{"result":[{"researchInterest":"1)  Collaborative efforts with Dale Umetsu and Dave Lewis in evaluating alveolar macrophage response to antigen.  We try to examine cytokine activation and inhibition.  I perform bronchoalveolar lavage in these patients in order to obtain alveolar macrophages which we culture, stimulate and study.\r\n2)  Evaluate outcomes for patients admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit from the EMS services for trauma and other life-threatening events.","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4328&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/breathe/researcher/Lorry_Frankel","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Intensive Care"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Intensive Care, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Critical Care Medicine"}],"firstName":"Lorry","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Intensive Care","displayName":"Lorry Frankel","lastName":"Frankel"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4548&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/breathe/researcher/Terry_Robinson","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Pulmonary Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Pulmonary"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Medicine/Cystic Fibrosis, Pediatric"}],"firstName":"Terry","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Pulmonary Medicine","displayName":"Terry Robinson","lastName":"Robinson"},{"researchInterest":"Cardio-respiratory dysfunction during sleep; SIDS and, sleep apnea; narcolepsy and daytime somnolence; the relationship of, sleep to accidents, aging, dementia and Alzheimer's Disease.","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3994&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/breathe/researcher/Christian_Guilleminault","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurology"},{"focus":"Sleep Disorders"},{"focus":"Sleep Medicine"}],"firstName":"Christian","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center","displayName":"Christian Guilleminault","lastName":"Guilleminault"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8012&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/breathe/researcher/Carlos_Milla","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Pulmonary Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Pulmonary"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Medicine/Cystic Fibrosis, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation"}],"firstName":"Carlos","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Pulmonary Medicine","displayName":"Carlos Milla","lastName":"Milla"},{"researchInterest":"Immunopathogenesis of chronic airways diseases of childhood, including cystic fibrosis, asthma, allergic aspergillosis and bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Translational research: early clinical trials in airways disease of childhood, most notably CF, including gene, cytokine and drug therapy.","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4157&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/breathe/researcher/Richard_Moss","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Pulmonary Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Allergy/Asthma/Immunology, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Medicine/Cystic Fibrosis, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Allergy and Immunology"}],"firstName":"Richard","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Pulmonary Medicine","displayName":"Richard B. Moss","lastName":"Moss"},{"researchInterest":"Sleep Disorders in Adults and Children","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6087&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/breathe/researcher/Rafael_Pelayo","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Sleep Disorders"},{"focus":"Sleep Medicine"}],"firstName":"Rafael","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center","displayName":"Rafael Pelayo","lastName":"Pelayo"},{"researchInterest":"Occupational and environmental lung disease; air pollution; worker safety; pulmonary toxicology","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4437&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/breathe/researcher/Ware_Kuschner","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Ware","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med","displayName":"Ware Kuschner, M.D.","lastName":"Kuschner"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Khazeni's research interests include international health policy, pulmonary infectious diseases, and strategic planning for global health catastrophes. She is currently working with colleagues in the Center for Health Policy / Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Management Science and Engineering, and the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention to examine and design international pandemic influenza mitigation strategies.","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9019&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/breathe/researcher/Nayer_Khazeni","appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med"},{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pulmonary Disease"},{"focus":"Critical Care"}],"firstName":"Nayer","primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med","displayName":"Nayer Khazeni, M.D., M.S.","lastName":"Khazeni"},{"researchInterest":"Our laboratory has been particularly interested in the problem of a sudden infant death syndrome, which is a sudden unexpected death of a newborn infant, usually during the first year of life, which I feel may be related to abnormalities or immaturity in brain development.","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3992&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/breathe/researcher/Ronald_Ariagno","appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine"},{"focus":"Neonatology"}],"firstName":"Ronald","primaryAppointment":"Member,Bio-X","displayName":"Ronald L. Ariagno","lastName":"Ariagno"},{"researchInterest":"My research has involved the use of new technologies to create different types of patient-doctor transactions.  I am also interested in how these new transactions impact clinical care processes.  