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His current research is concentrated in the development of computed tomography systems with higher image quality and dose efficiency, in the characterization of system performance, and in the development and validation of new clinical applications."},{"lastName":"Al-Ahmad","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiac Electrophysiology"},{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"focus":"Atrial Fibrillation"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6371&amp;type=small&amp;showNoImage","displayName":"Amin Al-Ahmad","firstName":"Amin","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Amin_Al-Ahmad","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Lin","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Internal Medicine"},{"focus":"Consultative Medicine"},{"focus":"Syncope"},{"focus":"Preventive Health"},{"focus":"Chronic Care Management"},{"focus":"Athletic Health"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7842&amp;type=small&amp;showNoImage","displayName":"Bryant Lin","firstName":"Bryant","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Bryant_Lin","researchInterest":"Medical device design, prototyping and testing."},{"lastName":"Xu","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=17499&amp;type=small&amp;showNoImage","displayName":"Shi-Ming Xu, Ph.D.","firstName":"Shi Ming","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Shi Ming_Xu","researchInterest":"The cardioactive peptide apelin has been shown to improve insulin sensitivity systemically. however, its effects on cardiac metabolism are unknown.My current research interests are to uncover the role of apelin and its downstream signaling intermediates in the pathogenesis of diabetic cardiomyopathy."},{"lastName":"Connolly","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anatomic Pathology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6324&amp;type=small&amp;showNoImage","displayName":"Andrew J. 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