Department: Cancer Center

Division: Cancer Control

• Faculty (30)
• Postdocs (0)
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• 
  Carlson, Robert 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor - Med Center Line, Medicine - Oncology
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Clinical Focus

  • Breast Cancer - Medical Oncology
  • Oncology (Cancer)
  • Medical Oncology
  Research Interest

  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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  Cook, Karen 
  Academic Appointments

  • Member, Cancer Center
• 
  Crawley, LaVera M
  Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor (Research), Pediatrics - Vaden
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Research Interest

  As an empirical bioethicist, my work focuses on social justice issues (broadly) and, more specifically, on health disparities and disease prevention among ethnic minority populations. Specific areas of my work have included: race-based disparities in palliative and end-of-life care; the impact of perceived medical discrimination on cancer screening behaviors among ethnic minority adults; disparities in patterns of direct-to-consumer advertising; and community-based participatory research projec..

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  Ford, James 
  Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor, Medicine - Oncology
  • Associate Professor, Genetics
  • Associate Professor (By courtesy), Pediatrics
  • Member, Bio-X
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Clinical Focus

  • Cancer Genetics
  • Gastrointestinal Cancers - Genetics
  • Gastrointestinal Cancers - Medical Oncology
  Research Interest

  Mammalian DNA repair and DNA damage inducible responses; p53 tumor suppressor gene; transcription in nucleotide excision repair and mutagenesis; genetic determinants of cancer cell sensitivity to DNAdamage; genetics of inherited cancer susceptibility syndromes and human GI malignancies; clinical cancer genetics of BRCA1 and BRCA2 breast cancer and mismatch repair deficient colon cancer.

  Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
• 
  Fortmann, Stephen 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor, Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research
  • Professor (By courtesy), Health Research & Policy
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Clinical Focus

  • Cardiology (Heart), Preventive
  • Internal Medicine
  • Primary Prevention
  Research Interest

  Population-level (community) prevention of cardiovascular disease, epidemiology and prevention of chronic diseases, tobacco use cessation research, tobacco control policy, nutrition education, blood pressure control, and lipid disorders.

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  Garber, Alan 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor, Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Rsrch
  • Professor (By courtesy), Economics
  • Professor (By courtesy), Health Research & Policy
  • Professor, Graduate School of Business
  • Member, Cancer Center
  • Member, Bio-X
  Research Interest

  Topics in the health economics of aging; health, insurance; optimal screening intervals; cost-effectiveness of, coronary surgery in the elderly; health care financing and delivery, in the United States and Japan; coronary heart disease

• 
  Gardner, Christopher 
  Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor (Research), Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Research Interest

  The role of nutrition and preventive medicine, with particular interests in: plant-based diets and phytochemicals; cardiovascular disease and cancer prevention; weight loss diets; clinical trials and epidemiology.

• 
  Gould, Michael 
  Academic Appointments

  • Member, Cancer Center
  Research Interest

  Dr. Gould uses cost-effectiveness analysis, meta-analysis and prognostic modeling to study important clinical and policy questions in thoracic oncology, pulmonary medicine and critical care. Current funded research projects include an evaluation of a computerized decision support system for managing patients with lung nodules, an examination of timeliness and quality of care in lung cancer, and development of quality indicators in veterans with lung cancer.

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  Hallenbeck, James 
  Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Medicine - General Internal Medicine
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Research Interest

  Research in hospice and palliative care with emphases on physician education, cultural aspects of end-of-life care, and healthcare system issues.

• 
  Haskell, William L
  Academic Appointments

  • Emeritus (Active) Professor, Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Research Interest

  My major research interests and activities over the next several years will focus on the development and evaluation of the objective measurement of physical activity in free-living populations using a variety of sensing devices and mobile phones for data collection and processing. Also, I will continue to direct the Stanford Heart Network with the major mission being to assist community-based CVD prevention/treatment programs implement more effective heart attack and stroke prevention programs.

