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Mark Blumenkranz

Professor - Med Center Line, Ophthalmology

Clinical Focus

Macular and Vitreoretinal Diseases,
Ophthalmology

Research Interest

Clinical Interest and Research My primary areas of interest are in the diagnosis, medical and surgical treatment of vitreal retinal diseases. These principally include age-related macular degeneration and other diseases of the macula, and tractional syndromes, diabetic retinopathy, and complex forms of retinal detachment. I have been interested in the development of novel technology to diagnose and treat these diseases, including new forms of imaging, laser delivery systems, other microsurgical tools, and new drugs and drug delivery systems that inhibit new blood vessel growth, scarring and intraocular inflammation. I have been actively involved in translational research in the laboratory as well as technology transfer associated with that research for a variety of new therapies that have received FDA clearance and been introduced into clinical practice over the past 30 years. Administrative and Community Service I have served on the Board of Directors of a variety of voluntary education and service organizations, including the Corporation of Brown University, multiple scientific advisory boards and various philanthropic and research organizations.

Stefan Heller

Professor, Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)

Research Interest

Most types of congenital and acquired hearing loss arise from damage to, or loss of hair cells, the sensory cells of the inner ear. Our work focuses on generating mouse and human inner ear cell types from stem cells and we are interested in signaling pathways that control hair cell (re-)generation in vitro and in vivo. In a second line of research, we are working on the identification and the molceular characterization of proteins that are important for hair cell function.

Cleo Yi-Fang Lee

Postdoctoral Research fellow, Stanford Cancer Institute

Research Interest

My current research interests are to study the biology of breast cancer stem cells (CSCs) and the functional role of genes involved in CSCs proliferation and self-renewal. Since CSCs are believed to be responsible for recurrent and metastatic breast cancer, the ultimate goal is to develope targeted therapies to specifically kill the CSCs subpopulation. Identification of genes involved in CSCs functions may lead to novel CSC targeted therapy.

Samuel LeBaron

Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line, Medicine - General Medical Disciplines

Clinical Focus

Family Medicine,
Family Practice

Research Interest

Physician-patient communication; cross cultural dimensions of health care; strategies for health maintenance and promotion; integrative medicine.

Lisa Chamberlain

Assistant Professor - Med Center Line, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics

Clinical Focus

General Pediatrics

Research Interest

Child Health disparities - Projects focus on elucidating the non-clinical factors that impact access to appropriate care for children with chronic illness. Health Policy - Projects explore the intersection of medicine as a profession and formation of child health policy.

Todd Brinton

Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine

Clinical Focus

Cardiovascular Disease,
Cardiovascular Medicine,
Interventional Cardiology

Anna Lin

Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics

Clinical Focus

General Pediatrics

Marco Perez

Instructor, Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine

Clinical Focus

Arrhythmias, Cardiac,
Atrial Fibrillation,
Channelopathies (Long QT, Brugada, CPVT),
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Katherine Krueger

Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pediatrics

Andrew Lee

MD Student, School of Medicine

Research Interest

Stem cell based therapies for treatment of heart disease

Frank Chen

MD Student, School of Medicine

Jonathan Karr

Graduate Minicourse Committee Member, Dean's Office

Research Interest

I am interested in how cellular physiology arises from the interactions of biomolecules. Currently I'm developing a gene-complete computational model of the life cycle of a single Mycoplasma genitalium bacterial cell. The model accounts for the specific function of every RNA and protein gene product and tracks the dynamics of every metabolite, DNA, RNA, and protein molecule across the entire cell cycle.