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Tene Aneka Cage
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Dr. Cage's research interest is in working towards eliminating health disparities in neurosurgical outcomes. She specifically focuses on understanding the association between socioeconomic and demographic characteristics and patient outcomes following traumatic brain injury.
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Erica P. Cahill MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Bio Erica P. Cahill, MD, MS(c), is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Complex Family Planning at Stanford University. She is the Director of the Stanford Ryan Program and of the residency Gynecology rotation. She graduated from Wesleyan University with a BA in Neuroscience and Behavior. After college, she worked at Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Women?s Mental Health on clinical trials involving neuroendocrine disorders during pregnancy and menopause. She subsequently earned her MD from The University of Vermont and completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency at The George Washington University Hospital. She completed Fellowship in Complex Family Planning here at Stanford as well as obtaining a Masters in Epidemiology here at Stanford.
Her research interests include expanding contraceptive options and abortion care access, sexual education, reproductive health technology, reproductive transitions (pregnancy, postpartum, menopause) and medical education. She is committed to supporting and creating medically accurate policy nationally and globally. She enjoys teaching residents, medical students, and undergraduates as part of her generalist practice. She also co-hosts a reproductive health podcast called The V Word and is active on social media as @drericacahill -
Alison Callahan
Research Engineer, Med/BMIR
Bio Alison Callahan is a research scientist in the Center for Biomedical Informatics and a member of the Shah Lab. Her work involves research and development of informatics methods for the analysis of biomedical and clinical data, to derive insights and inform medical decision making.
Alison completed her PhD in the Department of Biology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Her doctoral research focused on developing HyQue, a framework for representing and evaluating scientific hypotheses, and applying this framework to discover genes related to aging. She was also a developer for Bio2RDF, an open-source project to build and provide the largest network of Linked Data for the life sciences. -
Michele Calos
Professor of Genetics, Emerita
Current Research and Scholarly Interests My lab is developing innovative gene and stem cell therapies for genetic diseases, with a focus on gene therapy and regenerative medicine.
We have created novel methods for inserting therapeutic genes into the chromosomes at specific places by using homologous recombination and recombinase enzymes.
We are working on 3 forms of muscular dystrophy.
We created induced pluripotent stem cells from patient fibroblasts, added therapeutic genes, differentiated, and engrafted the cells. -
David Camarillo
Associate Professor of Bioengineering
Bio David B. Camarillo is Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, (by courtesy) Mechanical Engineering and Neurosurgery at Stanford University. Dr. Camarillo holds a B.S.E in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University, a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and completed postdoctoral fellowships in Biophysics at the UCSF and Biodesign Innovation at Stanford. Dr. Camarillo worked in the surgical robotics industry at Intuitive Surgical and Hansen Medical, before launching his laboratory at Stanford in 2012. His current research focuses on precision human measurement for multiple clinical and physiological areas including the brain, heart, lungs, and reproductive system. Dr. Camarillo has been awarded the Hellman Fellowship, the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program award, among other honors including multiple best paper awards in brain injury and robotic surgery. His research has been funded by the NIH, NSF, DoD, as well as corporations and private philanthropy. His lab?s research has been featured on NPR, the New York Times, The Washington Post, Science News, ESPN, and TED.com as well as other media outlets aimed at education of the public.
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MaryAnn Campion
Clinical Associate Professor, Genetics
Current Research and Scholarly Interests My research has focused on faculty development in academic medicine and the translation of genomics into public health.
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Michelle Thi Cao
Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Positive Airway Pressure devices for central sleep apnea
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Yanjia Cao
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Infectious Diseases
Bio I am a postdoctoral research fellow focusing on spatial data modeling and infectious disease epidemiology, specifically typhoid fever, in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine at Stanford University's School of Medicine under the mentorship of Dr. Jason Andrews.
My research focuses on
(i) applying geospatial techniques to understand spatial burden of typhoid fever
(ii) developing spatial and temporal data models to simulate typhoid fever surveillance -
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. -
Robson Capasso
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Sleep Surgery) at the Stanford University Medical Center
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Clinically relevant outcomes for OSA Surgery.
Wearables and Digital Health Technologies for Sleep.
Innovative approaches for OSA Management.
