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She is interested in the application of biostatistical methods to all areas of medicine including oncology, nephrology, and endocrinology.  She works on methods for the analysis of epidemiologic studies, clinical trials, and studies with missing observations."},{"lastName":"Yemoto","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Biosafety, Web & Compliance Specialist,Dean's Office - Finance & Administration, Health & Safety"},{"appointment":"Health & Safety Specialist,Dean's Office - Finance & Administration, Health & Safety"}],"primaryAppointment":"Biosafety, Web & Compliance Specialist,Dean's Office - Finance & Administration, Health & Safety","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=26030&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Cheryl Yemoto","firstName":"Cheryl","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Cheryl_Yemoto","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Pitteri","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor (Research),Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor (Research),Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=18937&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Sharon Pitteri","firstName":"Sharon","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Sharon_Pitteri","researchInterest":"The Pitteri laboratory is focused on the discovery and validation of proteins that can be used as molecular indicators of risk, diagnosis, progression, and recurrence of cancer.  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As part of this effort we are trying to characterize the diverse states of cells (using proteomic and transcriptomic methods) and how signals describing those states are propagated from molecular and cellular length scales to tumor and organismic length scales."},{"lastName":"Peehl","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Urology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4633&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Donna Peehl, PhD","firstName":"Donna","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Donna_Peehl","researchInterest":"My research focuses on the molecular and cellular biology of the human prostate. Developing realistic experimental models is a major goal, and primary cultures of prostatic epithelial and stromal cells are my main model system. Our discoveries are relevant to prevention, detection, diagnosis and treatment of benign and malignant prostatic diseases."},{"lastName":"Brooks","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Male Cancers - Prostate "},{"focus":"Prostate Cancer"},{"focus":"Nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy"},{"focus":"Prostate Cancer - Urologic Oncology"},{"focus":"Urologic Cancers"},{"focus":"Urologic Cancers - Urologic Oncology"},{"focus":"Urology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Urology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6178&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"James D. Brooks","firstName":"James","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/James_Brooks","researchInterest":"We use genomic approaches to identify disease biomarkers.  We are most interested in translating biomarkers into clinical practice in urological diseases with a particular focus in cancer."},{"lastName":"John","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7425&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Esther M. John","firstName":"Esther","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Esther_John","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"},{"lastName":"Sun","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Genetics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Urology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4402&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Zijie Sun","firstName":"Zijie","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Zijie_Sun","researchInterest":"My lab focuses on understanding the molecular mechanism of transcription factors that govern the transformation of normal mammalian cells to a neoplastic state. We are especially interested in the action of the nuclear hormone receptors and the interactions between the receptors and other signaling pathways in related human disorders."},{"lastName":"Kullolli","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=23104&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Majlinda Kullolli","firstName":"Majlinda","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Majlinda_Kullolli","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Gonzalgo","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Prostate Cancer - Robotic Prostatectomy"},{"focus":"Bladder Cancer - Robotic Cystectomy"},{"focus":"Urologic Oncology - Prostate, Bladder, Kidney, Testicular Cancer"},{"focus":"Urology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=13213&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mark L. 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We develop statistical approaches for high dimensional data in the attempt of improving our understanding of the molecular basis of health related traits."},{"lastName":"Montgomery","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Pathology"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor (By courtesy),Computer Science"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=23650&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Stephen B. 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Particular areas of interest are the integration of economic and quality of life data into randomized clinical trials, evidence-based medicine, decision models, and cost-effectiveness analysis. 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I specialize in \u000bcomputer-intensive methods for regression and classification, bootstrap, cross-validation\u000band statistical inference, and signal and image analysis for medical diagnosis."},{"lastName":"Sandoval Mendoza","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=17418&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Karla Sandoval Mendoza","firstName":"Karla","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Karla_Sandoval Mendoza","researchInterest":"Population Genetics of Native Americans, Anthropology, Human Migrations Process, Ancient Populations."}]}