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Mei-Sze Chua
Sr Res Scientist-Basic Ls, Surgery - General Surgery
Current Role at StanfordI spearhead multiple projects stemming from the lab’s initial genomics study on liver cancer, with the goal of translating gene expression data of liver cancer patients into improved clinical approaches for the diagnosis and therapy of this fatal disease. I have successfully led inter-disciplinary projects, mentored postdoctoral fellows and visiting scientists, and effectively worked with diverse groups of collaborators from academic and industrial settings. I am committed to help eliminate global health care burden associated with hepatitis B and liver cancer.
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Jonathan Wayne Chun
Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated), Med/Hospital Medicine
Current Role at StanfordInpatient Rotation Director for the VA
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Andrea Cipriano
Instructor, Obstetrics & Gynecology - Reproductive Biology
Instructor, OB-GYN/Reproductive, Perinatal and Stem Cell Biology ResearchBioDr Andrea Cipriano is an instructor at the Stem Cell Institute and at the Ob/Gyn department at Stanford School of medicine. Since the beginning of his career he was driven by a deep interest in the complexities of life emerging from just a single cell, harboring all the instructions to produce a fully functional organism. His academic journey began with a Bachelor's in Biotechnology and progressed to a Master's in Genomic Biotechnology, where he delved into the intricate world of RNA. During his PhD, Andrea focused on long non-coding RNAs and their pivotal role in cell differentiation, a topic that continues to fascinate him in his current research. He works in the Sebastiano lab, and he is directing several projects, including studying the transcription factor TBX1 during development of the Pharyngeal endoderm, and exploring the impact of time on Chromatin Structure, particularly in the context of aging and its potential reversal. As an instructor, Andrea has been teaching for 4 years at the intensive CIRM stem cell class biology course. Teaching is a big passion that fuels his academic pursuits. His dedication to education stems from a deep-seated belief in the transformative power of knowledge, which is what initially propelled him into the academic world.
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Sara Clemente
GME Diversity Program Manager, Office of Diversity in Medical Education
BioBorn in Connecticut but raised in Ecuador, Sara Clemente spent the majority of her early childhood admiring the rich Andean Indigenous cultures that made her native city of Cuenca so unique. Her experiences taught her to value the indigenous groups present in contemporary societies and the roles that they have in enabling diversity and interconnectivity to flourish in South American nations. She attended New York City’s Macaulay Honors College and chose to pursue her interests in indigenous peoples’ language and land rights by majoring in Linguistics, Translation, and Human Rights. She has also interned at VIVAT International as both a translator and researcher in a variety of land grabbing projects. Her interests in language, Human Rights, and indigenous peoples led her to pursue a master’s in Latin American Studies and Human Rights in Latin American Studies at CLAS. Currently, she manages, plans, and develops budgets for events and communications at CLAS. In order to find balance in her life, Sara loves to backpack and practice Vinyasa and Aerial Yoga and has her 200-hr Yoga Teacher Training Certificate.
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Laetitia Coassolo (Voilquin)
Senior Research Scientist - Basic Life, Pathology Sponsored Projects
Current Role at StanfordI am a Senior Research Scientist in Dr. Katrin Svensson's lab. I am interested in mapping tissue-specific peptide secretion to identify orphan peptide hormones.
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Jeff Codori
Access Services Specialist, School of Medicine - Lane Medical Library
Current Role at StanfordLibrary Specialist, Circulation department, Service Desk.
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John Coetzee
Social Science Research Scholar, Psych/Major Laboratories and Clinical & Translational Neurosciences Incubator
BioJohn obtained his BA in Psychology from UC Berkeley, where he worked in a sleep and psychopathology lab. He then worked in a depression lab at UCSF before entering a PhD program at UCLA, where he conducted research on the relationship between language and thought under the guidance of Dr. Martin Monti. After completing his doctorate in Cognitive Neuroscience, he returned to the Bay Area where he currently is a postdoctoral researcher at the Palo Alto VA in the lab of Dr. Maheen Adamson, where he is developing new treatments for traumatic brain injury, and at Stanford in the Brain Stimulation Lab, where he is developing new treatments for depression. His current focus in both labs is on noninvasive neuromodulation.
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Sara Marie Cohen-Fournier
Adjunct Lecturer, Psych/General Psychiatry and Psychology (Adult)
BioDr. Sara Marie Cohen-Fournier received her undergraduate degree in Science from McGill University, her masters of arts in Oral History from Columbia University, and her medical degree from Université de Montréal. She did her residency in Psychiatry at McGill University and her fellowship in Addiction Medicine at Stanford University. She is currently an adjunct clinical instructor of Addiction Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine. She practices in rural Northern Quebec, where she works in part at the community center, the Native Friendship Center and at the OUD local clinic. She is interested in under-standing the essence of spirituality, culture, biology, psychology,and society in mental health.
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Joseph David Cooper
Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated), Medicine - Med/Infectious Diseases
BioJoseph David Cooper attended Bucknell University for his undergraduate degree with a dual major in Biology and Philosophy. He graduated from St. George’s University School of Medicine and went on to complete his Internal Medicine residency at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania. He remained at Geisinger for an additional year as Chief Resident in Internal Medicine with a focus on teaching and the education of trainees. He completed his Infectious Diseases fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center-Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York. He is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease.
