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Christian La
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Bio Christian received his Bachelor’s Degree at the University of California, Berkeley, where he developed his initial interest in functional brain imaging at the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute with the D’Esposito Lab. He later attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison for his graduate studies and obtained his Doctorate Degree in the Neurosciences focusing on frequency analysis of the intrinsic low-frequency oscillation of the resting-state in populations of aging and ischemic stroke using rs-fMRI.
Currently, Christian is interested in the characterization of cortical system disruption in Parkinson’s disease population, in terms of functional network interactions and dynamics of the network connectivity. -
Avantika Lal
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Pathology
Current Research and Scholarly Interests My research at Stanford is focused on developing machine learning methods to analyze and integrate large genomic datasets. Currently, I am applying machine learning to the study of cancer evolution, particularly of BRCA+ breast cancers. In past research, I applied high-throughput functional genomics, deep learning and mathematical modeling to study the structure and function of bacterial genomes and identify potential drug targets in malarial parasites.
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Tobias Lanz
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Immunology and Rheumatology
Bio Dr. Tobias V. Lanz is a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Prof. William Robinson at the Department of Rheumatology / Immunology at Stanford School of Medicine, with a strong interest in basic and translational neuroimmunology. He studied medicine at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen, Germany and at the University College of London and performed his MD thesis at Prof. Michael Platten's laboratory at the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research in Tübingen, Germany. In 2007/2008 he worked as a research scholar in the neuroimmunological laboratory of Prof. Lawrence Steinman at Stanford. After medical school he pursued his scientific and clinical training at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the Department of Neurology at the University Hospital in Heidelberg, Germany. Dr. Lanz's current research focus is on the detection of new antigenic targets of B cells in Multiple Sclerosis.
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Eric Craig Leas
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, SCRDP/ Heart Disease Prevention
Bio Dr. Leas develops and applies methods in computer science and statistics to study a broad range of health topics, including tobacco use, climate change, gun control, distracted driving and mental health. His work has appeared in outlets across medicine and public health, including JAMA Internal Medicine, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, and the American Journal of Public Health.
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John Erik Leikauf
Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Current Research and Scholarly Interests I am interested in better understanding the heterogeneous cognitive and electrophysiological abnormalities in children with ADHD and the many other conditions that commonly co-occur with ADHD. The long-term goal is to be able to better target treatments to specific deficits in order to promote long-term health and well-being and improve outcomes that matter to individuals and families suffering from these disorders.
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Stephanie A. Leonard
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neonatal and Developmental Medicine
Current Research and Scholarly Interests perinatal and nutritional epidemiology; maternal and child health and nutrition; health disparities; applying novel epidemiological methods to perinatal health research
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Tristan Lerbs
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Pathology
Bio 1997 - 2006: High school, Bonn, Germany
2007 - 2008: Police officer training, Hahn, Germany
2008 - 2015: Medical training, Heidelberg, Germany
2015 - 2016: Resident in General Surgery, Eschweiler, Germany
2016: Resident in Internal Medicine, Aachen, Germany -
Li Li
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neurosurgery
Bio My research interest is to understand the fundamental mechanisms of mitochondrial dynamics and movement in brain ageing and disease.
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Wen-Yang Lin (Ann)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Genetics
Current Research and Scholarly Interests The broad goal of my research interest is to identify intrinsic and extrinsic mediators of tumor growth and plasticity. My past research experiences will synergize with the expertise of Dr. Monte Winslow’s laboratory to allow the discovery of novel mechanisms of cancer progression. The integration of our molecular measurements with multiple types of ‘omics’ data will ultimately improve the diagnostic precision medicine.
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Lorraine Ling
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Genetics
Current Research and Scholarly Interests My research focuses on the cell biology and biochemistry underlying the symbiotic relationship between corals and their partners, microscopic algae of the genus Symbiodinium. The algae live in the coral's gut tissue and provide its host products of photosynthesis while the coral provides inorganic carbon, nitrogen, and a safe habitat. I'm investigating the signaling pathways involved in 1) recognizing the correct algae partner 2) transfer of nutrients between the two.
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Omer Linkovski
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Psychiatry
Current Research and Scholarly Interests I am interested in the neurocognitive mechanisms and decision-making processes that characterize or underlie obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, mainly obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and hoarding disorder.
