Core Faculty
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Russ Altman,
M.D., Ph.D. Applications of computational technologies to problems in molecular biology of relevance to medicine |
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Annelise
Barron,
Ph.D. Novel polymeric materials and strategies
for capillary and |
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Kwabena
Boahen, Ph.D. Large-scale models of biological sensory, perceptual and motor systems |
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Zev
Bryant, Ph.D. Structure and function of molecular motors; single molecule tracking and manipulation; biopolymer mechanics |
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Dennis Carter, Ph.D. Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, Professor, Skeletal Mechanobiology Influence of mechanical loading on the development, regeneration, and aging of skeletal tissues |
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Jennifer Cochran, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Molecular Engineering, Tissue Engineering Chemical synthesis, directed evolution, and molecular design techniques to develop proteins and materials with specific biological functions | ||
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Markus Covert, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Systems Biology Model-driven discovery, regulatory and signaling networks, cell-cell interactions |
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Karl
Deisseroth, M.D., Ph.D. Developing molecular and cellular tools to observe, perturb, and re-engineer brain circuits | ||
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Scott
Delp, Ph.D. Experimental and computational approaches to study muscle, movement, and movement disorders |
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Drew Endy, Ph.D. Foundational and applied research in support of making biology easy to engineer |
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KC Huang, Ph.D. Physical mechanisms of cell shape determination, detection, and maintenance in bacteria; membrane organization; cell division |
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Michael Lin, MD., Ph.D. Molecular engineering of fluorescent biosensors and protease-based switches, technologies for sensing and controlling signal transduction. |
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Norbert
Pelc, Sc.D. Physics and engineering aspects
of, and the development of new |
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Stephen
Quake, Ph.D. Large scale biological automation, microfluidics and systems biology |
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Ingmar Riedel-Kruse, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Biophysics Combining quantitative experiments and mathematics theories to understand biological systems. |
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Matthew Scott, Ph.D.,Professor, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Regenerative Medicine Understanding genetic control of animal development and the relations of developmental biology to human disease |
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Christina Smolke, Ph.D. Biomolecular design, RNA engineering, synthetic biology, and cellular engineering |
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James Swartz, D.Sc. Professor, Bioprocess Engineering, Cell and Molecular Engineering Microbial metabolism, protein expression, and protein folding |
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Charles Taylor, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Cardiovascular Bioengineering Simulation-based medical planning, MRI, image-based geometric modeling, computational fluid and solid mechanics |
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Fan Yang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Bioengineering and Orthopaedic Surgery Stem cell, biomaterials, drug and gene delivery, tissue engineering |
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Paul
Yock, M.D. Professor, Biomedical Devices,
Cardiovascular Imaging Device development and testing in interventional, cardiology; advanced coronary imaging techniques, coronary hemodynamics |
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Courtesy Faculty |
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Kim
Butts Pauly , Ph.D. MR-guided minimally invasive therapies and MRI pulse sequences |
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Jeffrey
Feinstein, M.D., M.P.H. |
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Garry Gold, M.D., Associate Professor, Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology Application of new MR imaging technology to musculoskeletal problems. |
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Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, M.D., Ph.D. , Professor, Radiology, Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford Development of novel strategies |
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Thomas Krummel, M.D., Emile Holman Professor and Chair, Program Director, General Surgery Residency Program, Department of Surgery |
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Michael
Longaker, M.D., Professor, Plastic/Reconstructive
Surgery, Regenerative Medicine |
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Stefanos Zenios, PhD., Professor, Graduate School of Business Health care delivery systems for patients with complex medical needs; improving health outcomes through enhanced use of medical technologies and increased patient choice.
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Consulting Faculty |
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John Linehan, Ph.D., Consulting Professor, Bioengineering, Executive Editor, bmesource.org Biomedical device design for global health, biomedical engineering education |
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Affiliated Faculty |
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Atul
Butte,
M.D., Ph.D. Bioinformatics; developing automated processes to intersect measurements from multiple types of experiments to inference new findings. |
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Rebecca
Fahrig, Ph.D. |
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Stuart
Goodman,
M.D., Professor Adult reconstructive surgery including total joint replacement, osteotomies and the fixation of fractures. |
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Sarah Heilshorn, Ph.D. , Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Biomaterials in regenerative medicine, engineered proteins with novel assembly properties, microfluidics and photolithography of proteins, and synthesis of materials to influence stem cell differentiation.
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Ellen
Kuhl, PhD Biomechanics with a focus on growth and remodeling. Development of appropriate enhanced continuum models based on multiscale considerations carrying information from the cell to the tissue level. |
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Marc Levenston, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Function, degeneration and repair of orthopaedic soft tissues, with an emphasis on understanding the interactions between biophysical and biochemical cues in controlling cells from articular cartilage and fibrocartilage. |
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Craig
Levin, Ph. D. |
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Mark Musen , M.D., Ph.D. , Professor Medicine - Stanford Medical Informatics Development of reusable domain descriptions (ontologies); automated generation of knowledge-acquisition tools from domain ontologies; visual metaphors to facilitate knowledge entry by application specialists; decision-support systems for protocol-based care; representation of biomedical concepts and terminologies for development of intelligent systems |
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David
Paik, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Research) Imaging informatics, information integration, spatiotemporal modeling, image analysis, quantitation for molecular imaging, imaging simulation, statistical methods for imaging evaluation, and visualization with application in cancer imaging. |
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Sylvia
Plevritis, Ph. D. Computational modeling of cancer biology and cancer outcomes. |
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Mark
Schnitzer Ph. D. In vivo two-photon fluorescence imaging studies of cerebellar-dependent learning and memory;fiber optic fluorescence microendoscopy. |
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Krishna
Shenoy, Ph. D. neuroscience (systems & cognitive neuroscience) and neuroengineering (electrical, bio, and biomedical engineering) research to address both basic and applied questions related to neural prosthetic systems. |
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Dan
Spielman, Ph. D. Magnetic resonance imaging and in vivo spectroscopy including optimized mapping of metabolite distributions in the brain, prostate, and breast |
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