{"result":[{"researchInterest":"- Cancer etiology (diet, familial, genetic), especially breast, prostate and colon cancer\r\n- Cancer surveillance (Cancer registration, cancer patterns)\r\n- Cancer outcomes (Survival, quality of life, quality of care)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6327&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Dee_West","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Dee","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology","displayName":"Dee W. West","lastName":"West"},{"researchInterest":"Etiology of breast, prostate and ovarian cancer; cancer in Hispanics and African-Americans; migration and acculturation in Hispanics; modifiable lifestyle factors (vitamin D, physical activity, body size, heterocyclic amines, occupational exposures); genetic susceptibility; gene-environment interactions","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7425&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Esther_John","appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Esther","primaryAppointment":"Member,Cancer Center","displayName":"Esther M. John","lastName":"John"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Clarke\u0092s research efforts are centered in four areas: 1) time trends and epidemiology of breast cancer, 2) the epidemiology of lymphoid malignancies 3) immunologic and viral causes of malignancy, and 4) cancer surveillance and creative uses of cancer surveillance data (e.g, SEER, cancer registry data).","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7430&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Christina_Clarke","appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Christina","primaryAppointment":"Member,Cancer Center","displayName":"Christina Clarke","lastName":"Clarke"},{"researchInterest":"As a cancer epidemiologist with a focus on surveillance research, Dr. Gomez conducts research in two broad areas:  1) methodologic studies aimed at enhancing cancer registry data for studies of race/ethnicity and social determinants in cancer incidence and outcomes; and 2) studies to elucidate the underlying social factors responsible for racial/ethnic and socioeconomic health disparities, particularly those identified through surveillance data.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7427&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Scarlett_Gomez","appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Scarlett","primaryAppointment":"Member,Cancer Center","displayName":"Scarlett Lin Gomez","lastName":"Gomez"},{"researchInterest":"Cancers of the prostate, breast and ovary account for a major proportion of new cancer cases and cancer deaths in the U.S. each year. Our recent research focus has been on developing improved statistical methods for the design and conduct of studies involving hereditary predisposition and modifiable lifestyle characteristics in the etiologies of site-specific cancers.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4482&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Alice_Whittemore","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Alice","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology","displayName":"Alice S Whittemore","lastName":"Whittemore"},{"researchInterest":"Cardiovascular disease epidemiology, health of socioeconomically disadvantaged and ethnic minority populations, social determinants of health, community-based intervention research, youth advocacy and mentorship, promoting diversity in health professions","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4305&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Marilyn_Winkleby","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Marilyn","primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research","displayName":"Marilyn Winkleby, PhD, MPH","lastName":"Winkleby"},{"researchInterest":"Chronic disease epidemiology, particularly cancer, cardiovascular disease, adverse effects of smoking, alcohol and pharmaceuticals, evaluation of screening tests.\r\nMost of my career has been in the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research where I was Director for 7 years and am still active. I especially enjoy mentoring students and trainees at Stanford.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6143&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Gary_Friedman","appointments":[{"appointment":"Consulting Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Gary","primaryAppointment":"Consulting Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology","displayName":"Gary Friedman","lastName":"Friedman"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Chang's research interests and activities include:\r\n\r\n\u0095 The etiology of virus-associated malignancies, including Hodgkin lymphoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and hepatocellular carcinoma\r\n\r\n\u0095 The etiologic role of immune-related risk factors in cancer, especially lymphoid malignancies\r\n\r\n\u0095 The prevention of hepatitis B and hepatocellular carcinoma\r\n\r\n\u0095 Racial/ethnic disparities in cancer incidence and survival, particularly among Asians and Asian Americans","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7428&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ellen_Chang","appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Ellen","primaryAppointment":"Member,Cancer Center","displayName":"Ellen Chang","lastName":"Chang"},{"researchInterest":"Specializes in women's heath and chronic disease (e.g. heart disease, breast cancer, osteoporosis) prevention research and health promotion in both sexes, with a focus on lifestyle (exercise, weight control and diet).  