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Mary Polan

Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Obstetrics & Gynecology

Clinical Focus

Fertility (Reproductive Medicine),
Gynecology,
Obstetrics and Gynecology

Research Interest

Dr. Polan's research has centered around ovarian function during both the follicular and luteal phases. Studies of steroidogenesis, LH receptor synthesis, and the involvement of the plasminogen activator system in ovarian events have been performed.

Arend Sidow

Associate Professor, Pathology

Research Interest

We are interested in the systems biology of molecular phenotypes, and how genetic variation affects them. The lab combines experimental approaches in developing mouse embryos as well as human cancers with computational analyses. Our main data engine is high-throughput sequencing. Please refer to our web site for more information: http://mendel.stanford.edu/SidowLab/index.html

Ruth O'Hara

Associate Professor (Research), Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Stanford/VA Aging Clinical Research Center

Research Interest

Dr. OHaras research aims to identify physiological markers of neurocognitive impairment in a broad range of late-life disorders, including Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimers disease (AD), Late-Life Depression, and Late-Life Anxiety disorders.

Brendan Carvalho

Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Anesthesia

Clinical Focus

Anesthesia,
Anesthesia, Obstetrical,
Anesthesia, Regional

Research Interest

My main research interest is in clinical research related to cesarean delivery anesthesia and labor analgesia.

Aaron Straight

Associate Professor, Biochemistry

Research Interest

We study the process of cell division. Our research is focused on understanding how chromosomes are segregated during mitosis and how cells divide during cytokinesis.

Michaela Kiernan

Senior Research Scientist, Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center

Research Interest

Research interests include: (1) the design and testing of targeted behavioral interventions that promote long-term lifestyle changes and weight management among subgroups at risk, and (2) the development of methodological and statistical approaches that improve the design, delivery, and analysis of behavioral randomized clinical trials

Sara Tobin

Member, Stanford Cancer Institute - Cancer Control

Research Interest

Tobin is a Senior Research Scholar 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 and moved to Stanford University in 1996. Her research contributions have been published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nature, Genes & Development, Neuron, and Journal of Cell Biology. Projects With her collaborator, graphic designer Ann Boughton, Tobin has completed the production of three educational multimedia CD-ROM discs about the genetic revolution in medical care sparked by the rapid advances in our knowledge about the human genome. An on-line version derived and updated from these CDs is pending release through Twisted Ladder Media, and is entitled: "The New Genetics: Medicine and the Human Genome. Molecular Concepts, Applications, and Ramifications." In addition, Tobin and Boughton have collaborated on educational websites on inherited risk of breast cancer and on hereditary colorectal cancer with the Stanford Cancer Genetics Clinic. Tobin's current major research interests include an educational project funded by the National Science Foundation to create and evaluate innovative modules for undergraduates entitled, "The New Genetics: Electronic Tools for Educational Innovation." The modules are presented in on-line form as an electronic course and are accompanied by workbook exercises and problem sets. The content includes principles of genetics, molecular genetic technologies, applications in medicine, environmental biology, agriculture, and society, as well as implications. In addition, she is collaborating on two projects that are exploring the ramifications of using genetic information about addiction risk in the judicial system. Tobin is a member of the Benchside Consultation Team for the Center for the Integration of Research on Genetics and Ethics, and she evaluates clinical protocols for ethical issues for the Clinical Translational Research Program.

Andrew Chang

MD Student, School of Medicine

Research Interest

Profiling the immunological changes of sentinel lymph nodes in breast cancer patients; applying immunohistological techniques to construct three-dimensional computer models; designing less invasive alternatives to mechanical ventilation to treat pediatric pneumonia for the developing world

Parag Mallick

Assistant Professor (Research), Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interest

Our research centers on developing and applying proteomics and systems biology approaches to quantitatively describe organisms' physiologic states towards the goal of enabling personalized, predictive medicine. As part of this effort we are trying to characterize the diverse states of cells (using proteomic and transcriptomic methods) and how signals describing those states are propagated from molecular and cellular length scales to tumor and organismic length scales.