Department: Stanford Cancer Institute
Division: Cancer Control
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Academic Appointments Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line, Medicine - Oncology
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Clinical Focus- Medical Oncology
- Breast Cancer
- Breast Cancer Prevention
Research InterestClinical investigations in breast cancer include institutional and NSABP studies of chemoprevention, adjuvant therapy, psychosocial interventions, treatment of metastatic disease, methods of decreasing anthracycline cardiotoxicity, and modulation of multidrug resistance. Research in meta-analysis includes the performance of meta-analysis in a wide variety of settings in cancer treatment by the international Meta-Analysis Group in Cancer.
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Academic Appointments Professor, Social Sciences Cluster - Sociology
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Member, Child Health Research Institute
Vice Provost, Academic Council, Provost's Office Financials
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Academic Appointments Assistant Professor (Research), Pediatrics - Centers, Center for Biomedical Ethics
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Research InterestI am exploring the role of spirituality and religion as an intervention for improving outcomes and health delivery in three clinical domains: end-of-life care; cancer; and conditions causing cognitive impairment. To this end, I completed a sabbatical undertaking a one-year Clinical Pastoral Residency for chaplaincy training at the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (2011 - 2012) with the goals: to develop skills in providing spiritual companionship to patients; to broaden my competencies as..
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Academic Appointments Associate Professor, Medicine - Oncology
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Member, Bio-X
Associate Professor, Genetics
Associate Professor (By courtesy), Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- Cancer > GI Oncology
- Cancer Genetics
- Gastrointestinal Cancers - Genetics
Research InterestMammalian DNA repair and DNA damage inducible responses; p53 tumor suppressor gene; transcription in nucleotide excision repair and mutagenesis; genetic determinants of cancer cell sensitivity to DNA damage; genetics of inherited cancer susceptibility syndromes and human GI malignancies; clinical cancer genetics of BRCA1 and BRCA2 breast cancer and mismatch repair deficient colon cancer.
Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital -
Academic Appointments Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Medicine
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Clinical Focus- Cardiology (Heart), Preventive
- Internal Medicine
- Primary Prevention
Research InterestPopulation-level (community) prevention of cardiovascular disease, epidemiology and prevention of chronic diseases, tobacco use cessation research, tobacco control policy, nutrition education, blood pressure control, and lipid disorders.
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Academic Appointments Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Research
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Member, Bio-X
Clinical Focus- General Practice
Research InterestTopics in the health economics of aging; health, insurance; optimal screening intervals; cost-effectiveness of, coronary surgery in the elderly; health care financing and delivery, in the United States and Japan; coronary heart disease
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Academic Appointments Associate Professor (Research), Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Research InterestThe role of nutrition in individual and societal health, with particular interests in: plant-based diets, differential response to low-carb vs. low-fat weight loss diets by insulin resistance status, chronic disease prevention, randomized controlled trials, human nutrition, community based studies, Community Based Participatory Research, sustainable food movement (animal rights and welfare, global warming, human labor practices), stealth health, nutrition policy, nutrition guidelines
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Academic Appointments Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Medicine - General Medical Disciplines
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Clinical Focus- Internal Medicine
Research InterestResearch in hospice and palliative care with emphases on physician education, cultural aspects of end-of-life care, and healthcare system issues.
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Academic Appointments Professor Emeritus, Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center
Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Research InterestMy major research interests and activities over the next several years will focus on the development and evaluation of the objective measurement of physical activity in free-living populations using a variety of sensing devices and mobile phones for data collection and processing. Also, I will continue to direct the Stanford Heart Network with the major mission being to assist community-based CVD prevention/treatment programs implement more effective heart attack and stroke prevention programs.
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Academic Appointments Professor, Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Professor, Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology
Professor (By courtesy), Natural Sciences Cluster - Statistics
Research InterestEvidence-based medicine Clinical and molecular epidemiology Human genome epidemiology Research design Reporting of research Empirical evaluation of bias in research Randomized trials Statistical methods and modeling Meta-analysis and large-scale evidence Prognosis, predictive and personalized medicine and health Sociology of science
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Academic Appointments Assistant Professor (Research), Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research
Member, Bio-X
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Clinical Focus- Psychology
- Psychiatry
Research InterestAssessment and treatment of cognitive deficits related to medical problems, particularly cancer. Multi-level research involving neuropsychology, neuroimaging and genetics. Measurement and enhancement of neuroplasticity mechanisms through targeted interventions.
Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital -
Academic Appointments Professor Emeritus, Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center
Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Research InterestMy research is focused on the development and evaluation of cigarette smoking prevention and cessation therapies and obesity prevention treatments for children, adolescents and adults.
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Academic Appointments Professor, Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Professor, Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center
Research InterestMy interests include the application of behavioral theory and social ecological approaches to achieve large scale changes impacting chronic disease prevention and control; expanding the reach and translation of evidence-based interventions through state-of-the-art technologies; exploring social and physical environmental influences on health; applying community participatory research perspectives to address health disparities; and policy-level approaches to health promotion/disease prevention.
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Academic Appointments Professor (Research), Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychosocial
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Research InterestDr. Koopman's research is focused in three primary areas: 1) Investigating factors associated with neuropsychiatric and other symptoms and quality of life in persons with serious illness. 2) Evaluating psychosocial and other kinds of interventions to improve health and quality of life among persons who are living with or are survivors of serious illness. 3) Examining factors associated with health behaviors (e.g., sleep, sexuality, and substance abuse) among the medically ill.