• 
  Kesler, Shelli 
  Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor (Research), Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Interdis Brain Science Research
  • Member, Bio-X
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Clinical Focus

  • Neuropsychology
  • Psychology
  Research Interest

  Assessment and treatment of cognitive deficits related to medical problems, particularly cancer. Multi-level research involving neuropsychology, neuroimaging and genetics. Measurement and enhancement of neuroplasticity mechanisms through targeted interventions.

  Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
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  Killen, Joel 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor (Research), Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Research Interest

  My research is focused on the development and evaluation of cigarette smoking prevention and cessation therapies and obesity prevention treatments for children, adolescents and adults.

• 
  King, Abby 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor, Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology
  • Professor, Medicine
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Research Interest

  My interests include the application of social cognitive theory and similar behavioral and ecological approaches to achieve large scale change in disease prevention and health promotion areas of relevance to adults, especially women and mid-life and older adults; translation of interventions that have proven effective in the laboratory to field settings; exploration of environmental influences on individual health and quality of life; and long term maintenance of hygienic/lifestyle regimens.

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  Koopman, Cheryl 
  Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor (Research), Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychosocial
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Research Interest

  Dr. Koopman conducts research on understanding how difficult life events (such as serious illness or violence) are related to stress and health behavior and outcomes. She also evaluates the effects of psychosocial interventions on improving physical health and quality of life.

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  Kraemer, Helena 
  Academic Appointments

  • Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Research Interest

  I am interested in the methodology pertinent to dealing with research problems where biological and behavioral interests meet. These interests have been applied not only in psychiatric research, but in those areas of Cardiology, Pediatrics and other fields of medicine in which behavioral research is becoming ever more salient.

• 
  Lorig, Kate 
  Academic Appointments

  • Emeritus (Active) Professor, Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology
  • Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Research Interest

  Community based psycoeducational intervention studies of disease self management for people with chronic diseases. arthritis, lung diseases, heart disease AIDs, low back pain and diabetes. Programs and studies in Spanish and English. Interventions are in small groups, mailed or on the Internet.

• 
  Nguyen, Bang 
  Academic Appointments

  • Member, Cancer Center
  Research Interest

  Dr. Nguyen is interested in cancer prevention and control in ethnic and socio-economic underserved communities and health disparities.

• 
  O'Malley, Cynthia 
  Academic Appointments

  • Member, Cancer Center
  Research Interest

  Dr. O’Malley is interested in disease surveillance, breast(both males and females), ovarian, colon and lung cancers. She has focused much of her research on cancer outcomes, particularly the interplay between comorbidity, treatment and survival.

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  Oakley-Girvan, Ingrid 
  Academic Appointments

  • Member, Cancer Center
• 
  Olshen, Richard 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor, Health Research & Policy - Biostatistics
  • Professor (By courtesy), Statistics
  • Professor (By courtesy), Electrical Engineering
  • Member, Bio-X
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Research Interest

  My research is in statistics and their applications to medicine and biology. Many efforts have concerned tree-structured algorithms for classification, regression, survival analysis, and clustering.

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  Presti, Joseph 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor - Med Center Line, Urology
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Clinical Focus

  • prostate cancer
  • bladder cancer
  • kidney cancer
  Research Interest

  refine detection strategies for prostate cancer, identify prognostic indicators for prostate cancer patients

• 
  Rhoads, Kim 
  Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor - Med Center Line, Surgery - General Surgery
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Clinical Focus

  • Colon and Rectal Surgery
  • General Surgery
  Research Interest

  My research interests include disparities in surgical care and cancer outcomes; surgical quality improvement, public reporting and pay-for performance.