Current work includes the evaluation of a patient portal for children with cystic fibrosis, the use of telemedicine to bring asthma experts into the schools and the attitudes of teens and parents about the use of a secure patient portal for teens.","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4265&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/breathe/researcher/David_Bergman","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - General"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatrics, General"},{"focus":"Pediatrics"},{"focus":"Health Service Area"}],"firstName":"David","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - General","displayName":"David Bergman","lastName":"Bergman"},{"researchInterest":"Kari Nadeau, MD, PhD, Allergy, Immunology and Asthma\r\nOur research interests in the laboratory focus on the role of human T cells,\r\nspecifically natural regulatory T cells (Treg, in immunological diseases. We aim to differentiate the\r\nmechanisms of action of regulatory T cell suppressive function. We study\r\nhow pollution, such as diesel exhause, disrupt Treg suppressive function and how\r\nchemokines, like lymphotactin, enhance Treg suppressive function. We also study Treg function in tolerance.","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7485&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/breathe/researcher/Kari_Nadeau","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Allergy & Clinical Immunology"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Allergy and Immunology"},{"focus":"Pediatric Allergy/Immun"}],"firstName":"Kari","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Allergy & Clinical Immunology","displayName":"Kari Nadeau, MD, PhD","lastName":"Nadeau"},{"researchInterest":"Neonatology, pulmonary hypertension of the newborn, infant ventilation, neonatal clinical protocols/clinical pathways.","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4645&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/breathe/researcher/William_Benitz","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Neonatology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine"},{"focus":"Neonatology"}],"firstName":"William","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Neonatology","displayName":"William Benitz","lastName":"Benitz"},{"researchInterest":"We have an active collaborative project examining basic and clinical aspects of non-tuberculous mycobacterial lung infection in non-immune compromised adults. Studies have examined possible cellular immune mechanisms for increased susceptibility to these infections, and are also investigating aspects of optimal diagnosis and treatment. In addition, a clinical and translational research program is investigating the causes and genetic factors underlying the evolution of bronchiectasis.","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4241&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/breathe/researcher/Stephen_Ruoss","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Critical Care Medicine"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Disease"},{"focus":"Pulmonology (Lung) and Critical Care "}],"firstName":"Stephen","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med","displayName":"Stephen Ruoss","lastName":"Ruoss"},{"researchInterest":"Randomized Therapeutic Trials in Pediatric Heart Disease, NIH/U01 GrantNo. HL68285  2001-2006.\r\nHeparin and the Reduction of Thrombosis (HART) Study. Pediatric Health Research Fund Award, Stanford Univ Sch of Medicine, 2005-2006.\r\nA Pilot Trial fo B-type Natriuretic Peptide for Promotion of Urine Output in Diuretic-Resistant Infants Following Cardiovascular Surgery.Pediatric Health Research Fund Award, Stanford Univ Sch of Medicine, 2005-2006.","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3985&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/breathe/researcher/Stephen_Roth","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiology"}],"firstName":"Stephen","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology","displayName":"Stephen J. Roth","lastName":"Roth"},{"researchInterest":"I worked in the Herzenberg Laboratory in 2005 for 15 months helping my primary research mentor, Dr.\r\nRabindra Tirouvanziam (current Instructor in the department of Pediatrics at Stanford), conduct a clinical drug\r\ntrial in Cystic Fibrosis patients. During this time, I acquired my basic training in immunology. We developed\r\nmethods pioneered in the Herzenberg Laboratory and Stanford\u0092s Flow Cytometry Facility that allows detailed\r\nanalysis of signaling and functioning of immune cells at either th","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9147&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/breathe/researcher/Yael_Gernez","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pediatrics"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Yael","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pediatrics","displayName":"Yael Gernez","lastName":"Gernez"},{"researchInterest":"I am interested in studying the effects of inflammation in the lung, in particular, how N-acetylcysteine may affect and decrease that in CF patients. I am the PI of a multi-center study researching this question.  Additionally, in a separate study involving children who have received lung transplants, I am a participating site in an NIH-sponsored observational and mechanistic multi-center study that will examine the role of viral infections in causing chronic graft rejection.","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4450&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/breathe/researcher/Carol_Conrad","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Pulmonary Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Pulmonary"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Medicine/Cystic Fibrosis, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Lung Transplantation"},{"focus":"Heart-Lung Transplantation"},{"focus":"Lung Inflammation"},{"focus":"Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury"}],"firstName":"Carol","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Pulmonary Medicine","displayName":"Carol Conrad","lastName":"Conrad"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Gerson's