Innovation in Sleep and Otolaryngology -
Mark A. Cappelli
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Bio Professor Cappelli received his B.Sc. degree in Physics (McGill, 1980), and M.A.Sc and Ph.D. degrees in Aerospace Sciences (Toronto, 1983, 1987). He joined Stanford University in 1987 and is currently a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Co-Director of the Engineering Physics Program. He carries out research in applied plasma physics with applications to a broad range of fields, including space propulsion, aerodynamics, medicine, materials synthesis, and fusion.
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Holly Caretta-Weyer
Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Bio Holly Caretta-Weyer is currently Assistant Residency Program Director and Director of Evaluation and Assessment for the Stanford University Emergency Medicine Residency Program as well as EPA Implementation Lead at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Caretta-Weyer attended medical school at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health where she graduated Alpha Omega Alpha with Honors in Research. She loved being a Badger so much that she stayed for her Emergency Medicine Residency at the University of Wisconsin where she was also Chief Resident. Dr. Caretta-Weyer then moved to the West Coast where she recently completed her Medical Education Scholarship Fellowship at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and is also finishing her thesis work for her Masters in Health Professions Education (MHPE) at the University of Illinois-Chicago.
While at OHSU, Dr. Caretta-Weyer worked as a member of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Core Entrustable Professional Activities for Entering Residency pilot team and was a founding member of the OHSU undergraduate medical education entrustment committee. She continues to be involved with the national AAMC Core EPA Pilot through her continued collaboration with the OHSU team. Through this process she has gained valuable experience in working to define programmatic assessment, formulate summative entrustment decisions, and more seamlessly bridge the transition from undergraduate to graduate medical education, all of which are key initiatives within medical education.
Dr. Caretta-Weyer is also the PI on a $1.3M AMA Reimagining Residency Grant focused on redesigning assessment across the continuum of emergency medicine training and introducing predictive learning analytics to the process. She is additionally a member of the International Competency-Based Medical Education (ICBME) Collaborators, a group that seeks to further research on CBME around the world.
Dr. Caretta-Weyer's education research interests focus on the implementation of competency-based education and assessment across the continuum of medical education, summative entrustment and promotion decision-making processes, coaching within medical education, residency selection in a competency-based system, and the development of learner handovers to span key transitions in the educational continuum. When not focusing on her administrative and education research interests, Dr. Caretta-Weyer can be found kayaking, hiking, cycling, playing volleyball, or cheering on her favorite sports teams including the Wisconsin Badgers and Milwaukee Brewers. -
Jan Carette
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Our research focuses on the identification of host genes that play critical roles in the pathogenesis of infectious agents including viruses. We use haploid genetic screens in human cells as an efficient approach to perform loss-of-function studies. Besides obtaining fundamental insights on how viruses hijack cellular processes and on host defense mechanisms, it may also facilitate the development of new therapeutic strategies.
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Eve Carlson
Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Bio Eve Carlson is a clinical psychologist and a senior researcher with the Dissemination and Training Division of the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, located in the Palo Alto VA Health Care System. She collaborates with faculty in the departments of Surgery (David Spain) and Medicine (Lisa Shieh) to study risk screening and preventive care for psychological disorder after sudden, severe illness or injury. Her current research is funded by an R01 grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. The primary aim is to develop a measure of risk for mental health problems following sudden, severe illness or injury that is accurate for all patients, including ethnic and racial minorities.
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Jennifer Carlson
Clinical Professor, Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Female athlete triad; adolescents and eating disorders; athletes and supplement use; effects of sports involvement on adolescent self-esteem.
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Robert W. Carlson
Professor of Medicine (Oncology and General Internal Medicine/Medical Informatics) at the Stanford University Medical Center, Emeritus
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Clinical investigations in breast cancer include institutional and NSABP studies of chemoprevention, adjuvant therapy, psychosocial interventions, treatment of metastatic disease, methods of decreasing anthracycline cardiotoxicity, and modulation of multidrug resistance. Research in meta-analysis includes the performance of meta-analysis in a wide variety of settings in cancer treatment by the international Meta-Analysis Group in Cancer.
