{"result":[{"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":"Kaplan","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Head and Neck Cancers"},{"focus":"Head and Neck Cancers - Head and Neck Surgery"},{"focus":"Skull Base Tumors "},{"focus":"Salivary Gland Tumors"},{"focus":"Esophageal Cancer"},{"focus":"Esophageal Cancer - Head and Neck Surgery"},{"focus":"Melanoma"},{"focus":"Melanoma - Head and Neck Surgery"},{"focus":"Otolaryngology"},{"focus":"Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (Ear, Nose and Throat)"},{"focus":"Salivary Gland Tumors - Head and Neck Surgery"},{"focus":"Skull Base Tumors - Head and Neck Surgery"},{"focus":"Thyroid Neoplasms"},{"focus":"squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck"},{"focus":"Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms"},{"focus":"Esthesioneuroblastoma, Paranasal Sinus-Nasal Cavity"},{"focus":"carcinoma of the neck; unknown primary"},{"focus":"Parotid Neoplasms"},{"focus":"Tongue Neoplasms"},{"focus":"Oral cavity tumors"},{"focus":"Maxillary Sinus Neoplasms"},{"focus":"Paraganglioma, Carotid Body"},{"focus":"Parapharyngeal space tumors"},{"focus":"Infratemporal fossa tumors"},{"focus":"Tonsillar Neoplasms"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3950&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael J. 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Giaccia","firstName":"Amato","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Amato_Giaccia","researchInterest":"During the last five years, we have identified several small molecules that kill VHL deficient renal cancer cells through a synthetic lethal screening approach. Another major interest of my laboratory is in identifying hypoxia-induced genes involved in invasion and metastases. We are also investigating how hypoxia regulates gene expression epigenetically."},{"lastName":"Colevas","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Oncology (Cancer)"},{"focus":"developmental therapeutics"},{"focus":"investigational new drugs"},{"focus":"Adverse event( toxicity) evaluation and reporting"},{"focus":"Thyroid Cancer"},{"focus":"combined chemotherapy and radiation treatment"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8044&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Alexander Colevas","firstName":"Alexander","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Alexander_Colevas","researchInterest":"Multi- modality treatment of Head and Neck Cancer\r\n\r\nPhase 1 clinical trials"},{"lastName":"Wong","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Neurosurgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7143&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Albert J. 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We intiated using altered proteins as the target for vaccination, where an EGFRvIII based vaccine appears to be highly effective."},{"lastName":"Pinto","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Head and Neck Cancer"},{"focus":"Oncology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4027&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Harlan Pinto","firstName":"Harlan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Harlan_Pinto","researchInterest":"Clinical Interests: general oncology, head and neck cancer Research Interests: chemoprevention trials and combined modality approaches to head and neck cancer"},{"lastName":"Brown","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation and Cancer Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation and Cancer Biology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4536&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Martin Brown","firstName":"Martin","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Martin_Brown","researchInterest":"We seek to understand the mechanisms responsible for the resistance of cancers to treatment and to develop strategies to overcome these resistances. We are using molecular and cellular techniques and mouse models to potentiate the activity of radiation on tumors by inhibiting the bone marrow rescue of the tumor vasculature following therapy."},{"lastName":"Parham","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Structural Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Structural Biology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3998&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Peter Parham","firstName":"Peter","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Peter_Parham","researchInterest":"The Parham laboratory investigates the biology, genetics, and evolution of MHC class I molecules and NK cell receptors."},{"lastName":"Leung","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Dermatology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Dermatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Dermatology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=23406&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Thomas Leung","firstName":"Thomas","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Thomas_Leung","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Fischbein","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neuroradiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - 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In addition we work with tissue microarrays to characterize large numbers of novel antisera raised against peptides derived from genes found to be of interest during gene array analysis."},{"lastName":"Sahoo","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Pathology - Stem Cell Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Pathology - Stem Cell Institute","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10888&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Debashis Sahoo","firstName":"Debashis","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Debashis_Sahoo","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Sun","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Genetics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Urology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4402&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Zijie Sun","firstName":"Zijie","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Zijie_Sun","researchInterest":"My lab focuses on understanding the molecular mechanism of transcription factors that govern the transformation of normal mammalian cells to a neoplastic state. 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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":"Ferrell","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor,Biochemistry"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4656&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"James Ferrell","firstName":"James","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/James_Ferrell","researchInterest":"My lab has two main goals: to understand mitotic regulation and to understand the systems-level logic of simple signaling circuits.  We often make use of Xenopus laevis oocytes, eggs, and cell-free extracts for both sorts of study.  We also carry out single-cell fluorescence imaging studies on mammalian cell lines.  Our experimental work is complemented by computational and theoretical studies aimed at identifying the design principles of regulatory circuits."},{"lastName":"Chung","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Basic Life Science Research Associate,Obstetrics & Gynecology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Basic Life Science Research Associate,Obstetrics & Gynecology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10387&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Young Min Chung","firstName":"Young Min","href":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/Young Min_Chung","researchInterest":""}]}