{"result":[{"lastName":"Krams","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Surgery - Multi-Organ Transplantation"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Surgery - Multi-Organ Transplantation","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4475&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Sheri Krams","firstName":"Sheri","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Sheri_Krams","researchInterest":"Our recent studies have focused on three specific areas: 1) NK cell interactions with dendritic cells and tumors, 2) MicroRNAs as master regulators in transplantation and viral infections and 3) Mechanisms of tolerance induction."},{"lastName":"Strober","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Immunology and Rheumatology"},{"focus":"Rheumatology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4152&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Samuel Strober","firstName":"Samuel","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Samuel_Strober","researchInterest":"Mechanisms of immune tolerance; regulatory processes in autoimmunity and transplantation and extrathymic T cell maturation."},{"lastName":"Higgins","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pathology and Laboratory Medicine"},{"focus":"Anatomic/Clinical Pathology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4038&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John Higgins","firstName":"John","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/John_Higgins","researchInterest":"I work as a diagnostic surgical pathologist doing translational research in renal neoplasia and medical renal disease and neoplastic and medical liver disease. Subspecialty areas of clinical interest include diagnostic immunohistochemistry, renal, hepatic and transplant pathology."},{"lastName":"So","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Liver Cancer"},{"focus":"Liver Cancer - Surgery"},{"focus":"Gastrointestinal Cancers - Surgical Oncology"},{"focus":"General Surgery"}],"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=4206&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Samuel So","firstName":"Samuel","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Samuel_So","researchInterest":"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."},{"lastName":"Maecker","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Microbiology & Immunology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Microbiology & Immunology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=25058&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Holden Maecker","firstName":"Holden","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Holden_Maecker","researchInterest":"I'm interested in immune monitoring of T cell responses to chronic pathogens such as CMV, and the correlation of T cell response signatures with disease protection."},{"lastName":"Cox","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Gastroenterology/Nutrition/Hepatology, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Gastroenterology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Gastroenterology"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Gastroenterology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4210&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kenneth L. 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Other interests include liver transplantation pathology and gastrointestinal pathology."},{"lastName":"Sibley","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anatomic Pathology"},{"focus":"Pathology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4113&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Richard Sibley","firstName":"Richard","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Richard_Sibley","researchInterest":"Immunologic mechanism of rejection in humans and animal, models of organ transplantation; histological definition of clinical pathology studies of various renal disorders."},{"lastName":"Berquist","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Gastroenterology"},{"focus":"Ped Gastroenterology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Gastroenterology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Gastroenterology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4209&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"William Berquist","firstName":"William","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/William_Berquist","researchInterest":"Gastroenterology, gastointestinal motility, clinical management of pediatric liver transplant recipients."},{"lastName":"Parnes","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4487&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jane Parnes","firstName":"Jane","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Jane_Parnes","researchInterest":"The lab is studying the mechanisms controlling B cell responsiveness and the balance between tolerance and autoimmunity.  B cells deficient in CD72 are hyperresponsive to stimulation through the B cell receptor.  We are examining the alterations in B cell signaling in these B cells and the mechanisms by which CD72 deficiency partially abrogates anergic tolerance.  We hope to learn how deficiency in CD72 leads to spontaneous autoimmunity and increased susceptibility to induced autoimmune disease."},{"lastName":"Blankenberg","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology, Pediatric"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Radiology - Pediatric Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Pediatrics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Radiology - Pediatric Radiology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4065&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Francis Blankenberg","firstName":"Francis","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Francis_Blankenberg","researchInterest":"Studies on apoptotic cell death in vivo using the H MRS phenomenon."},{"lastName":"Lau","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Surgery","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=30657&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Audrey Lau","firstName":"Audrey","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/postdocs/researcher/Audrey_Lau","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Li","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Software Developer,Pediatrics - Systems Medicine"},{"appointment":"Software Developer, Research,Pediatrics - Systems Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Software Developer,Pediatrics - Systems Medicine","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=27445&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Li Li","firstName":"Li","href":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/Li_Li","researchInterest":""},{"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":"Chan","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Medicine","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=23335&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Steven Chan","firstName":"Steven","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/postdocs/researcher/Steven_Chan","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Utz","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Immunology and Rheumatology"},{"focus":"Rheumatology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4001&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Paul Utz","firstName":"Paul","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Paul_Utz","researchInterest":"The long-term research goal of Dr. Utz\u0092s laboratory is (1) to develop a better understanding of the pathogenic mechanisms underlying systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and other autoimmune diseases by exploring signaling pathways that are activated during apoptosis; and (2) to better understand the complicated process of programmed cell death."},{"lastName":"Peltz","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Anesthesia"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Anesthesia","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8527&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gary Peltz","firstName":"Gary","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Gary_Peltz","researchInterest":"The laboratory develops and uses state of the art genomic methods to identify genetic factors affecting disease susceptibility, and to translate these findings into new treatments. We have developed a more efficient method for performing mouse genetic analysis, which has been used to analyze the genetic basis for 16 different biomedical traits. We are developing novel methods, and have developed a novel experimental platform that replaces mouse liver with functioning human liver tissue."},{"lastName":"Busque","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"General Surgery"},{"focus":"Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation"},{"focus":"Liver Transplantation"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Multi-Organ Transplantation"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Multi-Organ Transplantation","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3809&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Stephan Busque","firstName":"Stephan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Stephan_Busque","researchInterest":"My research interest is focused on the improvement of clinical immunosuppression. I am  involved  in the evaluation of new immunosuppressive drugs, potentially more efficacious or less toxic.  My ultimate goal is to achieve tolerance, a state that would obviate the need for any drugs. I am an investigator part of a multidisciplinary tolerance induction project using total lymphoid irradiation and donor hematopoietic stem cells infusion after living donor kidney transplantation."},{"lastName":"Weyand","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Immunology"},{"focus":"Vasculitis"},{"focus":"Rheumatoid Arthritis"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=15618&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Cornelia Weyand","firstName":"Cornelia","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Cornelia_Weyand","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Goronzy","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Vasculitis"},{"focus":"Rheumatoid Arthritis"},{"focus":"Immunology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=15394&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jorg Goronzy","firstName":"Jorg","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Jorg_Goronzy","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Torchia","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"MD Student, School of Medicine"},{"appointment":"Ph.D., Dean's Office"}],"primaryAppointment":"MD Student, School of Medicine","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=18055&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"James Torchia","firstName":"James","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/James_Torchia","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Michie","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anatomic Pathology"},{"focus":"Pathology and Laboratory Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pathology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4707&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Sara Michie","firstName":"Sara","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Sara_Michie","researchInterest":"Lymphocyte/endothelial cell adhesion mechanisms involved in lymphocyte migration to sites of inflammation; regulation of expression of endothelial cell adhesion molecules."}]}