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Zhijuan Cao
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neurosurgery
Current Research and Scholarly Interests My current research focuses on:
1) using optogenetic strategies to stimulate targeted neurons for brain repair after stroke.
2) detecting the neural circuit and molecular mechanisms underlying stroke recovery. -
Arnaldo Carreira-Rosario
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neurobiology
Current Research and Scholarly Interests locomotion, neurodevelopment, spontaneous network activity
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Arianna Celis Luna
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Infectious Diseases
Bio Arianna I. Celis Luna is a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. David Relman. Her research will investigate the role of the GI microbiome on iron absorption during pregnancy. She aims is to elucidate a functional role for the microbiome during this critical time period by combining metatranscriptomic and metametabolomic data from in vivo samples with biochemical data from in vitro samples. She hopes to shed light on how iron-deficiency anemia, still affecting ~50% of pregnant women in developed countries, can be more efficiently treated or prevented.
Arianna received her Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Montana State University in 2018. She worked in the lab of Dr. Jennifer DuBois where her research focused on how, at the molecular level, bacteria build iron into the versatile molecule known as heme and break it apart again. Her work examined how these reactions are critical for both pathogenic species, such as Staphylococcus aureus, and the resident bacteria of the digestive tract.
Arianna?s work encompasses 6 published papers in journals like the Journal of the American Chemical Society, the Journal of Biological Chemistry, and ACS Biochemistry. She has presented her work in several conferences, including Gordon Research Conferences and the ASBMB Annual Meeting, and at Montana State University as part of the Kopriva Science Seminar Series after receiving the Kopriva Graduate Student Fellowship. -
Aisling Chaney
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Research Focus:
Developing and evaluating imaging techniques to enhance understanding and diagnosis of neurological disorders. My current research focuses on imaging neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative disorders such as stroke, Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis using positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance (MR) techniques.
My previous research topics include investigating the effects of childhood maltreatment and major depressive disorder on brain morphology.
Specilaities:
Neurobiology, neuroimaging, PET imaging, MRS/MRI, neuroinflammation, pre-clinical cognitive assessments, cell culture, science communication. -
Hyesang Chang
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Psychiatry
Current Research and Scholarly Interests My research aims to understand neural representations and brain networks that support learning and academic achievement across development to bridge the gaps between cognitive and developmental science, neuroscience, and education. I am interested in the interplay between multiple cognitive and affective systems, and neuroplasticity of these systems that give rise to individual differences in how children acquire knowledge and skills in domains important for academic and professional success.
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Stephen Chang, MD, PhD
Clinical Scholar, Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
Bio Prior to a career in medicine, Dr. Chang was an English major and subsequent novelist at night. During the days, he taught literature part-time at Rutgers University, and for extra money, worked in a laboratory in NYC washing test tubes. Inspired by his laboratory mentor, he began volunteering at the hospital next door, and developed a love for interacting with patients. Through this experience, he saw how caring for others could form deep bonds between people - even strangers - and connect us in a way that brings grandeur to ordinary life.
In addition to seeing patients, Dr. Chang is a physician-scientist devoted to advancing the field of cardiovascular medicine. His research has been focused on identifying a new genetic organism that better models human heart disease than the mouse. For this purpose, he has been studying the mouse lemur, the smallest non-human primate, performing cardiovascular phenotyping (vital signs, ECG, echocardiogram) on lemurs both in-bred (in France) and in the wild (in Madagascar) to try to identify mutant cardiac traits that may be heritable - and in the process, characterize the first high-throughput primate model of human cardiac disease. -
Karyn Chappell
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Orthopedic Surgery
Bio Postdoctoral Scholar in Orthopaedic Surgery at Stanford University. Interested in improving the imaging of the tissues that wear out in and change around the knees in order to develop new outcome measures to test and quantify new therapeutic interventions. Experienced MRI imaging scientist with a demonstrated history working in both research and clinical practice. Strong healthcare services professional with a PhD from the Department of Medicine at Imperial College London. My PhD focussed on developing a methodology for imaging knees on a novel MRI extremity scanner with magic angle directional imaging (MADI). Skilled in Healthcare Information Technology (HIT), Digital Imaging, Image Post Processing, Healthcare, Research Methodology, Musculoskeletal MRI and Healthcare Management. I have a Post Graduate Certificate in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Technology from Anglia Ruskin University. My first degree was from King's College London where I was first introduced to most imaging modalities, however the first MR image of a mid-sagittal T1 brain never lost its appeal so MRI was what I chose to specialise in. After over 25 years in the field of MRI research I still find plenty of challenges and technological advances for a lifetime of research questions.
