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PI and Director: Spectrum, Stanford’s Center for Clinical and Translational Research and Education

Senior Associate Dean of Research, Stanford School of Medicine

Lowell W. and Josephine Q. Berry Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

School of Medicine Director, Sierra-Pacific MIRECC Translational Core

Dr. O’Hara directs a broad interdisciplinary clinical research program, encompassing cellular models, physiological predictors, and brain and behavioral assays of psychiatric, medical, and cognitive disorders. Her body of research has played a key role in shifting the paradigm to defining, assessing, and targeting psychiatric disorders more fully based on their cognitive information processing deficits and underlying neurocircuitry. Her current research interests are in sleep, pediatrics, and aging.

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Co-PI, Spectrum, Stanford’s Center for Clinical and Translational Research and Education

Kim and Ping Li Professor, Professor (Research) of Medicine (Quantitative Sciences Unit), of Biomedical Data Science and, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health

Director, Quantitiative Sciences Unit (QSU)

Co-PI, Spectrum, Stanford’s Center for Clinical and Translational Research and Education

Professor of Medicine (Oncology) and of Pathology

Director of Translational Research and Applied Medicine, Department of Medicine

Dr. Felsher is a physician scientist who conducts basic and translational medical research in medical oncology. He is a recipient of a 2020 NCI Outstanding Investigator Award. He was one of the first to demonstrate Oncogene Addiction, the idea that cancers can undergo regression upon the targeted inactivation of a single oncogene. Dr. Felsher's research has resulted into fundamental new insights into the mechanisms of how oncogenes initiate and maintain tumorigenesis.  He has uncovered both novel tumor intrinsic and host immune dependent mechanisms. His research has contributed to new molecular diagnostics, nanotechnologies and small molecule, cell-based and nanotechnology based therapeutics.  

Assistant Dean and Executive Director:
Spectrum, Stanford Center for Clinical and Translational Research and Education

Director of Finance & Administration, Office of the Senior Associate Dean of Research

Raj Prasad is the Executive Director of the Stanford Center for Clinical and Translational Research and Education (SPECTRUM) and Assistant Dean and Director of Finance and Administration for the Office of the Senior Associate Dean for Research at the Stanford School of Medicine. In his most recent position prior to joining Stanford, he served as the Executive Director for San José State University Research Foundation (SJSU), a minority serving institution. He provided executive leadership and oversight for research-related activities that exceeded $60 million annually while building relationships with the campus community, the Board of Directors, and government, nonprofit, and industry partners. He was also a lead sponsor in developing and implementing "Transformation 2030", a strategic roadmap to support the University’s mission of doubling research opportunities for faculty and students in the next 10 years. Prior to joining SJSU, he served in a range of leadership roles, including Vice President for Research Operations at UC San Francisco Benioff Children’s Hospital and Research Center for 15 years, which provides medical care to underserved populations. He has 23 years of experience in research administration and operations with a specific focus on developing and managing sponsored grants and contracts from federal, state, local, foundation and industry sponsors. 

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