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I am presently involved in establishing and extending our preliminary finding that Late-Onset Panic Disorder (LOPD) (onset at or after age 55) is a phenomenologically distinct syndrome from Early-Onset Panic Disorder (EOPD).","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4153&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Javaid_Sheikh","appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Javaid","primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science","displayName":"Javaid I. Sheikh","lastName":"Sheikh"},{"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/neuroscience/researcher/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. 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Parker, Ph.D.","lastName":"Parker"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. O\u0092Hara\u0092s research aims to identify physiological markers of neurocognitive impairment in a broad range of late-life disorders, including Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer\u0092s disease (AD), Late-Life Depression, and Late-Life Anxiety disorders.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5920&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Ruth_O'Hara","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA & Geriatric"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Ruth","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA & Geriatric","displayName":"Ruth O'Hara","lastName":"O'Hara"},{"researchInterest":"Current research interests include treatment outcome for major depression, particularly chronic forms of major depression, as well as mediators and moderators of outcome; the epidemiology of chronic pain and depression; relationships between child maltreatment and adult sequelae, including psychiatric, medical and health care utilization; and the relationship between brain activation and sexual response in men and women.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4685&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Bruce_Arnow","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Depression, Unipolar"},{"focus":"Psychology"},{"focus":"Evidence-Based Psychotherapy"}],"firstName":"Bruce","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine","displayName":"Bruce Arnow, Ph.D.","lastName":"Arnow"},{"researchInterest":"My research is focused on the development and evaluation of cigarette smoking prevention and cessation therapies and obesity prevention treatments for children, adolescents and adults.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4660&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Joel_Killen","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Joel","primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research","displayName":"Joel Killen","lastName":"Killen"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6065&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Hugh_Solvason","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychiatry"}],"firstName":"Hugh","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology","displayName":"Hugh Solvason","lastName":"Solvason"},{"researchInterest":"Nonpharmacological treatments of insomnia and depression","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4368&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Rachel_Manber","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"non-pharmacological treatments of insomnia"},{"focus":"Sleep difficulties in children and teens"},{"focus":"Adjustment to CPAP"},{"focus":"Sleep Medicine"}],"firstName":"Rachel","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center","displayName":"Rachel Manber","lastName":"Manber"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Taylor is developing and evaluating innovative electronic and computer-assisted programs to make treatments, proven effective for treating various lifestyle and psychosocial problems, more cost-effective and available.   He is also developing new models of evidence-based psychiatry care for eating, anxiety and depressive disorders.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4478&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Craig_Taylor","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychiatry"},{"focus":"Anxiety Disorders"},{"focus":"Behavioral Medicine"},{"focus":"Eating Disorders"}],"firstName":"Craig","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine","displayName":"C. Barr Taylor","lastName":"Taylor"},{"researchInterest":"Main focus is epidemiology of sleep and psychiatric disorders in the general population and clinical settings: 1)sleep habits and patterns; 2) prevalence, diagnosis, co-morbidity, treatment and  Public Health impact of sleep disorders; 3) pain, posttraumatic stress disorder, social phobia, panic disorder and generalized anxiety; 4) epidemiology of narcolepsy and hypersomnia.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3823&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Maurice_Ohayon","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Maurice","primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center","displayName":"Maurice M. Ohayon","lastName":"Ohayon"},{"researchInterest":"Glial cell neurotoxicity and neuroprotection in Alzheimer's disease. Genome wide expression analysis of mouse models for Alzheimer's disease. Pharmacogenetics of mood disorders and nicotine addiction.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4515&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Greer_Murphy","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Neurosciences"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychiatry"},{"focus":"Geriatric Psychiatry"}],"firstName":"Greer","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Neurosciences","displayName":"Greer Murphy M.D., Ph.D.","lastName":"Murphy"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4073&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Anna_Lembke","appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Adult Mood Disorders"},{"focus":"Psychiatry"}],"firstName":"Anna","primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology","displayName":"Anna Lembke","lastName":"Lembke"},{"researchInterest":"We study cognitive processes and aging in our research center.  Studies range from molecular biology to neuropsychology of cognitive processes.