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Faculty
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Russ Altman,
M.D., Ph.D.
Department Chair,
Professor,
Biomedical Computation
Applications of computational
technologies to problems in molecular biology of relevance
to medicine
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Annelise
Barron,
Ph.D.
Associate Professor, polymer and colloidal science and biotechnology.
Novel polymeric materials and strategies
for capillary and
microchip electrophoresis; polymer-biomolecule
conjugates;
sequence-controlled, biomimetic oligomers with folded structure
for biomedical and biomaterial
applications
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Kwabena
Boahen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
Neural Systems in Silicon
Large-scale models of biological
sensory, perceptual and motor systems
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Zev
Bryant, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Molecular Biophysics
Structure and function of molecular
motors; single molecule tracking and manipulation; biopolymer
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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.
Assistant Professor, Neural Engineering, Neuroscience
Developing molecular and cellular
tools to observe, perturb, and re-engineer brain circuits
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Scott
Delp, Ph.D.
Professor, Neuromuscular Biomechanics
Chair, 2002-2006
Experimental and computational
approaches to study muscle, movement, and movement disorders
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Drew Endy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor (starting September '08), Synthetic Biology
Foundational and applied research in support of making biology easy to engineer
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KC Huang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor (starting September 08), Bioengineering
Physical mechanisms of cell shape determination, detection, and maintenance in bacteria; membrane organization; cell division
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Norbert
Pelc, Sc.D.
Professor, Biomedical Imaging
Physics and engineering aspects
of, and the development of new
clinical applications of diagnostic imaging systems, with
particular
emphasis on CT and MRI.
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Stephen
Quake, Ph.D.
Department Co-Chair,
Professor, Molecular Biophysics
Large scale biological automation,
microfluidics and
systems biology
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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.
Assistant Professor (starting January 2009), Bioengineering
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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Paul
Yock, M.D. Professor, Biomedical Devices,
Cardiovascular Imaging
Co-Chair, 2002-2006
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.
Associate Professor (Research), Radiology -Diagnostic Radiology
MR-guided minimally invasive therapies
and MRI pulse sequences |
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Jeffrey
Feinstein, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics - Cardiology
Computer simulation and modeling of cardiovascular
physiology, development and
testing of transcatheter therapies and the evaluation
and treatment of pulmonary hypertension/pulmonary vascular
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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
to image molecular/cellular events in living subjects
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Christopher
Jacobs, Ph.D. , Associate Professor (Research),
Mechanical Engineering
Cellular mechanics and molecular mechanisms of cellular
mechano-transduction particularly in bone
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Michael
Longaker, M.D., Professor, Plastic/Reconstructive
Surgery, Regenerative Medicine
Wound healing,
tissue engineering, mesenchymal stem cell biology, skeletal
regeneration
and repair
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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.
Assistant Professor
Medicine - Stanford Medical Informatics
Bioinformatics; developing automated
processes to intersect measurements from multiple types
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Rebecca
Fahrig, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor (Research) of Radiology-Diagnostic Radiology
X-ray and CT imaging; hybrid imaging systems for
guidance of minimally invasive procedures
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Stuart
Goodman,
M.D., Professor
Orthopaedic Surgery - Orthopedics
Adult reconstructive surgery
including total joint replacement, osteotomies and the
fixation of fractures. |
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Ellen
Kuhl, PhD
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
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
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Craig
Levin, Ph. D.
Associate Professor (Research)
Radiology - Nuclear Medicine
Development of novel
instrumentation and software algorithms for in-vivo imaging
of molecular signals in humans and small laboratory animals.
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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)
Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology
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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Terence Sanger, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Understanding the causes and treatments of movement disorders in children, including dystonia, athetosis, chorea, ataxia, and myoclonus
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Sylvia
Plevritis, Ph. D.
Associate Professor,
Radiology Associate Professor (Research)
Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology
Computational modeling of cancer
biology and cancer outcomes. |
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Mark
Schnitzer Ph. D.
Assistant Professor
Biological Sciences (in Humanities and Sciences)
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.
Assistant Professor Department of Electrical Engineering & Neurosciences
Program
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.
Associate Professor,
Radiology
Magnetic resonance imaging
and in vivo spectroscopy including optimized mapping
of metabolite distributions in the brain, prostate, and
breast
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