{"result":[{"lastName":"Robinson","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Immunology and Rheumatology"},{"focus":"Rheumatology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4730&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"William Robinson","firstName":"William","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/utzlab/researcher/William_Robinson","researchInterest":"Our lab studies the molecular mechanisms of and develops therapies to treat autoimmune and rheumatic diseases, with a focus on rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and osteoarthritis. \r\n\r\nThe overriding objectives of our laboratory are:\r\n\r\n1. To investigate the mechanisms underlying autoimmune diseases.\r\n\r\n2. To develop diagnostics and therapeutics for autoimmune diseases.\r\n\r\n3. To investigate the role of inflammation in osteoarthritis."},{"lastName":"Graham","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pathology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9750&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kareem Graham","firstName":"Kareem","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/utzlab/researcher/Kareem_Graham","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Le","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatrics"},{"focus":"Critical Care"},{"focus":"Intensive Care Units, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Critical Care Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Pediatrics - Intensive Care"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Pediatrics - Intensive Care","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=14193&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Truc Le","firstName":"Truc","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/utzlab/researcher/Truc_Le","researchInterest":"My research interest is studying genetic polymorphisms that affect glutathione synthesis and metabolism and their effects on clinical disease and oxidative injury."},{"lastName":"Balboni","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Rheumatology"},{"focus":"Pediatrics, General"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Pediatrics - Rheumatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Pediatrics - Rheumatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6704&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Imelda Balboni","firstName":"Imelda","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/utzlab/researcher/Imelda_Balboni","researchInterest":"Pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus;\r\nAutoimmune disease;\r\nProteomics and autoantigen microarray technology"},{"lastName":"Fathman","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Immunology"},{"focus":"Immunology and Rheumatology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4479&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"C. Garrison Fathman","firstName":"C","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/utzlab/researcher/C_Fathman","researchInterest":"My lab of molecular and cellular immunology is interested in research in the general field of T cell activation and autoimmunity.   We use lentiviral mediated transduction of murine dendritic cells with immunoregulatory proteins for site specific and targeted immunotherapy. We have idintified a gene (GRAIL) that seems to control T cell anergy and are defining the regulatory T cell core transcriptome.  Additional studies are on the mechanism of effect of anti-CD3 antibodies in therapy of T1D."},{"lastName":"Steinman","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurology"},{"focus":"Neurology, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Multiple Sclerosis, Myasthenia Gravis, Immune Disorders"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"},{"appointment":"Professor,Pediatrics"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Genetics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3784&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Lawrence Steinman","firstName":"Lawrence","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/utzlab/researcher/Lawrence_Steinman","researchInterest":"Our laboratory is dedicated to understanding the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases, particularly multiple sclerosis.  We have developed several new therapies for autoimmunity, including some in Phase 2 clinical trials, as well as one approved drug, natalizumab.  We have developed microarray technology for detecting autoantibodies to myelin proteins and lipids.  We employ a diverse range of molecular and celluar approaches to trying to understand multiple sclerosis."},{"lastName":"Song","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8869&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jason Song","firstName":"Jason","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/utzlab/researcher/Jason_Song","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Nolan","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4713&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Garry Nolan","firstName":"Garry","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/utzlab/researcher/Garry_Nolan","researchInterest":"Dr. Nolan's group uses high throughput single cell analysis technology of kinase driven signaling cascades to interrogate autoimmunity, cancer, virology (influenza), bacterial pathogens (Listeria and Salmonella) as well as understanding normal immune system function.  Using advanced flow cytometric techniques and computational biology approaches, we focus on high throughput drug screening, mouse models of disease in patient materials, and understanding disease processes at the single cell level."},{"lastName":"Parnes","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4487&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jane Parnes","firstName":"Jane","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/utzlab/researcher/Jane_Parnes","researchInterest":"The lab is studying the mechanisms controlling B cell responsiveness and the balance between tolerance and autoimmunity.  B cells deficient in CD72 are hyperresponsive to stimulation through the B cell receptor.  We are examining the alterations in B cell signaling in these B cells and the mechanisms by which CD72 deficiency partially abrogates anergic tolerance.  We hope to learn how deficiency in CD72 leads to spontaneous autoimmunity and increased susceptibility to induced autoimmune disease."},{"lastName":"Strober","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Immunology and Rheumatology"},{"focus":"Rheumatology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4152&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Samuel Strober","firstName":"Samuel","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/utzlab/researcher/Samuel_Strober","researchInterest":"Mechanisms of immune tolerance; regulatory processes in autoimmunity and transplantation and extrathymic T cell maturation."},{"lastName":"Sobel","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4269&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Raymond A. Sobel, M.D.","firstName":"Raymond","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/utzlab/researcher/Raymond_Sobel","researchInterest":"We study cellular and molecular mechanisms of immune-mediated injury in central nervous system (CNS) tissues  that are altered in multiple sclerosis (MS). Tissues of patients and of animals with experimental allergic encephalomyelitis are analyzed using histology and immunohistochemistry.  We currently are studying the cross-recognition of neurons by antibodies against myelin proteolipid protein epitopes.  Similar cross-recognition may link anti-myelin immunity with neurodegeneration in MS."},{"lastName":"Lewis","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Infectious Diseases, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Infectious Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Immunology & Transplant Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Immunology & Transplant Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4439&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"David B. Lewis","firstName":"David","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/utzlab/researcher/David_Lewis","researchInterest":"My laboratory has two major research interests.  First, to define cellular and molecular mechanisms that limit T cell responses to vaccines and pathogens during normal early postnatal development and in cases of inherited genetic immunodeficiencies.  