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4637&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Jerome_Yesavage","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA Research"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Geriatric Psychiatry"},{"focus":"Psychiatry"}],"firstName":"Jerome","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA Research","displayName":"Jerome Yesavage","lastName":"Yesavage"},{"researchInterest":"Development and application of magnetic resonance imaging approaches for in vivo studies of human and animal brain integrity in neurodegenerative conditions, including alcoholism,  HIV infection, Alzheimer's disease, and normal aging","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4544&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Adolf_Pfefferbaum","appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Adolf","primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science","displayName":"Adolf Pfefferbaum","lastName":"Pfefferbaum"},{"researchInterest":"EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL SYSTEMS             NEUROSCIENCE: \r\n\r\nCognitive neuroscience; Cognitive development; Psychiatric neuroscience; Functional brain imaging; Dynamical basis of brain function; Nonlinear dynamics of neural systems","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4560&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Vinod_Menon","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Vinod","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry","displayName":"Vinod Menon","lastName":"Menon"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Rasgon has been involved in longitudinal placebo-controlled neuroendocrine studies for nearly two decades, and she has been involved in neuroendocrine and brain imaging studies of estrogen effects on depressed menopausal women for the last eight years. It should be noted that in addition to her duties as a Professor of Psychiatry and Obstetrics & Gynecology, Dr. Rasgon is also the Director of the Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Program and of the Women's Wellness Program.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3931&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Natalie_Rasgon","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Obstetrics & Gynecology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychiatry"}],"firstName":"Natalie","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology","displayName":"Natalie L. Rasgon","lastName":"Rasgon"},{"researchInterest":"Application of magnetic resonance imaging modalities and component process analysis of cognitive, sensory, and motor functions to identify brain structural and functional mechanisms disrupted in neurodegenerative conditions:  alcoholism, Alzheimer's disease, HIV infection, and normal aging.  Our laboratory is applying structural MRI, MR spectroscopy, and MR diffusion tensor imaging to animal models of aging and alcoholism in parallel with the human studies.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4158&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Edith_Sullivan","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Neurosciences"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Edith","primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Neurosciences","displayName":"Edith Vioni Sullivan","lastName":"Sullivan"},{"researchInterest":"I am interested in the clinical investigation of cognitive stresses during younger adulthood that may give rise to frank intellectual impairment with older age.  Examples may include specific kinds of chronically taken medications.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4455&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Barbara_Sommer","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Geriatric Psychiatry"},{"focus":"Psychiatry"}],"firstName":"Barbara","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology","displayName":"Barbara Sommer","lastName":"Sommer"},{"researchInterest":"Principal Investigator\r\nInfrastructure to facilitate discovery of autism genes\r\nThe purpose of this project is to facilitate the discovery of the genes that contribute autism by maintaining an infrastructure which research groups studying the genetics of autism can work collaboratively. This will be \r\naccomplished through workshops, a Virtual Private Network, and access to a database that includes phenotype and genotype data from all participating groups.\r\n\r\nPrincipal Investigator\r\nA California","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4056&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Joachim_Hallmayer","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Joachim","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry","displayName":"Joachim Hallmayer","lastName":"Hallmayer"},{"researchInterest":"obsessive-compulsive disorder, depressive disorders, psychopharmacology, cost-effectiveness studies, trichotillomania, compulsive buying, pathological gambling,kleptomania.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4320&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Lorrin_Koran","appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychiatry"},{"focus":"Trichotillomania"},{"focus":"skin picking"},{"focus":"compulsive buying"}],"firstName":"Lorrin","primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science","displayName":"Lorrin Koran","lastName":"Koran"},{"researchInterest":"My research examines genetic influences on smoking with an emphasis on pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics. Current work is translating results from clinical trials demonstrating gene-x-drug interactions for bupropion and nicotine replacement therapy into a new clinical trial of genetically-tailored smoking cessation therapy in primary care. Genome-wide association data and functional neuroimaging complement this work by identifying new molecular targets to advance the state of the science.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=11193&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Sean_David","appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Medicine - Family & Community Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Family Medicine"}],"firstName":"Sean","primaryAppointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Medicine - Family & Community Medicine","displayName":"Sean P. David, M.D., D.Phil.","lastName":"David"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Levinson directs the Program on the Genetics of Brain Function in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.  The program investigates the genetic basis of psychiatric disorders (schizophrenia and major depressive disorder), using genetic association, linkage and resequencing methodologies.  In collaboration with Dr. Alice Whittemore, we are also actively engaged in statistical methods testing and development for genetic research.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7233&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Douglas_Levinson","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychiatry"}],"firstName":"Douglas","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology","displayName":"Douglas F. Levinson, M.D.","lastName":"Levinson"},{"researchInterest":"Long-term treatment strategies for bipolar disorder, treatment for bipolar II disorder, use of treatment algorithms, and treatment of bipolar depression.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8512&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Patricia_Suppes","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA Research"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Patricia","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA Research","displayName":"Trisha Suppes","lastName":"Suppes"}]}