{"result":[{"lastName":"Dhabhar","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychosocial"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychosocial","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7313&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Firdaus Dhabhar","firstName":"Firdaus","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Firdaus_Dhabhar","researchInterest":"Although stress has a bad reputation the fight-or-flight stress response is nature's fundamental survival system. Our laboratory elucidates mechanisms that mediate the newly appreciated immunoenhancing effects of short-term stress versus the well known immunosuppressive effects of long-term stress. We investigate stress effects on leukocyte trafficking, cytokine gene/protein expression, and innate/adaptive immunity, in preclinical & clinical models of skin immunity, vaccines, surgery, & cancer."},{"lastName":"Huang","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Acting Assistant Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Acting Assistant Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9179&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ngan Huang","firstName":"Ngan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Ngan_Huang","researchInterest":"Dr. Huang\u0092s laboratory aims to understand the chemical and mechanical interactions between extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins and pluripotent stem cells that regulate vascular and myogenic differentiation.  The fundamental insights of cell-matrix interactions are applied towards stem cell-based therapies with respect to improving cell survival and regenerative capacity, as well as engineered vascularized tissues for therapeutic implantation."},{"lastName":"Hew","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pediatrics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pediatrics","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=38197&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kinjal Hew","firstName":"Kinjal","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/postdocs/researcher/Kinjal_Hew","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Beygui","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Heart and Lung Transplantation"},{"focus":"Valvular Heart Diseases"},{"focus":"Adult Cardiac Surgery"},{"focus":"Coronary Artery Bypass"},{"focus":"Aortic Aneurysm"},{"focus":"Arrhythmias, Cardiac"},{"focus":"Thoracic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8415&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ramin E. 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Abilez","firstName":"Oscar","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Oscar_Abilez","researchInterest":"Biophysical control of cardiovascular development, pluripotent stem cell biology, optogenetics, electrophysiology, cell mechanics, directed cellular evolution, multiscale engineering, microfluidics, computational biology"},{"lastName":"Zarins","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Vascular Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Surgery - Vascular Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Surgery - Vascular Surgery","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4250&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Christopher K. 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We are also studying the therapeutic application of these cells in murine models of peripheral arterial disease.   In these studies we leverage our longstanding interest in endothelial signaling, eg by nitric oxide synthase (NOS) as well as by  nicotinic cholinergic receptors (nAChR)."},{"lastName":"Heilshorn","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Bio-X","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8100&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Sarah Heilshorn","firstName":"Sarah","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Sarah_Heilshorn","researchInterest":"Protein engineering\r\nTissue engineering\r\nRegenerative medicine\r\nBiomaterials"},{"lastName":"Means","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"MD Student, School of Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"MD Student, School of Medicine","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=18688&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Casey Means","firstName":"Paula","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Paula_Means","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Mulyasasmita","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Ph.D., Bioengineering"}],"primaryAppointment":"Ph.D., Bioengineering","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=19579&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Widya Mulyasasmita","firstName":"Widya","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Widya_Mulyasasmita","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Mullins","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pathology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8576&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Franklin Mullins","firstName":"Franklin","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Franklin_Mullins","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Crasta","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, School of Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, School of Medicine","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10372&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Sheela Crasta","firstName":"Sheela","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/postdocs/researcher/Sheela_Crasta","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Ricci","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Molecular & Cellular Physiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7527&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Anthony Ricci","firstName":"Anthony","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Anthony_Ricci","researchInterest":"The auditory sensory cell, the hair cell, detects mechanical stimulation at the atomic level and conveys information regarding frequency and intensity to the brain with high fidelity. Our interests are in identifying specializations associated with mechanotransduction and synaptic transmission leading to the amazing sensitivities of the auditory system. We are also interested in the developmental process, particularly in how development gives insight into repair and regenerative mechanisms."},{"lastName":"Kosek","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4524&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jon Kosek","firstName":"Jon","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Jon_Kosek","researchInterest":"Methods of evaluation of biopsies; differentiation and, classification of neoplasms; immunohistochemistry; scanning and, transmission electron microscopy; cardiovascular pathology;, histologic assessment of bone biopsies; heart preservation and, restoration; myocardial biopsies; venous autograft coronary artery, bypass; cardial and heart valve transplantation."},{"lastName":"Chang","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=30699&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Junlei Chang","firstName":"Junlei","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/postdocs/researcher/Junlei_Chang","researchInterest":"With various in vitro tools and in vivo mice models, I am focused on dissecting the roles of GRP124, GPR125 and Wnt signaling in CNS angiogenesis and vascular integrity after stroke from a translational perspective."},{"lastName":"Lewis","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Molecular & Cellular Physiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Molecular & Cellular Physiology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4176&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Richard Lewis","firstName":"Richard","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Richard_Lewis","researchInterest":"We study molecular mechanisms of calcium signaling with a focus on store-operated CRAC channels and their essential roles in T cell development and function.  Currently we aim to define the molecular mechanism for CRAC channel activation and the means by which calcium signal dynamics mediate specific activation of transcription factors and T-cell genes during development."},{"lastName":"Nicolls","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pulmonary Critical Care"},{"focus":"Lung Transplantation"},{"focus":"Heart-Lung Transplantation"},{"focus":"Transplantation Immunology"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Hypertension"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8144&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mark Nicolls","firstName":"Mark","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Mark_Nicolls","researchInterest":"Our lab focuses primarily on the contribution of the immune response to lung disease. We are specifically examining the contribution of inflammation to the development of pulmonary hypertension. We also study how airway remodeling occurs in transplantation with specific respect to the microvascular circulation and to the initiation of fibroproliferation."}]}