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Suzan Carmichael
Professor (Research) of Pediatrics (Neonatology), of Obstetrics & Gynecology (Maternal Fetal Medicine) and, by courtesy, of Health Research and Policy (Epidemiology)
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Dr. Carmichael is a perinatal and nutritional epidemiologist and Professor of Pediatrics at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Her research focuses on finding ways to improve maternal and infant health. Exposure themes include nutrition, social context, care, environmental contaminants and genetics. Outcome themes include severe maternal morbidity, stillbirth, birth defects, and preterm delivery. She is particularly interested in understanding the intersectionality of these varied types of exposures and outcomes and how they interact to impact health and health disparities, for the mother-baby dyad.
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Britt Carr
Academic Technology Specialist, Technology & Digital Solutions
Current Role at Stanford Britt Carr is the Academic Technology Specialist at EdTech in the department of Information, Resources & Technology (IRT). His primary responsibilities include:
* Training and supporting the School of Medicine Faculty in the design and implementation of their courses on the Canvas learning management system
* Migrating and archiving existing courses from the CourseWork learning management system
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Eugene Carragee, MD
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Stanford University Medical Center
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Dr. Carragee's research interests lie in outcomes assessment of surgical and rehabilitative treatment for cervical and lumbar intervertebral disk herniation; diagnosis and treatment of spine infections, instrumentation of the degenerative spine and spinal deformities and low back pain syndromes, pain and pain management.
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Arnaldo Carreira-Rosario
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neurobiology
Current Research and Scholarly Interests locomotion, neurodevelopment, spontaneous network activity
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Michelle Whirl-Carrillo
Senior Research Scientist, Biomedical Data Science
Current Role at Stanford PharmGKB Director
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Victor Carrion
John A. Turner Endowed Professor for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Examines the interplay between brain development and stress vulnerability via a multi-method approach that includes psychophysiology, neuroimaging, neuroendocrinology and phenomenology. Treatment development that focuses on individual and community-based interventions for stress related conditions in children and adolescents that experience traumatic stress.
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Ian Carroll, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine (Adult Pain) at the Stanford University Medical Center
Current Research and Scholarly Interests We are committed to promoting an understanding of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks, and ensuring that all patients who are suffering from cerebrospinal fluid leaks receive appropriate diagnosis and treatment of this devastating, chronic, and fixable condition. We believe this can be best accomplished in a multidisciplinary setting involving expertise in radiology, neurology, and interventional pain medicine.
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Justin Carter
Research Process Manager, School of Medicine - Research Management Group
Bio Justin Nathaniel Carter earned his B.A. in 2014 from Columbia University. While attending Columbia, he volunteered as tour-guide, a student-life ambassador, a member of the student council, and was elected University Senator. As a Senator, he served on the Student Affairs (SAC), Budget & Finance, Housing, and Alumni Affairs committees. He also served on the Columbia University Trustee?s Advisory Committee for Socially Responsible Investing (ACSRI) and as the Undergraduate Representative to the Columbia Alumni Association (CAA) Board. While living in New York, he was a New York City Emergency Medical Technician, A New York State EMT Instructor, and served as Chief of Operations for Columbia University's Emergency Medical Service.
Justin initially joined Stanford through the Department of Radiation Oncology as a Clinical Research Assistant and Research Coordinator. He assisted the Thoracic Radiation Oncology Group, working primarily with Drs. Bill Loo and Max Diehn on biomarker, immunotherapy, and translative imaging in thoracic cancers. He has presented at several conferences and symposiums, and has contributed to publications in various oncology related journals. Justin now supports the departments of Urology, Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, and Otolaryngology as a Research Process Manager representing the Research Management Group.
Justin is a 2013 Columbia Health Services Summer Fellowship recipient where he focused on a multifaceted project addressing the modernization, sustainability, and continuity of operating a prehospital emergency medical service in bustling New York City. For several years he volunteered as a skills instructor with Stanford's Department of Emergency Medicine EMT Program. Drawing on his previous medical and management roles, He has traveled several times to Nepal in coordination with Stanford's Nepal Medical Project to facilitate a recertification program for in-country EMT/pre-hospital providers and to assist with modernization and analysis of updates with the Nepal Ambulance Service
His interests include the intersections of communications & outreach, medicine, government & health policy, and strategic management. He continues to work with several PIs conducting medical research and is pursuing a Master's degree.
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