He began working at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center primarily in the PACE (Partners in AIDS Care and Education) and Infectious Diseases Clinics in July 2019. He has an active outreach HIV clinic at Valley Health Center in Gilroy, California once a month which maintains a regional presence for excellence in HIV care. He sees outpatients with general infectious diseases and provides inpatient infectious diseases consultation at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, the main quaternary referral hospital for the Santa Clara Valley Healthcare system. He is actively involved in the teaching and training of Stanford University Infectious Diseases fellows, Internal Medicine residents from his home institution and Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara. Dr. Cooper holds an appointment of Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated) at Stanford University School of Medicine in the division of Infectious Diseases & Geographic Medicine and department of Medicine since 2020.
Dr. Cooper is an active member of the American College of Physicians, WikiGuidelines (PWID and Bacteremia guidelines), Infectious Diseases Society of America, and HIV Medicine Association. He volunteers his time and energy within these international professional organizations previously serving on workgroups surrounding education, mentoring of trainees and as an ad hoc reviewer for infectious diseases and general internal medicine journals. His professional interests are broad and include HIV/AIDS, opportunistic infections, sexually transmitted infections, with a special interest in mycology and fungal infections. He is widely published in a variety of academic journals collaborating with colleagues in all parts of the world. Administratively, Dr. Cooper has held numerous leadership positions, previously serving as Associate Medical Director of the PACE Clinic from 2021 to 2023. Currently, Dr. Cooper holds a leadership position serving on the executive board of Valley Physicians Group (VPG), an organization representing over 400 physicians, dentists and podiatrists at his current institute, focusing on physician advocacy, excellence and organization. Dr. Cooper is passionate about providing high quality, evidence-based care to people living with HIV and AIDS. He uses his professional expertise, passion and energy to ensure that his patients remain as well and healthy as possible.
Outside of medicine and work, you can find Dr. Cooper spending time with his wife and two daughters - hiking and exploring the Bay Area and beyond, listening to all types of music with a particular interest in live music, gardening, nature photography, cooking new recipes, exercising and playing sports. -
Sue Coppa
Communications Director, Emergency Medicine
Current Role at StanfordCommunications Director, Stanford Department of Emergency Medicine
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Jennifer Cory
Director of Strategy and Operations, Peds/CDCM Center for Definitive and Curative Medicine
Current Role at StanfordDirector of Strategy and Operations, Center for Definitive and Curative Medicine
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Zaria Cosby, MPH
Social Science Research Professional 2, Stanford-Surgery Policy Improvement Research and Education Center
BioZaria Cosby, BS, MPH, is a Social Science Research Professional at the S-SPIRE Center. She completed her Master of Public Health with a concentration in Biostatistics and Epidemiology, as well as her Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, at the University of Southern California. During her time at USC, Zaria worked on multiple projects across a variety of topics, the most recent being her master’s capstone: a mixed-methods study into the lived experiences of women of color with HIV during the Covid pandemic. At S-SPIRE, she supports qualitative and quantitative data collection, analysis, and interpretation. Zaria also holds a Certified Personal Trainer certification from the National Academy of Sports Medicine. No matter the position or project, Zaria’s overarching goal is to help people become their healthiest selves through research and education.
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Heather Truher Cousins
Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated), Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
BioDr. Cousins is a clinician educator based at the Palo Alto VA. She is board certified in Geriatric Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, and Internal Medicine. Dr. Cousins has an undergraduate degree from Stanford (Human Biology) and medical degree from the University of Chicago, and completed residency and fellowship at UCSF. She serves as medical director for the subacute nursing home (4C Short Stay CLC) at the Palo Alto VA, as well as for the VA Home Based Primary Care teams in Palo Alto and San Jose. Dr. Cousins serves as the primary faculty expert on geriatric palliative care for the Stanford Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program. She is closely involved with teaching the Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellows in the long term care setting and teaches the Geriatric-Palliative care thread for the fellowship core curriculum. Dr. Cousins is the VA site director for the Home Care Medicine rotation for the Stanford Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program. She also enjoys teaching history/physical and presentation skills to medical students in their second-year Practicum course. Her interests include supportive care for advanced cancer patients (especially head/neck cancer), nursing homes, home care medicine, transitions between care settings, elder abuse/neglect, and wound care.
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Kira Crage
Casual - Non-Exempt, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
BioUndergraduate Student
- Human Biology, concentration in Children's Health and Psychological Development
Stanford Women's Varsity Swimming and Diving
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Justin Crest
Associate Director of Team Science, Pediatrics
BioJustin is an experienced research scientist who has a passion for collaborative team science. He has recieved support from NIH, W.M. Keck, and the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation for his multidisceplenary projects. At Stanford, he facilitates faculty and trainees to strategically position their grants and research goals in order to maximize funding success, while also encouraging new collaborative research within Pediatrics and campus-wide.
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Eric Crizer MSN RN FNP
Clinical Instructor (Affiliated), School of Medicine - Senior Associate Dean for Medical Student Education
BioEric Crizer MSN RN FNP is a primary care provider at Stanford Health Care in Santa Clara. He graduated with his Registered Nurse and Family Nurse Practitioner degrees from San Francisco State University. He began his nursing career working as an inpatient nurse at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center. He began his primary care practice in the rural health setting. He has completed a fellowship in Primary Care Psychiatry with UC Davis and UC Irvine. He has experience in the treatment of substance use disorders, chronic pain, psychiatric conditions such as anxiety, depression, post traumatic stress disorder, as well as other chronic medical conditions.
