{"result":[{"lastName":"Gomez","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Cancer Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7427&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Scarlett Lin Gomez","firstName":"Scarlett","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/tissuebank/researcher/Scarlett_Gomez","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."},{"lastName":"John","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Cancer Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7425&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Esther M. John","firstName":"Esther","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/tissuebank/researcher/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":"Whittemore","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4482&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Alice S Whittemore","firstName":"Alice","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/tissuebank/researcher/Alice_Whittemore","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."},{"lastName":"Horn-Ross","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Cancer Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7424&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Pamela Horn-Ross","firstName":"Pamela","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/tissuebank/researcher/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":"Friedman","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Consulting Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"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/tissuebank/researcher/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":"Clarke","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Cancer Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7430&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Christina Clarke","firstName":"Christina","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/tissuebank/researcher/Christina_Clarke","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)."},{"lastName":"Glaser","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Cancer Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7426&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Sally Glaser","firstName":"Sally","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/tissuebank/researcher/Sally_Glaser","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."},{"lastName":"Winkleby","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research","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/tissuebank/researcher/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":"Chang","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Cancer Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7428&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ellen Chang","firstName":"Ellen","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/tissuebank/researcher/Ellen_Chang","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"},{"lastName":"Nguyen","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Cancer Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7429&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Bang Nguyen","firstName":"Bang","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/tissuebank/researcher/Bang_Nguyen","researchInterest":"Dr. Nguyen is interested in cancer prevention and control in ethnic and socio-economic underserved communities and health disparities."},{"lastName":"Keegan","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Cancer Center","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/tissuebank/researcher/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":"Fortmann","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart), Preventive"},{"focus":"Internal Medicine"},{"focus":"Primary Prevention"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Health Research & Policy"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4619&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Stephen P. Fortmann, MD","firstName":"Stephen","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/tissuebank/researcher/Stephen_Fortmann","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."},{"lastName":"Stefanick","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research"},{"appointment":"Professor (Research) (By courtesy),Obstetrics & Gynecology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4655&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Marcia L. Stefanick, Ph.D.","firstName":"Marcia","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/tissuebank/researcher/Marcia_Stefanick","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)."},{"lastName":"Robinson","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"General Pediatrics"},{"focus":"Pediatrics, General"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pediatrics - General"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pediatrics - General","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4673&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Thomas Robinson","firstName":"Thomas","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/tissuebank/researcher/Thomas_Robinson","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."},{"lastName":"Kurian","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cancer Genetics"},{"focus":"Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Breast Cancer Risk"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Health Research & Policy"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6431&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Allison W. Kurian, M.D., M.Sc.","firstName":"Allison","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/tissuebank/researcher/Allison_Kurian","researchInterest":"Breast and gynecologic cancer epidemiology, risk assessment, and risk reduction."},{"lastName":"Mendoza","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"General Pediatrics"},{"focus":"Minority and Immigrant Child Health"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - General"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - General","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4639&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Fernando Mendoza","firstName":"Fernando","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/tissuebank/researcher/Fernando_Mendoza","researchInterest":"My research focuses on immigrant and minority child health, with a primary focus on Latino children. My research has explored the health status of these children by examining their growth patterns, prevalence of chronic illness, perceptions of health, and their access to health care. Currently, my work is focused on childhood obesity in Mexican American and Mexican children, exploring binational approaches to this problem."},{"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/tissuebank/researcher/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":"Kiernan","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Sr Res Scientist-Basic Ls (PI Waiver),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research"}],"primaryAppointment":"Sr Res Scientist-Basic Ls (PI Waiver),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6282&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michaela Kiernan","firstName":"Michaela","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/tissuebank/researcher/Michaela_Kiernan","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"},{"lastName":"Farquhar","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart), Preventive"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Health Research & Policy"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5956&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John W. Farquhar, M.D.","firstName":"John","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/tissuebank/researcher/John_Farquhar","researchInterest":"Disease prevention, epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases, community-based education for disease prevention, international health."},{"lastName":"Haskell","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6108&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"William Haskell","firstName":"William","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/tissuebank/researcher/William_Haskell","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."},{"lastName":"King","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology"},{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4715&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Abby C. King","firstName":"Abby","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/tissuebank/researcher/Abby_King","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."},{"lastName":"Hammer","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatrics, General"},{"focus":"General Pediatrics"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - General"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - General","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3799&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Lawrence D. Hammer","firstName":"Lawrence","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/tissuebank/researcher/Lawrence_Hammer","researchInterest":"Dr Hammer has had a longstanding interest in factors influencing the development of childhood obesity.  In particular, his studies have focused on early determinants of eating behavior, physical activity, and parenting behavior in relation to early feeding decisions and parental influences on diet and eating. With the current epidemic of child obesity and it's comorbidities, he is currently involved in the development of protocols for adolescent bariatric surgery."},{"lastName":"Killen","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4660&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Joel Killen","firstName":"Joel","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/tissuebank/researcher/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":"Taylor","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychiatry"},{"focus":"Anxiety Disorders"},{"focus":"Behavioral Medicine"},{"focus":"Eating Disorders"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4478&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"C. Barr Taylor","firstName":"Craig","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/tissuebank/researcher/Craig_Taylor","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."},{"lastName":"Smitt","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Cancer Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4703&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Melanie Smitt","firstName":"Melanie","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/tissuebank/researcher/Melanie_Smitt","researchInterest":"Breast cancer; three-dimensional treatment planning; community patterns of care and technology transfer."}]}