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Academic Appointments Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Research InterestI am interested in the methodology pertinent to dealing with research problems where biological and behavioral interests meet. These interests have been applied not only in psychiatric research, but in those areas of Cardiology, Pediatrics and other fields of medicine in which behavioral research is becoming ever more salient.
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Academic Appointments Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Clinical Focus- Gastroenterology
- Gastrointestinal cancer prevention and risk management
- Gastrointestinal cancer genetics
Research InterestGastrointestinal cancer prevention and risk management. Risk stratification. Cost-effectiveness analysis. Health services research.
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Academic Appointments Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Research InterestCommunity based psycoeducational intervention studies of disease self management for people with chronic diseases. arthritis, lung diseases, heart disease AIDs, low back pain and diabetes. Programs and studies in Spanish and English. Interventions are in small groups, mailed or on the Internet.
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Academic Appointments Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Research InterestDr. Nguyen is interested in cancer prevention and control in ethnic and socio-economic underserved communities and health disparities.
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Academic Appointments Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Research InterestDr. OÂ’Malley is interested in disease surveillance, breast(both males and females), ovarian, colon and lung cancers. She has focused much of her research on cancer outcomes, particularly the interplay between comorbidity, treatment and survival.
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Academic Appointments Consulting Assistant Professor, Health Research & Policy
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Research InterestEvaluating factors associated with racial disparities in prostate and breast cancer diagnosis, progression and survival. Evaluating genetic factors and gene/environment interactions involved in prostate and breast cancer incidence, progression and survival. Assessing quality of life and survivorship issues two or more years after diagnosis. Providing information and community-based solutions to improve public health.
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Academic Appointments Professor, Health Research & Policy - Biostatistics
Member, Bio-X
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Professor (By courtesy), Natural Sciences Cluster - Statistics
Professor (By courtesy), Electrical Engineering
Research InterestMy research is in statistics and their applications to medicine and biology. Many efforts have concerned tree-structured algorithms for classification, regression, survival analysis, and clustering.
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Academic Appointments Assistant Professor - Med Center Line, Surgery - General Surgery
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Clinical Focus- Cancer > GI Oncology
- Colon and Rectal Surgery
- General Surgery
Research Interestmy primary research focuses on the quality of care in hospitals where minorities get cancer treatment and the impact on cancer outcomes and disparities
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Academic Appointments Professor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Member, Child Health Research Institute
Professor, Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
- Pediatrics, General
Research InterestDr. Robinson focuses on "solution-oriented" research, developing and evaluating effective health promotion and disease prevention interventions for children and adolescents. His research is mostly experimental, conducting school-, family- and community-based randomized controlled trials to test theory-driven behavioral, social and environmental interventions to prevent obesity, improve nutrition, increase physical activity, reduce smoking, and study the effects of children's television use.
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Academic Appointments Professor - Med Center Line, Surgery - General Surgery
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Clinical Focus- Cancer > GI Oncology
- Liver Cancer
- Liver Cancer - Surgery
Research InterestThrough 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.
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Academic Appointments Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychosocial
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Clinical Focus- Psychiatry
- Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent
- Medical Director, Stanford Center for Integrative Medicine
Research InterestDr. Spiegel's research program involves mind/body interactions, including cancer progression, the response to traumatic stress, and the effect of hypnosis on the perception of pain and anxiety.
Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital -
Academic Appointments Professor (Research), Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Professor (Research), Obstetrics & Gynecology
Research InterestMarcia Stefanick, Ph.D a Professor of Medicine at the Stanford Prevention Research Center, (SPRC) and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Stefanicks research focuses on chronic disease prevention (particularly, heart disease, breast cancer, osteoporosis, and dementia) in both women and men. Her work on the effects of menopausal hormones on cardiovascular and other health outcomes in mostly healthy postmenopausal women (in the Womens Health Initi..
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Academic Appointments Professor - Med Center Line, Dermatology
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Clinical Focus- Cancer > Cutaneous (Dermatologic) Oncology
- Pigmented Skin Lesions
- Melanoma
Research Interest1) Early detection of melanoma through enhanced screening and professional and public education to improve melanoma awareness. 2) Chemoprevention of melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancers in high-risk groups. 4) Epidemiologic and sociodemographic aspects of melanoma. 4) National dermatologist liaison to the ECOG Melanoma Committee and Co-founder/Co-Director of the Melanoma Prevention Working Group, an interdisciplinary Intergroup collaboration dedicated to melanoma control and prevention
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Academic Appointments Assistant Professor - Med Center Line, Dermatology
Member, Bio-X
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Clinical Focus- Cancer > Cutaneous (Dermatologic) Oncology
- Skin Cancer
- Epidemiology
Research InterestMy research focuses on finding new ways to treat and prevent non-melanoma skin cancer. I am committed to bringing laboratory-based insights to benefit our patients. I am interested in these questions: 1. How do we prevent skin cancer? 2. What is the relationship between sunlight, vitamin D, and skin cancer risk? 3. Can we target certain tumor signaling pathways (Hedgehog pathway) to treat basal cell carcinomas - the most common cancer in the US?
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Academic Appointments Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Sr Research Scholar (PI Waiver), Pediatrics - Centers, Center for Biomedical Ethics
Research InterestTobin 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 presti..
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