{"result":[{"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/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":"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/Phyllis_Gardner","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Clinical Pharmacology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Clinical Pharmacology"}],"firstName":"Phyllis","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Clinical Pharmacology","displayName":"Phyllis Gardner","lastName":"Gardner"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8012&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/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":"","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4548&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/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":"- Characterization of ion transport activity in sinonasal epithelium\r\n- Optimization of mucosal wound healing in a rabbit model of sinus surgery\r\n- Clinical outcomes in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis undergoing endoscopic sinus surgery\r\n- Effect of intraoperative local anesthetic use on post operative pain in patients undergoing endoscopic sinus surgery","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6518&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/Peter_Hwang","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Endoscopic Sinus Surgery"},{"focus":"Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery"},{"focus":"Otolaryngology"},{"focus":"Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (Ear, Nose and Throat)"}],"firstName":"Peter","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)","displayName":"Peter H. Hwang","lastName":"Hwang"},{"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/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. 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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/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":"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/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":"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/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":"Gene Regulation; Molecular Immunology; Lymphocyte subsets; Fluorescence-Activated Cell\u000bSorter (FACS) development; AIDS; Apoptosis; Redox Regulation; Gene Arrays; and the theraphy of AIDS using the anti-oxidant N'acetylcysteine(NAC).","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4151&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/Leonard_Herzenberg","appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Leonard","primaryAppointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Genetics","displayName":"Leonard Herzenberg","lastName":"Herzenberg"},{"researchInterest":"B-cell development; Ig rearrangement and repertoire analysis; T cell regulation of antibody\u000bresponses; T cell subsets; glutathione regulation of HIV disease progression; Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting (FACS) related software development and gene arrays.","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6113&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/Leonore_Herzenberg","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Leonore","primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Genetics","displayName":"Leonore A. 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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/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":"Prevention of osteoporosis begins in childhood and adolescence by measures that maximize acquistion of bone mineral during the critical adolescent years. Body mass, calcium nutriture, physical activity, growth and sex steroid hormones, and genetic factors are all thought to be important determinants of bone mass although the relative contribution of each remains controversial.","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4501&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/Laura_Bachrach","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Endocrinology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Endocrinology/Diabetes, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Endocrinology"}],"firstName":"Laura","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Endocrinology","displayName":"Laura K. 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In addition to ongoing research in each of these areas, Dr. Weinacker teaches a course with Dr. David Liang (cardiology) on the use of portable echocardiography to evaluate hemodynamic instability in critically ill patients.","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5936&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/Ann_Weinacker","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":"Ann","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med","displayName":"Ann Weinacker","lastName":"Weinacker"},{"researchInterest":"1. Use of an administrative database (UNOS) to study lung transplant outcomes.\r\n2. Expression of the plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI) 1 antibody in peripheral blood after lung transplantation and its association with bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (chronic rejection).\r\n3. Impact of airway hypoxia, due to lack of bronchial circulation, on long-term lung transplant outcomes.\r\n4. CMV specific T-cell immunity in lung transplant recipients and its impact on acute rejection.","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7231&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/Gundeep_Dhillon","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation"},{"focus":"Critical Care Medicine"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Disease"}],"firstName":"Gundeep","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med","displayName":"Gundeep Dhillon, MD, MPH","lastName":"Dhillon"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3843&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/Philip_Pizzo","appointments":[{"appointment":"Dean of the School of Medicine,Stanford University School of Medicine"},{"appointment":"Professor,Pediatrics"},{"appointment":"The Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Dean,Stanford University School of Medicine"},{"appointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Infectious Diseases, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Hematology-Oncology"}],"firstName":"Philip","primaryAppointment":"Dean of the School of Medicine,Stanford University School of Medicine","displayName":"Philip A. 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The phenomenon of ectopic protein synthesis in human cancer offers a good experimental model for investigating this problem.","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4097&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/Howard_Sussman","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pathology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pathology"},{"focus":"Pathology and Laboratory Medicine"}],"firstName":"Howard","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pathology","displayName":"Howard Sussman","lastName":"Sussman"},{"researchInterest":"Management of advanced lung disease\r\nLung and heart-lung transplantation\r\nPulmonary hypertension","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4196&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/Ramona_Doyle","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Pediatrics"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Heart and Lung Transplantation"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Disease"}],"firstName":"Ramona","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med","displayName":"Ramona Doyle","lastName":"Doyle"}]}