• 
  Robinson, Thomas 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor, Pediatrics - General
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Clinical Focus

  • General Pediatrics
  • Pediatrics, General
  Research Interest

  Dr. Robinson focuses on "solution-oriented" research, developing and evaluating effective health promotion and disease prevention interventions for children and adolescents. His research is mostly experimental, conducting school-, family- and community-based randomized controlled trials to test theory-driven behavioral, social and environmental interventions to prevent obesity, improve nutrition, increase physical activity, reduce smoking, and study the effects of children's television use.

  Practices at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
• 
  So, Samuel 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor - Med Center Line, Surgery - General Surgery
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Clinical Focus

  • Gastrointestinal Cancers
  • Gastrointestinal Cancers - Surgical Oncology
  • General Surgery
  Research Interest

  Through a 3 pronged comprehensive program: translational and clinical research, early detection and treatment, and promoting education, awareness and immunization, we are working towards the development of new strategies that will lead to the elimination of hepatitis B worldwide and reduce the threat and incidence of liver cancer. Our current research efforts focus on evaluating potential new diagnostic and treatment markers and novel targeted therapy for primary liver cancer.

• 
  Spiegel, David 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychosocial
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  • Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent
  • Medical Director, Stanford Center for Integrative Medicine
  Research Interest

  Dr. Spiegel's research program involves mind/body interactions, including cancer progression, the response to traumatic stress, and the effect of hypnosis on the perception of pain and anxiety.

  Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
• 
  Stefanick, Marcia 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor (Research), Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research
  • Professor (Research) (By courtesy), Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Research Interest

  Specializes in women's heath and chronic disease (e.g. heart disease, breast cancer, osteoporosis) prevention research and health promotion in both sexes, with a focus on lifestyle (exercise, weight control and diet). Research focuses on role of sex hormones and sex/gender differences in physiology related to cardiovascular and cancer biology and body composition. Menopause and aging are key scientific interests. Key NIH projects: Women's Health Initiative (NLBI), WHEL(NCI) and MrOS (NIAMS).

• 
  Swetter, Susan 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor - Med Center Line, Dermatology
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Clinical Focus

  • Basal / Squamous Cell Carcinomas
  • Basal / Squamous Cell Carcinomas - Dermatology
  • Cutaneous Oncology
  Research Interest

  1) Early detection of melanoma and melanoma precursors with digital dermoscopy. 2) Secondary melanoma prevention involving targeted skin cancer screening, enhanced professional and public education to improve melanoma awareness, and chemoprevention in high-risk groups. 3) National dermatologist liaison to the ECOG Melanoma Committee and Co-founder/Co-Director of the Melanoma Prevention Working Group, an interdisciplinary Intergroup collaboration dedicated to cancer control and prevention.

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  Tang, Jean Y
  Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor - Med Center Line, Dermatology
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Clinical Focus

  • Dermatology
  • Skin Cancer
  • Epidemiology
  Research Interest

  My research focuses on finding new ways to treat and prevent non-melanoma skin cancer. I am committed to bringing laboratory-based insights to benefit our patients. I am interested in these questions: 1. How do we prevent skin cancer? 2. What is the relationship between sunlight, vitamin D, and skin cancer risk? 3. Can we target certain tumor signaling pathways (Hedgehog pathway) to treat basal cell carcinomas - the most common cancer in the US?

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  Tobin, Sara L
  Academic Appointments

  • Member, Cancer Center
  • Sr Research Scholar (PI Waiver), Center for Biomedical Ethics
  Research Interest

  Tobin is a Senior Research Scholar in the Program for Genomics, Ethics, and Society at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics. She obtained her Ph.D. in Developmental Biology from the University of Washington and did postdoctoral research in Genetics at the University of California, Berkeley and in Biochemistry at the University of California, San Francisco. She became a faculty member at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in 1983, where she established her independent research l..

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  Winkleby, Marilyn 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor (Research), Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Research Interest

  Cardiovascular disease epidemiology, health of socioeconomically disadvantaged and ethnic minority populations, social determinants of health, community-based intervention research, youth advocacy and mentorship, promoting diversity in health professions