{"result":[{"researchInterest":"Dr. Cheung's research interests focus on liver diseases, with emphasis on viral hepatitis. His past research include investigating the mechanism of viral neutralization of hepatitis B virus at the molecular level and immune response to hepatitis C virus. 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I also have an interset in transplant outcomes for patients with chronic hepatitis C.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10440&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Glen_Lutchman","appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Liver Transplantation"},{"focus":"Gastroenterology"}],"firstName":"Glen","primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology","displayName":"Glen Lutchman","lastName":"Lutchman"},{"researchInterest":"Epidemiology and treatment of primary liver cancer (transarterial chemoinfusion); Multicenter study of early diagnosis of primary liver cancer with novel tumor markers; Colon cancer screening in Asian Americans; Multicenter randomized controlled studies of treatment outcomes of patients with chronic hepatitis C and novel genotypes 6 , 7, 8, and 9; Epidemiology and treatment outcomes of Asians with viral hepatitis.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5874&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mindie_Nguyen","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Gastroenterology"},{"focus":"Hepatology"},{"focus":"Primary liver cancer"},{"focus":"Chronic hepatitis B and C"},{"focus":"Liver transplantation"}],"firstName":"Mindie","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology","displayName":"Mindie Nguyen, MD, MAS","lastName":"Nguyen"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Daugherty is a transplant Hepatologist with full-time clinical responsibilities. 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Analysis of genomic variations is also a research focus. Currently working with Mike Snyder.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=14095&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Manoj_Hariharan","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Manoj","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics","displayName":"Manoj Hariharan","lastName":"Hariharan"},{"researchInterest":"1. Multiorgan transplantation\r\n2. Transplant outcomes\r\n3. 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She is currently working with colleagues in the Center for Health Policy / Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Management Science and Engineering, and the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention to examine and design international pandemic influenza mitigation strategies.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9019&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Nayer_Khazeni","appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med"},{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pulmonary Disease"},{"focus":"Critical Care"}],"firstName":"Nayer","primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med","displayName":"Nayer Khazeni, M.D., M.S.","lastName":"Khazeni"}]}