{"result":[{"lastName":"Shaw","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Pediatrics - Neonatal and Developmental Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Pediatrics - Neonatal and Developmental Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10800&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gary M. Shaw","firstName":"Gary","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Gary_Shaw","researchInterest":"Primary research interests include 1) epidemiology of birth defects, 2) gene-environment approaches to perinatal outcomes, and 3) nutrition and reproductive outcomes."},{"lastName":"Horn-Ross","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7424&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Pamela Horn-Ross","firstName":"Pamela","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Pamela_Horn-Ross","researchInterest":"My research interests focus on nutrition and the etiology of hormonally-dependent cancers in women (most particularly breast, endometrial, and thyroid cancers).  Of particular interest are the effects of phytochemicals that may reduce cancer risk, such as the isoflavones in soy foods, the lignans in whole grains, the isothiocyanates in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables, and resveratrol in red wine and peanuts. Nutrient-gene interactions are also of interest."},{"lastName":"Winkleby","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4305&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Marilyn Winkleby, PhD, MPH","firstName":"Marilyn","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Marilyn_Winkleby","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"},{"lastName":"Plunkett","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"MD Student, School of Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"MD Student, School of Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=18674&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jevon Plunkett","firstName":"Jevon","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jevon_Plunkett","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Gardner","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4085&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Christopher Gardner","firstName":"Christopher","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Christopher_Gardner","researchInterest":"The role of nutrition in individual and societal health, with particular interests in: plant-based diets, differential response to low-carb vs. low-fat weight loss diets by insulin resistance status, chronic disease prevention, randomized controlled trials, human nutrition, community based studies, Community Based Participatory Research, sustainable food movement (animal rights and welfare, global warming, human labor practices), stealth health, nutrition policy, nutrition guidelines"},{"lastName":"Matheson","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Senior Research Scientist (Waiver),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Senior Research Scientist (Waiver),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=16607&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Donna Matheson","firstName":"Donna","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Donna_Matheson","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"West","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6327&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Dee W. West","firstName":"Dee","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Dee_West","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)"},{"lastName":"Moon","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiation Oncology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiation Oncology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=19150&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ejung Moon","firstName":"Eui Jung","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Eui Jung_Moon","researchInterest":"Tumor Hypoxia and Radioresistance"},{"lastName":"Crump","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Family Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8471&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Casey Crump, M.D., Ph.D.","firstName":"Casey","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Casey_Crump","researchInterest":"My current research involves analysis of Swedish national health data to examine:  1) long-term health outcomes of preterm birth; 2) perinatal risk factors for childhood cancer; 3) hereditary and environmental influences on psychosocial conditions; and 4) neighborhood-level contextual effects on health."},{"lastName":"Friedman","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Consulting Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Consulting Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6143&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gary Friedman","firstName":"Gary","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Gary_Friedman","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."},{"lastName":"Gould","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine"},{"focus":"Neonatology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Neonatal and Developmental Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Neonatal and Developmental Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4438&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jeffrey Gould","firstName":"Jeffrey","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jeffrey_Gould","researchInterest":"Population-based studies related to neonatal and perinatal diseases."},{"lastName":"Gomez","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7427&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Scarlett Lin Gomez","firstName":"Scarlett","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Scarlett_Gomez","researchInterest":"As a cancer epidemiologist with a focus on surveillance research and social epidemiology, 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."},{"lastName":"Keegan","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7431&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Theresa Keegan, MS, PhD","firstName":"Theresa","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Theresa_Keegan","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."