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These imaging approaches are expected to have a fundamental impact in the study of cancer biology,  as well as in molecular therapeutics including gene therapy","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3971&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Sanjiv_Gambhir","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiology - Nuclear Medicine"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Nuclear Medicine"},{"focus":"Radiology"},{"focus":"PET Scan"}],"firstName":"Sanjiv","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiology - Nuclear Medicine","displayName":"Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, MD, PhD","lastName":"Gambhir"},{"researchInterest":"Embryonic stem cell differentiation, angiogenesis","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8756&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Zongjin_Li","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Zongjin","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology","displayName":"Zongjin Li","lastName":"Li"},{"researchInterest":"My research interests are vascular biology and cardiovascular pathology.  We are currently working on gene expression in endothelial cells at sites of pathology.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6324&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Andrew_Connolly","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anatomic Pathology"}],"firstName":"Andrew","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology","displayName":"Andrew J. 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The research tools include bioconjugation chemistry, radiochemistry (PET/SPECT), nanotechnology, and stem cell biology.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6470&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Xiaoyuan_Chen","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Xiaoyuan","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","displayName":"Xiaoyuan (Shawn) Chen","lastName":"Chen"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Yang's research interest focuses on the comprehensive diagnosis of ischemic heart disease using cardiac MRI. Specifically, he is using novel MR imaging sequences that enable rapid and integrated imaging of the coronary arteries as well as assessment of LV function, cardiac perfusion, and myocardial viability. By combining the chemical sensitivity of nuclear magnetic resonance with high spatial and temporal resolution, a wide range of biological events spanning from molecular to physiologic ","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6101&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Phillip_Yang","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"firstName":"Phillip","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","displayName":"Phillip Yang, MD","lastName":"Yang"},{"researchInterest":"We develop and use the tools of molecular imaging to understand oncogenesis, reveal patterns of cell migration in immunosurveillance, monitor gene expression, visualize stem cell biology, and assess the distribution of pathogens in living animal models of human biology and disease. Biology doesn't occur in \"a vacuum\" or on coated plates--it occurs in the living body and that's were we look for biological patterns and responses to insult.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4036&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Christopher_Contag","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Pediatrics - Neonatology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Microbiology & Immunology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Christopher","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Pediatrics - Neonatology","displayName":"Christopher H. 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Regulating stem cell fate in vitro and in vivo. Stem cell therapies. Hematopoietic and muscle stem cells. Characterizing and bioengineering stem cell niches. Nuclear reprogramming. Muscle development and disease. Drug delivery. Tracking cell behavior in vitro and in vivo. Understanding tissue degeneration and regeneration.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4517&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Helen_Blau","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Helen","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory","displayName":"Helen M. 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Clinical research interests include thoracic aortic diseases (aneurysms, dissections).","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7579&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Michael_Fischbein","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiothoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Aortic Diseases"},{"focus":"Thoracic Surgery"}],"firstName":"Michael","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery","displayName":"Michael Fischbein","lastName":"Fischbein"},{"researchInterest":"Epigenetic Reprogramming, Pluripotent Stem Cells, Neural Differentiation: implications in development and regenerative medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10445&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Marius_Wernig","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Pathology - Stem Cell Institute"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Marius","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Pathology - Stem Cell Institute","displayName":"Marius Wernig","lastName":"Wernig"},{"researchInterest":"Imaging cardiovascular disease, with a focus on coronary and vascular atherosclerosis and ischemic heart disease.  Projects include cellular and structural characterization of atherosclerotic plaque by MRI, optical imaging (bioluminescence and fluorescence) of vascular inflammation, as well as noninvasive coronary angiography by MRI and MRI- guided cardiovascular interventions.  Additional collaborative projects include real-time cardiac MRI and multi-modality imaging of cardiac stem cell trans","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4727&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Michael_McConnell","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Molecular & Cellular Physiology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Electrical Engineering"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"}],"firstName":"Michael","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","displayName":"Michael V. McConnell, MD, MSEE","lastName":"McConnell"},{"researchInterest":"My main research continues to be in the field of echocardiography. Several areas of research are currently being pursued.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4659&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ingela_Schnittger","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"}],"firstName":"Ingela","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","displayName":"Ingela Schnittger, MD","lastName":"Schnittger"},{"researchInterest":"To develop novel molecular imaging probes and techniques for non-invasively early detection of cancer using multimodality imaging technologies including PET, SPECT, MRI, optical imaging, etc.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8291&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Zhen_Cheng","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor (Research),Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Zhen","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor (Research),Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","displayName":"Zhen Cheng","lastName":"Cheng"},{"researchInterest":"Understanding genetic basis of cardiovascular function and disease.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4426&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Thomas_Quertermous","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Thomas","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","displayName":"Thomas Quertermous, MD","lastName":"Quertermous"},{"researchInterest":"My laboratory studies the mechanisms of cardiovascular development, particularly how the three major types of cardiac cells (endocardial, myocardial and epicardial cells) and neural crest cells interact with each other to generate heart tissues.  We are interested in the transcriptional and signaling events that coordinate their interactions and assembly into heart tissues.  The long-term goal is to understand the developmental mechanisms that control tissue formation and recapitulate the devel","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6387&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ching-Pin_Chang","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Ching-Pin","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","displayName":"Ching-Pin Chang","lastName":"Chang"},{"researchInterest":"Geoffrey Gurtner's Lab is interested in understanding the mecahnism of new blood vessel growth following injury and how pathways of tissue regeneration and fibrosis interact in wound healing.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6890&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Geoffrey_Gurtner","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Plastic Surgery"}],"firstName":"Geoffrey","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery","displayName":"Geoffrey Gurtner","lastName":"Gurtner"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8415&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ramin_Beygui","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Heart and Lung Transplantation"},{"focus":"Valvular Heart Diseases"},{"focus":"Adult Cardiac Surgery"},{"focus":"Coronary Artery Bypass"},{"focus":"Aortic Aneurysm"},{"focus":"Arrhythmias, Cardiac"},{"focus":"Thoracic Surgery"}],"firstName":"Ramin","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery","displayName":"Ramin E. Beygui, M.D.","lastName":"Beygui"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10217&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Junya_Azuma","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Junya","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine","displayName":"Junya Azuma","lastName":"Azuma"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Murphy's major interests are in noninvasive cardiology and clinical pediatric and  adult congenital cardiac disease. These clinical interests range from imaging of complex cardiac disease in the fetus and newborn to care of the adult with congenital heart disease. He also coordinates the Marfan clinic at LPCH.  He is the director of the Adult Congenital Cardiac Clinic at Stanford University Medical Center.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4632&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Daniel_Murphy","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart), Pediatric"},{"focus":"Congenital Heart Disease (Adult)"},{"focus":"Echocardiography"},{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiology"}],"firstName":"Daniel","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology","displayName":"Daniel Murphy","lastName":"Murphy"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10634&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Theresa_Tacy","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart), Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiology"}],"firstName":"Theresa","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology","displayName":"Theresa Tacy","lastName":"Tacy"}]}