Research focuses on role of sex hormones and sex/gender differences in physiology related to cardiovascular and cancer biology and body composition. Menopause and aging are key scientific interests. Key NIH projects: Women's Health Initiative (NLBI), WHEL(NCI) and MrOS (NIAMS).","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4655&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Marcia_Stefanick","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research"},{"appointment":"Professor (Research) (By courtesy),Obstetrics & Gynecology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Marcia","primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research","displayName":"Marcia L. Stefanick, Ph.D.","lastName":"Stefanick"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Glaser\u0092s interests in cancer epidemiology focus primarily on Hodgkin lymphoma, breast cancer, and Surveillance Research (the use of population-based cancer and other data to monitor cancer occurrence and related population patterns).  In these areas, her work addresses cancer etiology and outcomes related to several risk factors, including EBV and HIV.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7426&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Sally_Glaser","appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Sally","primaryAppointment":"Member,Cancer Center","displayName":"Sally Glaser","lastName":"Glaser"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Keegan's research focuses on cancer epidemiology and cancer surveillance, with primary areas of interest in genetic and modifiable factors that influence the occurrence of and survival after cancer.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7431&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Theresa_Keegan","appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Theresa","primaryAppointment":"Member,Cancer Center","displayName":"Theresa Keegan, MS, PhD","lastName":"Keegan"},{"researchInterest":"My interests include the application of social cognitive theory and similar behavioral and ecological approaches to achieve large scale change in disease prevention and health promotion areas of relevance to adults, especially women and mid-life and older adults; translation of interventions that have proven effective in the laboratory to field settings; exploration of environmental influences on individual health and quality of life; and long term maintenance of hygienic/lifestyle regimens.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4715&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Abby_King","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology"},{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Abby","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology","displayName":"Abby C. King","lastName":"King"},{"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.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4619&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Stephen_Fortmann","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Health Research & Policy"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart), Preventive"},{"focus":"Internal Medicine"},{"focus":"Primary Prevention"}],"firstName":"Stephen","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research","displayName":"Stephen P. Fortmann, MD","lastName":"Fortmann"},{"researchInterest":"Primary research interests:  (1) genetic and environmental determinants of neurodegenerative disorders, including Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and multiple sclerosis, (2) genetic epidemiology and approaches for identifying gene-environment interactions, (3) genetic and environmental determinants of autoimmune disease.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4277&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Lorene_Nelson","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Lorene","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology","displayName":"Lorene Nelson, PhD","lastName":"Nelson"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Rull\u0092s is an environmental epidemiologist whose research is focused on identifying the role of pollutants such as pesticides, traffic emissions, and other air pollutants in increasing the risk of developing cancer.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7444&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Rudy_Rull","appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Rudy","primaryAppointment":"Member,Cancer Center","displayName":"Rudolph P. Rull","lastName":"Rull"},{"researchInterest":"Breast and gynecologic cancer epidemiology, risk assessment, and risk reduction.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6431&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Allison_Kurian","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Health Research & Policy"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cancer Genetics"},{"focus":"Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Breast Cancer Risk"}],"firstName":"Allison","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology","displayName":"Allison W. Kurian, M.D., M.Sc.","lastName":"Kurian"},{"researchInterest":"Developing theory-based interventions for long-term behavior change in the areas of weight management, dietary change, and physical activity \r\nMethodological improvements for the design, delivery, and analysis of randomized trials","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6282&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Michaela_Kiernan","appointments":[{"appointment":"Sr Res Scientist-Basic Ls (PI Waiver),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Michaela","primaryAppointment":"Sr Res Scientist-Basic Ls (PI Waiver),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research","displayName":"Michaela Kiernan","lastName":"Kiernan"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Robinson focuses on \"solution-oriented\" research, developing and evaluating effective health promotion and disease prevention interventions for children and adolescents.  