Second, to determine how these limitations in immunity can be overcome by using novel approaches for vaccine adjuvants, with a particular focus on anti-viral vaccines."},{"lastName":"Higgins","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pathology and Laboratory Medicine"},{"focus":"Anatomic/Clinical Pathology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4038&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John Higgins","firstName":"John","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/utzlab/researcher/John_Higgins","researchInterest":"I work as a diagnostic surgical pathologist doing tissue and cDNA microarray-based translational research in renal neoplasia and medical renal disease. Subspecialty areas of clinical interest include diagnostic immunohistochemistry, renal, hepatic and transplant pathology."},{"lastName":"Davis","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4282&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mark M. Davis","firstName":"Mark","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/utzlab/researcher/Mark_Davis","researchInterest":"Molecular mechanisms of lymphocyte recognition and differentiation; molecular genetics and expression of T-cell receptor genes.  Dynamics and functionality of specific T cell populations in human cancer."},{"lastName":"Herzenberg","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Genetics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4151&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Leonard Herzenberg","firstName":"Leonard","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/utzlab/researcher/Leonard_Herzenberg","researchInterest":"Gene Regulation; Molecular Immunology; Lymphocyte subsets; Fluorescence-Activated Cell\u000bSorter (FACS) development; AIDS; Apoptosis; Redox Regulation; Gene Arrays; and the theraphy of AIDS using the anti-oxidant N'acetylcysteine(NAC)."},{"lastName":"Herzenberg","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Genetics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6113&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Leonore A. Herzenberg","firstName":"Leonore","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/utzlab/researcher/Leonore_Herzenberg","researchInterest":"B-cell development; Ig rearrangement and repertoire analysis; T cell regulation of antibody\u000bresponses; T cell subsets; glutathione regulation of HIV disease progression; Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting (FACS) related software development and gene arrays."},{"lastName":"Chang","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Dermatology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Dermatology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Dermatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6089&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Howard Y. Chang","firstName":"Howard","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/utzlab/researcher/Howard_Chang","researchInterest":"The Chang group is focused on two fundamental questions in epithelial biology: (1) the basis of positional identities in epidermal structures throughout the body, and (2) how those signals and boundaries may be abrogated to allow cancer metastasis. We are investigating the roles of site-specific fibroblast differentiation in patterning the epidermis, and dissecting the mechanisms of wound healing programs in cancer metastasis."},{"lastName":"Chu","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9030&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Alvina Chu","firstName":"Alvina","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/utzlab/researcher/Alvina_Chu","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Engleman","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pathology"},{"focus":"Pathology and Laboratory Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pathology"},{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4490&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Edgar Engleman","firstName":"Edgar","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/utzlab/researcher/Edgar_Engleman","researchInterest":"Dendritic cells, NK cells and T cells; functional proteins and genes; immunotherapeutic approaches to cancer and autoimmune disease."},{"lastName":"Gozani","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6423&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Or Gozani","firstName":"Or","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/utzlab/researcher/Or_Gozani","researchInterest":"We study the molecular mechanisms by which chromatin-signaling networks effect nuclear and epigenetic programs, and how dysregulation of these pathways leads to disease.  Our work centers on the biology of lysine methylation, a principal chromatin-regulatory mechanism that directs epigenetic processes.  We study how lysine methylation events are generated, sensed, and transduced, and how these chemical marks integrate with other nuclear signaling systems to govern diverse cellular functions."},{"lastName":"Brunet","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Genetics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6012&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Anne Brunet","firstName":"Anne","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/utzlab/researcher/Anne_Brunet","researchInterest":"Our lab studies the molecular basis of longevity. We are interested in the mechanism of action of known longevity genes, including FOXO and SIRT, in the mammalian nervous system. We are particularly interested in the role of these longevity genes in neural stem cells. We are also discovering novel genes and processes involved in aging using two model systems, the invertebrate C. elegans and an extremely short-lived vertebrate, the African killifish N. furzeri."},{"lastName":"Ptacek","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Microbiology & Immunology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Microbiology & Immunology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9103&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jason Ptacek","firstName":"Jason","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/utzlab/researcher/Jason_Ptacek","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Brown","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biochemistry"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biochemistry","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4284&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Patrick O. Brown","firstName":"Patrick","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/utzlab/researcher/Patrick_Brown","researchInterest":"Dr. Brown's research group uses diverse experimental and computational methods to investigate the logic and mechanisms that control a genome's expression program.  The Brown laboratory is systematically characterizing the genetic scripts that control the expression of our genes, in normal development and physiology and in diseases like cancer, with a particular focus on post-transcriptional regulation. The Brown lab also develops strategies and assays for early detection and diagnosis of cancer."},{"lastName":"Genovese","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Rheumatology"},{"focus":"Immunology/Rheumatology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4195&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mark Genovese","firstName":"Mark","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/utzlab/researcher/Mark_Genovese","researchInterest":"Clinical trials and interventions in the rheumatic diseases including Rheumatoid Arthritis,Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic Sclerosis, Osteoarthritis."},{"lastName":"Boxer","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Hematology"},{"focus":"Multiple Myeloma"},{"focus":"Multiple Myeloma - Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Plasmacytoma"},{"focus":"Plasmacytoma - Hematology"},{"focus":"Plasmacytoma - Medical Oncology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Hematology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Hematology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4658&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Linda Boxer","firstName":"Linda","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/utzlab/researcher/Linda_Boxer","researchInterest":"Regulation of expression of oncogenes in normal and malignant hematologic cells."}]}