clinical expertise is in the diagnosis and management of gastroesophageal reflux disease, esophageal motility disorders, and obscure GI bleeding using capsule endoscpy and double balloon enteroscopy. Her research interests include epidemiology and clinical trials in GERD and Barrett's esophagus; cost-effectiveness studies in the areas of Barrett's esophagus and new technology; and quality of life assessment for patients with GERD and BE.","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4575&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/breathe/researcher/Lauren_Gerson","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Gastroenterology"},{"focus":"Gastroesophageal Reflux"},{"focus":"Esophageal Motility Disorders"},{"focus":"Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding"}],"firstName":"Lauren","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology","displayName":"Lauren B. Gerson MD, MSc","lastName":"Gerson"},{"researchInterest":"A large variety of clinical research including new non-invasive warming technology, temperature measurement during anesthesia, new non-pulsetile oximetry, monitoring of systemic ischemia, new technology to be used in anesthesia, airway management, and operating room waste","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4090&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/breathe/researcher/John_Brock-Utne","appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Anesthesia"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Anesthesia"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anesthesia"}],"firstName":"John","primaryAppointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Anesthesia","displayName":"John Brock-Utne","lastName":"Brock-Utne"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6078&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/breathe/researcher/Jed_Black","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Sleep Disorders"}],"firstName":"Jed","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center","displayName":"Jed Black","lastName":"Black"},{"researchInterest":"High-resolution computed tomography of the thorax, particularly its application in the setting of acute lung disease in the immunocompromised host; quantitative assessment of abnormalities using thin-section CT; and enhancement characteristics of lung cancers on CT and MRI","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4234&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/breathe/researcher/Ann_Leung","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"}],"firstName":"Ann","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","displayName":"Ann Leung","lastName":"Leung"},{"researchInterest":"My primary research interest concerns factors involved in the pathogenesis of gastro-esophageal  reflux disease and its complications, such as Barrett's esophagus and the role of diagnostic and therapeutic modalities in their management.","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4251&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/breathe/researcher/George_Triadafilopoulos","appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Professor,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Gastroenterology"}],"firstName":"George","primaryAppointment":"Clinical Professor,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology","displayName":"George Triadafilopoulos","lastName":"Triadafilopoulos"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Rull\u0092s is an environmental epidemiologist whose research is focused on identifying the role of pollutants such as pesticides, traffic emissions, and other air pollutants in increasing the risk of developing cancer.","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7444&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/breathe/researcher/Rudy_Rull","appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Rudy","primaryAppointment":"Member,Cancer Center","displayName":"Rudolph P. Rull","lastName":"Rull"},{"researchInterest":"My laboratory has two major research interests.  First, to define cellular and molecular mechanisms that limit T cell responses to vaccines and pathogens during normal early postnatal development and in cases of inherited genetic immunodeficiencies.  Second, to determine how these limitations in immunity can be overcome by using novel approaches for vaccine adjuvants, with a particular focus on anti-viral vaccines.","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4439&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/breathe/researcher/David_Lewis","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Immunology & Transplant Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Infectious Diseases, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Infectious Disease"}],"firstName":"David","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Immunology & Transplant Biology","displayName":"David B. Lewis","lastName":"Lewis"},{"researchInterest":"--CMV Associated Hearing Loss\r\n--Newborn Hearing Screening\r\n--Sensorineural Hearing loss\r\n--Postoperative tonsillectomy care\r\n--Ankyloglossia\r\n--Steroids in otolaryngology\r\n--vocal cord paralysis \r\n--diagnosis of gastropharyngeal reflux","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4466&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/breathe/researcher/Anna_Messner","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Otolaryngology"},{"focus":" Pediatric"},{"focus":"Otolaryngology/Head&Neck"}],"firstName":"Anna","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)","displayName":"Anna H. Messner, M.D.","lastName":"Messner"},{"researchInterest":"Ion channels and signal transduction;  patch clamp and fluorometric analysis; cell and molecular biology; cystic fibrosis gene therapy.","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4500&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/breathe/researcher/Phyllis_Gardner","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Clinical Pharmacology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Clinical Pharmacology"}],"firstName":"Phyllis","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Clinical Pharmacology","displayName":"Phyllis Gardner","lastName":"Gardner"}]}