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Fang Chen (Rosy)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Ophthalmology
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Corneal regeneration via hydrogel-based cell scaffold and cell encapsulation
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Hansen Chen
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neurosurgery
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Immune and Nervous Systems Interaction; Ischemic Postconditioning; Optogenetics
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Wei Chen
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Ophthalmology
Bio My long-term goals involve the development of a full understanding of key molecular mechanisms and the identification of corresponding therapeutics for human diseases. My research training and academic experience have provided me with an excellent background necessary in multiple fields including molecular biology, cell biology, medicinal chemistry, and biochemical pharmacology. As an undergraduate, I have learned numerous biology and physiology courses, which let me appreciate and understand biological diversity. As a predoctoral student, my research focused on the identification and evaluation of fusion proteins, gene therapy-based biologics, molecular modifiers and inhibitors to treat tissue injury or cancer. We first revealed a novel mechanism underscoring the regulation of metabolic profiles and mitochondrial function of epithelial cells by IL-22 during cell injury, which might provide useful insights from the bench to the clinic in treating and preventing more diseases, especially acute stroke/traumatic brain injuries. We subsequently demonstrated that autophagy was induced to play cytoprotective roles in numerous cells, which highlighted the potential therapeutic strategies for CNS neurodegeneration diseases or cancer by targeting autophagy. During my undergraduate and graduate careers, I also received several academic awards, including two times National Scholarship. For my postdoctoral training, I will continue to build on my previous researches in metabolic profiles and mitochondrial function regulations by concentrating on determining the role of mitochondrial thioredoxin metabolism in neuronal survival. These new scientific issues will allow me to address additional problems regarding the molecular basis of neurodegeneration and develop a neuroprotective gene therapy strategy to protect CNS neurodegenerative diseases/injuries.
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Weiyu Chen
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Radiology
Bio Work Experience:
Post-Doctoral Scholar. Department of Radiology, Stanford. (04/2019-present)
Research Associate. Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. (04/2018-04/2019)
Research Assistant. Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland. (11/2017-01/2018)
Visiting Researcher. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The National University of Singapore. (10/2016-12/2016) -
Vinita Chittoor
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Pathology
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Vinita?s work focuses on uncovering the molecular pathobiology of LRRK2 in Parkinson?s disease. Her main project includes understanding the role of proteostatic stress in LRRK2-linked disease, with focus on autophagic dysfunction. Her efforts are also aimed at finding a reliable imaging technique for analyzing post-mortem brains from Parkinson?s disease patients.
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Samir Chowdhury
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Psychiatry
Bio I am an applied mathematician trained in computational topology, geometry, and data analysis. At Stanford, I am working on developing new methods for analyzing and fingerprinting neuroimaging data and in obtaining meaningful clinical insights from such analysis.
Prior to Stanford, I completed my PhD in the Department of Mathematics at The Ohio State University under the supervision of Facundo Mémoli. My thesis was titled "Metric and Topological Approaches to Network Data Analysis". -
Mingyu Chung
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Regulation of cell cycle and quiescence in tissue regeneration, homeostasis, and aging.
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Alexander Cocker
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Structural Biology
Bio Following two years working in clinical trials Dr Cocker started his PhD under the supervision of Professor Mark Johnson and Dr Nesrina Imami, studying the impact of HIV-1 infection on pregnancy related immunological changes using fluorescent cytometry and functional assays to explore natural killer, dendritic and T cell populations longitudinally.
Dr Cocker is continuing his work in HIV and other infectious diseases, and is especially focussed on how chronic infection can affect natural killer cell education, development and function. -
Marina Codari
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Radiology
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Bridging healthcare open challenges and technological solutions, with focus on diagnostics. My main research focus is the application of deep learning technique in medical imaging for personalized diagnosis and treatment planning in patients with aortic dissection
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John Coetzee
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Psychiatry
Current Research and Scholarly Interests I am presently engaged in developing innovative treatments for traumatic brain injury in Dr. Maheen Adamson's lab at the Palo Alto VA, and for depression in the Brain Stimulation Lab at Stanford.
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Joseph Paul Cohen
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Radiology
Bio Joseph Paul Cohen is a researcher and pragmatic engineer. He currently focuses on the challenges in deploying AI tools in medicine specifically computer vision and genomics. He maintains many open source projects including Chester the AI radiology assistant, TorchXRayVision, and BlindTool ? a mobile vision aid app. He is the director of the Institute for Reproducible Research, a US non-profit which operates ShortScience.org and Academic Torrents.
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Anthony Crimarco
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, SCRDP/ Heart Disease Prevention
Bio Anthony Crimarco, Ph.D., is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention at the Stanford Prevention Research Center. His primary research interests include diet and lifestyle interventions. More specifically he focuses on the health benefits of plant-based diets, the impact of the built environment on diet and physical activity behaviors, and the use of mHealth and eHealth in lifestyle interventions.
Dr. Crimarco completed a Ph.D. in Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior from the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina in 2019. He also completed M.S. degrees in Management at the University of Florida (2013) and Wellness Management at Ball State University (2012). -
Magdalena Crossley
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Chemical and Systems Biology
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Investigating the role of R-loops in genome instability and cancer.
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Zhe Cui
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Bio Before joining Stanford, I was a research associate at Child & Family Research Institute in British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada. I have obtained my honors B.MedSc. from the University of Western Ontario with high distinction, and earned a master?s degree in pharmacogenomics from the University of Toronto, and a Ph.D. degree in cardiovascular pharmacology from the University of British Columbia.
My on-going research at Stanford has a focus on understanding the underlying molecular mechanisms contributing to the progression of thoracic aneurysm and aortic dissection in connective tissue disorders, including Marfan and Loeys-Dietz syndromes, using both transgenic mouse models and a vascular model derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs). I previously developed a novel quantitative analysis of elastin using multiphoton microscopy that could lead to an early diagnostic method of Marfan syndrome. Further, my ultrasound study strongly supports the potential use of doxycycline for the prevention of Marfan-linked aneurysm.