His research is mostly experimental, conducting school-, family- and community-based randomized controlled trials to test theory-driven behavioral, social and environmental interventions to prevent obesity, improve nutrition, increase physical activity, reduce smoking, and study the effects of children's television use.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4673&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Thomas_Robinson","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pediatrics - General"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"General Pediatrics"},{"focus":"Pediatrics, General"}],"firstName":"Thomas","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pediatrics - General","displayName":"Thomas Robinson","lastName":"Robinson"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Nguyen is interested in cancer prevention and control in ethnic and socio-economic underserved communities and health disparities.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7429&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Bang_Nguyen","appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Bang","primaryAppointment":"Member,Cancer Center","displayName":"Bang Nguyen","lastName":"Nguyen"},{"researchInterest":"My major research interests and activities over the next several years will focus on the development and evaluation of the objective measurement of physical activity in free-living populations using a variety of sensing devices and mobile phones for data collection and processing. Also, I will continue to direct the Stanford Heart Network with the major mission being to assist community-based CVD prevention/treatment programs implement more effective heart attack and stroke prevention programs.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6108&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/William_Haskell","appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"William","primaryAppointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research","displayName":"William Haskell","lastName":"Haskell"},{"researchInterest":"Clinical investigations in breast cancer include institutional and NSABP studies of chemoprevention, adjuvant therapy, psychosocial interventions, treatment of metastatic disease, methods of decreasing anthracycline cardiotoxicity, and modulation of multidrug resistance. Research in meta-analysis includes the performance of meta-analysis in a wide variety of settings in cancer treatment by the international Meta-Analysis Group in Cancer.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4629&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Robert_Carlson","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Breast Cancer - Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Oncology (Cancer)"},{"focus":"Medical Oncology"}],"firstName":"Robert","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology","displayName":"Robert Carlson","lastName":"Carlson"},{"researchInterest":"The role of nutrition and preventive medicine, with particular interests in: plant-based diets and phytochemicals; cardiovascular disease and cancer prevention; weight loss diets; clinical trials and epidemiology.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4085&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Christopher_Gardner","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Christopher","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research","displayName":"Christopher Gardner","lastName":"Gardner"},{"researchInterest":"My research interests involves many aspects of Breast Cancer Imaging: contrast-enhanced MRI, MRI-guided breast biopsies, digital mammography, ultrasound, MR spectroscopy, fine-needle aspiration and large core needle biopsy, SLN biopsy, outcomes, compliance, digital mammography, computer-aided detection, optical imaging, PET, PET/CT, and molecular imaging.\r\n Our teaching program includes highy successful post-graduate digital mammography and MRI educational courses, and visiting fellowships.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4275&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Debra_Ikeda","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Breast Cancer"},{"focus":"Breast Cancer - Diagnostic Imaging"},{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology"}],"firstName":"Debra","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","displayName":"Debra M. Ikeda, M.D.","lastName":"Ikeda"},{"researchInterest":"Breast cancer; three-dimensional treatment planning; community patterns of care and technology transfer.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4703&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Melanie_Smitt","appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Melanie","primaryAppointment":"Member,Cancer Center","displayName":"Melanie Smitt","lastName":"Smitt"},{"researchInterest":"As Director of the SPRC Program on Prevention Outcomes and Practices, my work focuses on cardiovascular disease treatment and prevention, the adoption of new technology and practices, and patterns of physician practice, particularly medication prescribing.  Specific interests include measuring and improving the quality of outpatient care, disparities in health care by race, gender, age and socioeconomic status, and interventions to improve prevention outcomes.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3840&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Randall_Stafford","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol)"},{"focus":"Hypertension (high blood pressure)"},{"focus":"Diabetes Mellitus"},{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart), Preventive"},{"focus":"Obesity"},{"focus":"Primary Prevention"},{"focus":"Internal Medicine"}],"firstName":"Randall","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research","displayName":"Randall Stafford","lastName":"Stafford"}]}