},{"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":"Yan","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"MD Student, School of Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"MD Student, School of Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=17849&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Karen Yan","firstName":"Karen","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Karen_Yan","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Hsieh","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Urology"},{"focus":"Pediatric Urology"},{"focus":"Robotic Surgery"},{"focus":"Laparoscopic Surgery"},{"focus":"da Vinci Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Urology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=12854&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael Harrison Hsieh","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Michael_Hsieh","researchInterest":"Our laboratory is interested in how microbial-triggered inflammation protects against pathogens and yet can result in secondary, harmful effects such as tissue fibrosis and carcinogenesis. The genitourinary tract is our model system. We are examining anti-pathogenic inflammation induced by uropathogenic E. coli. Chronic infection-mediated tissue fibrosis and carcinogenesis are being studied using models of Schistosoma haematobium."},{"lastName":"Clarke","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7430&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Christina Clarke","firstName":"Christina","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Christina_Clarke","researchInterest":"Dr. Clarke\u0092s research efforts are centered in five areas: 1) the 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 and ways to visually display cancer surveillance data (e.g, SEER, cancer registry data) and more recently, 5) internet-based, patient-centric methods for recruitment and data collection in epidemiologic studies."},{"lastName":"Banda","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=36234&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jorge A. Banda","firstName":"Jorge","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jorge_Banda","researchInterest":"Prevention and treatment of obesity; promotion of physical activity and healthful eating; neighborhood determinants of health; the role of community parks in promoting physical activity; environmental and policy interventions."},{"lastName":"Kiernan","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Senior Research Scientist (PI Waiver),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Senior Research Scientist (PI Waiver),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6282&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michaela Kiernan","firstName":"Michaela","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Michaela_Kiernan","researchInterest":"Research interests include: (1) the design and testing of targeted behavioral interventions that promote long-term lifestyle changes and weight management among subgroups at risk, and (2) the development of methodological and statistical approaches that improve the design, delivery, and analysis of behavioral randomized clinical trials"},{"lastName":"Nelson","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4277&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Lorene Nelson, PhD","firstName":"Lorene","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Lorene_Nelson","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."},{"lastName":"Schendel","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery"},{"focus":"Plastic Surgery, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery"},{"focus":"Maxillofacial Surgery"},{"focus":"Vascular Malformation Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line,Surgery - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line,Surgery - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4108&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Stephen Schendel","firstName":"Stephen","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Stephen_Schendel","researchInterest":"Surgical correction and the study of growth and development of craniomaxillofacial anomalies and deformities.\r\n \r\n1. Histochemical Analysis of Facial Muscles. \r\n2. Cranial Sutural Manipulation. \r\n3. Stability of Mandibular and Maxillary Surgery. \r\n4. Growth Factors in Infant Cranial Sutures. \r\n5. Virtual Surgery. \r\n6. 3-D Biocomputation4. Osteodistraction"},{"lastName":"Sieh","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8373&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Weiva Sieh, MD, PhD","firstName":"Weiva","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Weiva_Sieh","researchInterest":"Genetic epidemiology; cancer epidemiology; ovarian, breast, and prostate cancer."},{"lastName":"Rosas","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=23489&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Lisa Rosas","firstName":"Lisa","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Lisa_Rosas","researchInterest":"1. Latino Immigrant Health:  Binational approach to understanding health of Latino immigrant populations by studying groups in sending communities (primarily Mexico) and receiving communities in the US with a focus on modifiable risk factors and preventable environmental exposures.\r\n\r\n2. Childhood and adolescent obesity:  Design, implementation and analysis of community-based observational studies aimed at understanding determinants of dietary intake, obesity and metabolic syndrome among childr"},{"lastName":"Killen","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor Emeritus,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4660&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Joel Killen","firstName":"Joel","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Joel_Killen","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."},{"lastName":"Palaniappan","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Internal Medicine"}],"appointments":[],"imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6447&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Latha Palaniappan, MD, MS","firstName":"Latha","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Latha_Palaniappan","researchInterest":"Latha Palaniappan is currently an Associate Investigator at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute, an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford University and Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of California San Francisco. Dr. Palaniappan has completed over 20 studies spanning 10 years in the areas of ethnicity, obesity, and diabetes risk. She currently leads the Pan Asian Cohort Study (www.pamf.org/pacs), to investigate diabetes in Asian Americans"}]}