{"result":[{"researchInterest":"My clinical research interest is currently focused primarily on antiviral treatment of chronic hepatitis C with nitazoxanide and antiviral therapy of chronic hepatitis B, as well as application of hepatitis vaccines and selection and outcomes of liver transplantation in the recent past.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4208&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Emmet_Keeffe","appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Hepatology (Liver)"},{"focus":"Chronic Hepatitis B"},{"focus":"Chronic Hepatitis C"},{"focus":"Liver Transplantation"},{"focus":"Gastroenterology"}],"firstName":"Emmet","primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology","displayName":"Emmet B. Keeffe, MD","lastName":"Keeffe"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6060&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Aijaz_Ahmed","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Gastroenterology"},{"focus":"Hepatology (Liver)"},{"focus":"Liver Transplantation"}],"firstName":"Aijaz","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology","displayName":"Aijaz Ahmed","lastName":"Ahmed"},{"researchInterest":"My primary research intesret is in metabolic liver disease primarily non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. 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":"Our research focus is on the early events of hepatitis C virus infection- virus attachment and entry into susceptible cells. The approach is through the generation and functional studies of human monoclonal antibodies (HMAbs) to the virus envelope proteins with an emphasis on antibodies to conformational epitopes.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4155&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Steven_Foung","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pathology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pathology"},{"focus":"Pathology and Laboratory Medicine"}],"firstName":"Steven","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pathology","displayName":"Steven Foung","lastName":"Foung"},{"researchInterest":"The natural history of common viral liver diseases of man is poorly understood, despite the fact that chronic liver diseases of man may result in death from liver failure or hepatocellular carcinoma.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4690&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Gabriel_Garcia","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Hepatology (Liver)"},{"focus":"Liver Transplantation"},{"focus":"Gastroenterology"}],"firstName":"Gabriel","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology","displayName":"Gabriel Garcia","lastName":"Garcia"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Glenn's primary interest is in molecular virology, with a strong emphasis on translating this knowledge into novel antiviral therapies. Other interests include exploitation of hepatic stem cells, engineered human liver tissues, and new biodefense antiviral strategies.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4576&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jeffrey_Glenn","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Gastroenterology"}],"firstName":"Jeffrey","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology","displayName":"Jeffrey S.  Glenn, M.D., Ph.D.","lastName":"Glenn"},{"researchInterest":"Through a 3 pronged comprehensive program: translational and clinical research, early detection and  treatment, and promoting education, awareness and immunization, we are working towards the development of new strategies that will lead to the elimination of hepatitis B worldwide and reduce the threat and incidence of liver cancer. Our current research efforts focus on evaluating potential new diagnostic and treatment markers and novel targeted therapy for primary liver cancer.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4206&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Samuel_So","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - General Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Gastrointestinal Cancers"},{"focus":"Gastrointestinal Cancers - Surgical Oncology"},{"focus":"General Surgery"},{"focus":"Liver Cancer"},{"focus":"Liver Cancer - Surgery"}],"firstName":"Samuel","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - General Surgery","displayName":"Samuel So","lastName":"So"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9992&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Shirit_Einav","appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Infectious Diseases"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Shirit","primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Infectious Diseases","displayName":"Shirit Einav","lastName":"Einav"},{"researchInterest":"1)Organ presevation with the use of anti-freeze proteins.\r\n2)Induction of immunotolerance\r\n3)Role of FOX-P3 in tolerant recipients\r\n4)Molecular changes induced by EBV infection in the transplant recipient","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4207&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Carlos_Esquivel","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Multi-Organ Transplantation"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"General Surgery"},{"focus":"Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation"},{"focus":"Liver Transplantation"},{"focus":"Surgical Critical Care"}],"firstName":"Carlos","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Multi-Organ Transplantation","displayName":"Carlos O. Esquivel","lastName":"Esquivel"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Daugherty is a transplant Hepatologist with full-time clinical responsibilities. She is particularly interested in the natural course and management of recurrent Hepatitis C after liver transplant, and the effect of immunosuppression on HCV recurrence.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7658&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Tami_Daugherty","appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Hepatology"},{"focus":"Transplant Hepatology"},{"focus":"Gastroenterology"}],"firstName":"Tami","primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology","displayName":"Tami Daugherty","lastName":"Daugherty"},{"researchInterest":"My work is primarily involved in medical education and curricular development, especially in the areas of infectious disease, virology, HIV, and molecular biology.  Projects included electronic applications to science education, three dimensional model building, service learning, and the development of undergraduate research projects.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4643&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Robert_Siegel","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Teaching),Microbiology & Immunology"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Robert","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Teaching),Microbiology & Immunology","displayName":"Robert Siegel","lastName":"Siegel"},{"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":"Our research focuses on the mechanism of action of tetraspanins, an evolutionary conserved, widely expressed multi-gene family. We study a prototype, CD81, a molecule implicated in the pathogenesis of two major human diseases: hepatitis C virus (HCV) and malaria.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4307&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Shoshana_Levy","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Medicine - Oncology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Shoshana","primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Medicine - Oncology","displayName":"Shoshana Levy","lastName":"Levy"},{"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":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4220&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Laura_Lazzeroni","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Psychiatry & Behavioral Science"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Pediatrics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Laura","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Psychiatry & Behavioral Science","displayName":"Laura C. Lazzeroni, Ph.D.","lastName":"Lazzeroni"},{"researchInterest":"Gastroenterology, gastointestinal motility, clinical management of pediatric liver transplant recipients.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4209&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/William_Berquist","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Gastroenterology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Gastroenterology"},{"focus":"Ped Gastroenterology"}],"firstName":"William","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Gastroenterology","displayName":"William Berquist","lastName":"Berquist"},{"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":"My research program is currently focused in three areas: 1) translational research (HCV/HIV viral evolution and antiviral resistance prevalence and development), 2) HIV/HCV clinical trials (diagnostic assay/medical device, antiretrovirals, ARVs and immunomodulators), and 3) health services research focusing on cost effectiveness of HIV antibody and ARV resistance testing and ARV utilization and clincal outcome.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4021&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mark_Holodniy","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Infectious Diseases"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Infectious Disease"},{"focus":"Infectious Diseases"}],"firstName":"Mark","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Infectious Diseases","displayName":"Mark Holodniy","lastName":"Holodniy"},{"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":"Understanding the biology of cancer-T cell interactions.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4564&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Peter_Lee","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Hematology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Hematology"},{"focus":"Leukemia - Hematology"}],"firstName":"Peter","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Hematology","displayName":"Peter P. Lee","lastName":"Lee"},{"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":"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":"Enhancement of transfusion safety and effectiveness, with a focus on quality assurance in transfusion therapy; transfusion medicine education; pediatric and adult transfusion therapy","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4139&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Susan_Galel","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pathology and Laboratory Medicine"},{"focus":"Pediatric Hematology-Oncology"}],"firstName":"Susan","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology","displayName":"Susan Galel","lastName":"Galel"},{"researchInterest":"Gene Regulation; Molecular Immunology; Lymphocyte subsets; Fluorescence-Activated Cell\u000bSorter (FACS) development; AIDS; Apoptosis; Redox Regulation; Gene Arrays; and the theraphy of AIDS using the anti-oxidant N'acetylcysteine(NAC).","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4151&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Leonard_Herzenberg","appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Leonard","primaryAppointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Genetics","displayName":"Leonard Herzenberg","lastName":"Herzenberg"}]}