proteins, changes in mitochondrial function, oxidative stress and inflammation during ischemia. We also model cell death pathways and the effects of Hsp70."},{"lastName":"Zhan","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurosciences Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurosciences Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8986&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ke Zhan","firstName":"Ke","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ke_Zhan","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Longo","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurology"},{"focus":"Alzheimer's Disease"},{"focus":"Huntington Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7249&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Frank M. Longo, M.D., Ph.D.","firstName":"Frank","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Frank_Longo","researchInterest":"Clinical interests include Alzheimer\u0092s disease and Huntington\u0092s disease and the development of effective therapeutics for these disorders. Laboratory interests encompass the elucidation of signaling mechanisms relevant to neurodegenerative disorders and the development of novel small molecule approaches for the treatment of neurodegenerative and other neurological disorders."},{"lastName":"Barreto","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Anesthesia"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Anesthesia","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=11191&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"George Barreto","firstName":"George","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/George_Barreto","researchInterest":"My interests lie on the glia reactivity and proliferation with aging after focal ischemic injury. Some aims are proposed:\r\n* Role of astrocyte and microglia impairment in focal ischemia;\r\n\r\nand\r\n\r\n* Gene therapy for stroke with superoxide dismutase 2."},{"lastName":"Arnow","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Depression, Unipolar"},{"focus":"Psychology"},{"focus":"Evidence-Based Psychotherapy"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4685&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Bruce Arnow, Ph.D.","firstName":"Bruce","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Bruce_Arnow","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."},{"lastName":"Manber","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"non-pharmacological treatments of insomnia"},{"focus":"Sleep difficulties in children and teens"},{"focus":"Adjustment to CPAP"},{"focus":"Sleep Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4368&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Rachel Manber","firstName":"Rachel","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Rachel_Manber","researchInterest":"Nonpharmacological treatments of insomnia and depression"},{"lastName":"Pfefferbaum","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4544&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Adolf Pfefferbaum","firstName":"Adolf","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Adolf_Pfefferbaum","researchInterest":"Development and application of magnetic resonance imaging approaches for in vivo studies of human and animal brain integrity in neurodegenerative conditions, including alcoholism,  HIV infection, Alzheimer's disease, and normal aging"}]}