{"result":[{"lastName":"Kobilka","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Molecular & Cellular Physiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Chemical and Systems Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Molecular & Cellular Physiology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4300&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Brian Kobilka","firstName":"Brian","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Brian_Kobilka","researchInterest":"Structure, function and physiology of adrenergic receptors."},{"lastName":"Pegram","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Oncology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=32170&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mark Pegram","firstName":"Mark","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Mark_Pegram","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Ghanouni","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=18244&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Pejman Ghanouni","firstName":"Pejman","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Pejman_Ghanouni","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Roth","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Chemical and Systems Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Chemical and Systems Biology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4175&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Richard Roth","firstName":"Richard","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Richard_Roth","researchInterest":"Insulin is one of the primary regulators of rapid anabolic responses in the body. Defects in the synthesis and/or ability of cells to respond to insulin results in the condition known as diabetes mellitus. To better design methods of treatment for this disorder, we have been focusing our research on how insulin elicits its various biological responses."},{"lastName":"Yue","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"appointments":[],"imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8441&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Patrick Yue","firstName":"Patrick","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/cancer/physician/Patrick_Yue","researchInterest":"My primary research focus has been the mechanisms of insulin resistance and diabetes as they pertain to the heart.  I am particularly interested in the potential involvement of the recently discovered peptide hormone apelin.  Recent studies in my laboratory group have focused on apelin's role in promoting insulin sensitivity on the systemic, tissue-specific, and cellular level.  We are currently investigating apelin-mediated signaling events in insulin-sensitive and -resistant cardiac muscle."},{"lastName":"Hu","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10405&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mickey Hu","firstName":"Mickey","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Mickey_Hu","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Cappell","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Chemical and Systems Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Chemical and Systems Biology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=24225&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Steven Cappell","firstName":"Steven","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/postdocs/researcher/Steven_Cappell","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"King","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Pediatrics - Neonatal and Developmental Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Pediatrics - Neonatal and Developmental Medicine","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10623&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Bonnie King, PhD","firstName":"Bonnie","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Bonnie_King","researchInterest":"My areas of interest are mammary gland biology and translational breast cancer research. I recently joined the Contag lab as an NIH Career Re-Entry Scientist, where I am using molecular imaging tools to study the process of cancer cell dissemination during breast cancer progression."},{"lastName":"Desai","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiology"}],"appointments":[],"imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5909&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kavin Desai","firstName":"Kavin","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/cancer/physician/Kavin_Desai","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Xu","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=17499&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Shi-Ming Xu, Ph.D.","firstName":"Shi Ming","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/postdocs/researcher/Shi Ming_Xu","researchInterest":"The cardioactive peptide apelin has been shown to improve insulin sensitivity systemically. however, its effects on cardiac metabolism are unknown.My current research interests are to uncover the role of apelin and its downstream signaling intermediates in the pathogenesis of diabetic cardiomyopathy."},{"lastName":"Kurian","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cancer Genetics"},{"focus":"Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Breast Cancer Risk"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Health Research & Policy"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6431&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Allison W. Kurian, M.D., M.Sc.","firstName":"Allison","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Allison_Kurian","researchInterest":"Breast and gynecologic cancer genetics, epidemiology, prevention, and outcomes."},{"lastName":"Jeffrey","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"General Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - General Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - General Surgery","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4147&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Stefanie S. 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Her lab characterizes CTCs in different cancers, investigating CTC profiles and mutations as potential companion diagnostics to define individual patient response to newer biologically-based cancer therapies."},{"lastName":"Nygaard","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Natural Sciences Cluster"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Natural Sciences Cluster","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=17605&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Rie Nygaard","firstName":"Rie","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/postdocs/researcher/Rie_Nygaard","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Kurzer","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Hematopathology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=23643&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jason Kurzer","firstName":"Jason","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Jason_Kurzer","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Horst","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Breast Cancer"},{"focus":"Breast Cancer - Radiation Oncology"},{"focus":"Breast Cancer - Partial Breast Irradiation"},{"focus":"Radiation Oncology"},{"focus":"Radiation Therapy"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6053&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kathleen Horst","firstName":"Kathleen","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Kathleen_Horst","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Patterson","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anesthesia"},{"focus":"Critical Care Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Anesthesia"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Anesthesia","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6059&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Andrew J. Patterson, M.D., Ph.D.","firstName":"Andrew","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Andrew_Patterson","researchInterest":"Critical Care Medicine,\r\nCardiovascular Pharmacology,\r\nAdrenergic Receptors,\r\nCongestive Heart Failure,\r\nVascular Biology,\r\nCardiopulmonary Physiology,\r\nSepsis"},{"lastName":"Allison","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anatomic/Clinical Pathology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=37019&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kimberly Allison","firstName":"Kimberly","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Kimberly_Allison","researchInterest":"Dr. Allison\u0092s clinical expertise is in breast pathology.  Her research interests include how standards should be applied to breast cancer diagnostics (such as HER2 testing), the utility of molecular panel-based testing in breast cancer, and identifying the most appropriate management of specific pathologic diagnoses. She is also the author of \u0093Red Sunshine\u0094, a memoir about her personal experience with breast cancer, a topic which she speaks about to both patient and health care audiences."},{"lastName":"Wapnir","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Breast Cancer"},{"focus":"Breast Cancer - Surgery"},{"focus":"Breast Surgery"},{"focus":"General Surgery"},{"focus":"Nipple-sparing mastectomy, breast conserving surgery, sentinel node biopsy"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - General Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - General Surgery","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4337&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Irene Wapnir","firstName":"Irene","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Irene_Wapnir","researchInterest":"Clinical treatment trials in Breast Cancer, especially local recurrence of breast cancer. Dr. Wapnir is institutional Principal Investigator for National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP). Laboratory research includes exploring the activity of breast iodide transporter in breast cancer. These endeavors have lead to translational research protocols."},{"lastName":"John","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7425&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Esther M. 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Multi-level research involving neuropsychology, neuroimaging and genetics.  Measurement and enhancement of neuroplasticity mechanisms through targeted interventions."},{"lastName":"Jensen","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pathology"},{"focus":"Cytopathology"},{"focus":"Anatomic Pathology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7660&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kristin Jensen","firstName":"Kristin","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Kristin_Jensen","researchInterest":"I am a clinical translational investigator with a primary interest in breast cancer biology, and the use of investigational and clinical ancillary techniques such as gene and tissue microarray analysis and immunohistochemistry in the diagnosis and prognosis of this disease. As a practicing cytopathologist, I also have an interest in improving the fine needle aspiration biopsy diagnosis of breast lesions, again using immunohistochemistry and gene expression analysis as adjuncts to cytomorphology."},{"lastName":"Sledge","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=38346&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"George W. 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