{"result":[{"lastName":"Zhao","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor (Research),Neurosurgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor (Research),Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6432&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Heng Zhao","firstName":"Heng","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Heng_Zhao","researchInterest":"My lab is focused on developing novel therapeutic methods against stroke using rodent models. We study protective effect of postconditioning, preconditioning and mild hypothermia. The rationale for studying three means of neuroprotection is that we may discover mechanisms that these treatments have in common.  Conversely, if they have differing mechanisms, we will be able to offer more than one treatment for stroke and increase a patient\u0092s chance for recovery."},{"lastName":"Giaccia","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation and Cancer Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Obstetrics & Gynecology"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation and Cancer Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4141&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Amato J. Giaccia","firstName":"Amato","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Amato_Giaccia","researchInterest":"During the last five years, we have identified several small molecules that kill VHL deficient renal cancer cells through a synthetic lethal screening approach. Another major interest of my laboratory is in identifying hypoxia-induced genes involved in invasion and metastases. We are also investigating how hypoxia regulates gene expression epigenetically."},{"lastName":"Lee","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=20850&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Won Hee Lee","firstName":"Won Hee","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Won Hee_Lee","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Hu","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10405&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mickey Hu","firstName":"Mickey","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mickey_Hu","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Nishiyama","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Visiting Assistant Professor,Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Visiting Assistant Professor,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=34237&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Yasuhiro Nishiyama","firstName":"Yasuhiro","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Yasuhiro_Nishiyama","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Dodd","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurosurgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6790&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Robert Dodd","firstName":"Robert","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Robert_Dodd","researchInterest":"Dr. Dodd is involved in clinical trials using endovascular coils that have a fiber coating that help heal aneurysms of the neck and can prevent an aneurysm from reforming. He uses minimally invasive endoscopic techniques to treat brain tumors.\r\n\r\nDodd's research interests are in cerebral blood vessel reactivity and stroke."},{"lastName":"Huang","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3930&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ting-Ting Huang","firstName":"Ting-Ting","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ting-Ting_Huang","researchInterest":"We study the role of oxygen free radicals in oxidative tissue damage and degeneration. Our research tools include transgenic and knockout mice and tissue culture cells for in vitro gene expression."},{"lastName":"Wei","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Hematology/Oncology/Stem Cell Transplant,  Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Hematology-Oncology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Pediatrics - Hematology & Oncology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Pediatrics - Hematology & Oncology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8537&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael Wei, MD, PhD","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Michael_Wei","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Ho","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Basic Life Science Research Associate,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory"}],"primaryAppointment":"Basic Life Science Research Associate,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=20984&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Andrew T.V. Ho","firstName":"Tri Van","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Tri Van_Ho","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Longo","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurology"},{"focus":"Alzheimer's Disease"},{"focus":"Huntington Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7249&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Frank M. Longo, M.D., Ph.D.","firstName":"Frank","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Frank_Longo","researchInterest":"Clinical interests include Alzheimer\u0092s disease and Huntington\u0092s disease and the development of effective therapeutics for these disorders. Laboratory interests encompass the elucidation of signaling mechanisms relevant to neurodegenerative disorders and the development of novel small molecule approaches for the treatment of neurodegenerative and other neurological disorders."},{"lastName":"Chang","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=30699&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Junlei Chang","firstName":"Junlei","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Junlei_Chang","researchInterest":"With various in vitro tools and in vivo mice models, I am focused on dissecting the roles of GRP124, GPR125 and Wnt signaling in CNS angiogenesis and vascular integrity after stroke from a translational perspective."},{"lastName":"Chung","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Basic Life Science Research Associate,Obstetrics & Gynecology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Basic Life Science Research Associate,Obstetrics & Gynecology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10387&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Young Min Chung","firstName":"Young Min","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Young Min_Chung","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"VanHaren","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Leukodystrophies"},{"focus":"Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System"},{"focus":"Neurology - Child Neurology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=18487&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Keith Van Haren","firstName":"Keith","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Keith_VanHaren","researchInterest":"Our research is focused on the immune response in multiple sclerosis and X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), with particular interest in the role of macrophages, lipids, and oxidative stress."},{"lastName":"Shamloo","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Comparative Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Comparative Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=11051&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mehrdad Shamloo","firstName":"Mehrdad","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mehrdad_Shamloo","researchInterest":"The ultimate goal of the Shamloo laboratory is to rapidly advance our understanding of brain function at the molecular, cellular, circuit and behavioral levels, and to elucidate the pathological process underlying malfunction of the nervous system following injury and neurologic disorders such as stroke, Alzheimer\u0092s disease and autism. I aim to study the process leading to functional and behavioral malfunction in these disorders, focusing on a set of target genes/proteins."},{"lastName":"Meyer","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4007&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Tobias Meyer","firstName":"Tobias","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Tobias_Meyer","researchInterest":"CELLULAR INFORMATION PROCESSING  The main problem in signal transduction is to understand how different receptor-stimuli specifically control diverse cell functions. We are using automated microscopy, live-cell fluorescent biosensors and perturbations of predicted signaling proteins to systematically dissect signaling networks.  This allows us to identify signaling modules and to elucidate and ultimately model the flow of cellular information."},{"lastName":"Barres","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Neurobiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology"},{"appointment":"Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Neurobiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4239&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ben Barres","firstName":"Ben","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ben_Barres","researchInterest":"Our lab is interested in the neuronal-glial interactions that underlie the development and function of the mammlian central nervous system."},{"lastName":"Giffard","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Anesthesia"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Anesthesia","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4657&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Rona Giffard","firstName":"Rona","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Rona_Giffard","researchInterest":"Astrocytes, microglia and neurons interact, and have unique vulnerabilities to injury based on their patterns of gene expression and their functional roles. We focus on the cellular and molecular basis for brain cell injury in stroke.  We study gene therapy with heat shock and other protective proteins, the effects of specific microRNAs, changes in mitochondrial function, oxidative stress and inflammation during ischemia. We also model cell death pathways and the effects of Hsp70."},{"lastName":"Whitin","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Senior Research Scientist,Pediatrics - Hematology & Oncology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Senior Research Scientist,Pediatrics - Hematology & Oncology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9730&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John Whitin","firstName":"John","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/John_Whitin","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Choi","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"MD Student, School of Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"MD Student, School of Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=17699&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Raymond Choi","firstName":"Raymond","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Raymond_Choi","researchInterest":"Neural stem cell niche, neural stem cell migration, cerebrovascular and stroke research."},{"lastName":"Mitra","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=38012&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Siddhartha Mitra","firstName":"Siddhartha","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Siddhartha_Mitra","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Nguyen","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Stanford Cancer Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=24227&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Le Xuan Truong Nguyen","firstName":"Le Xuan Truong","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Le Xuan Truong_Nguyen","researchInterest":""}]}