I am also fascinated by the relations of these mechanisms to the different elements of treatments for these disorders.
I study these mechanisms using both behavioral tasks and neuroimaging in patients as well as in healthy controls. -
Patricia Linortner
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Dr. Patricia Linortner uses in-vivo amyloid PET imaging ([(18)F]Florbetaben) to study cognitive and non-motor symptoms in patients with Parkinson’s Disease.
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Yuan-Hung Lo
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Hematology
Bio I am currently working on several projects to understand the control of intestinal and colorectal cancer stem cell biology. Stem cells of the intestinal tract give rise to the surface lining of the small and large intestines, and must continuously produce new cells to replace those shed into the lumen throughout the lifespan. When mutations accumulate in these intestinal stem cells, they can grow uncontrollably into benign polyps or colorectal cancers. I have focused my efforts on understanding the molecular mechanisms that regulate stem cell activity in the intestine, and applying this knowledge to gain insight into how these same pathways can control the activity of cancer stem cells.
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Anthony Michael Lombardi
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Psychiatry
Bio Anthony Lombardi, Psy.D., is a postdoctoral fellow in the OCD and Related Disorders program within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. He received his doctorate in clinical psychology from Pacific University School of Graduate Psychology. Dr. Lombardi has specialized in the use of behavioral-based therapies, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), with adults and adolescents to treat a variety of anxiety-related and mood disorders. In particular, he has focused on providing effective treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and related disorders (e.g., anxiety disorders, hoarding disorder). Dr. Lombardi is also passionate about enhancing the dissemination of science-based psychological treatments to increase the availability of gold-standard treatments within community settings.
He completed an APA accredited pre-doctoral internship at the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center, where he specialized in treating veterans diagnosed with a variety of psychiatric conditions including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, psychosis, suicidality, and substance use disorders. His training focused on providing Behavioral Health treatments within a Primary Care setting, PTSD treatment, and Neuropsychological Assessment. In addition, he completed rigorous training in Prolonged Exposure (PE) for the treatment of PTSD. Further, his doctoral dissertation examined the overall effectiveness of PE when administered within the context of routine clinical practice. Dr. Lombardi also received specialized training from a community expert in providing evidenced-based treatment for OCD and other anxiety-related disorders while working at the Anxiety and Panic Treatment Center in Portland, OR. Dr. Lombardi is a member of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America and the American Psychological Association. -
Arturo Lopez Pineda
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biomedical Data Sciences
Bio Arturo Lopez Pineda is a health data scientist in the Bustamante Lab at Stanford University. He is interested in the intersection between Artificial Intelligence and Medicine. Currently, he is working on the extraction of information from electronic medical records, its processing with natural language algorithms, and its use for case detection with machine learning modeling. He is interested in the development of affordable technologies to improve healthcare in Latin America.
Arturo is a member of Mexico's National System of Researchers (SNI) and a Fulbright Science and Technology alumnus. He holds a PhD and MS in Biomedical Informatics from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and a MS in Intelligent Systems and BS in Computer Science, both from Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM).
Arturo is member of the Global Oncology Young Leaders working group at Stanford. -
Sebastian Loscher
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Pathology
Bio 10.2010 to 07.2015: PhD studies: "Total Synthesis of naturally occuring glycosylated tetramic acids" at the Chair of Organic Chemistry, University of Bayreuth
22.01.2010: diploma in chemistry at the University of Stuttgart
07.2009 to 01.2010:diploma thesis "Synthesis and Biological evaluation of novel alpha-glucosidase inhibitors" at the Oxford Glycobiology Institute, group of Dr. Terry D. Butters (University Oxford Scholarship)
04.2009 to 06.2009: final exams for diploma
02.2008 to 10.2008: research project "De Novo Synthesis of glucosamine" at the ETH Zurich, Departement of Chemistry and Biosciences, group of Prof. Peter H. Seeberger
15.06.2007: intermediate diploma in chemistry
03.2005 to 05.2005: research project "Electrospinning of Diphenylalanine" at the Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research, group of Prof. Klaus Kern
10.2004: academic studies of chemistry, diploma
