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Sebastian Duno-Miranda
Postdoctoral Scholar, Biochemistry
BioI started my training as a biologist at the Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV) and the Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas (IVIC). My Licentiate thesis degree advisor was Dr. Raúl Padrón, whom with I studied the structure and function of tarantula muscle, a key non-conventional animal model to understand muscle function in humans. Next, I would move to pursue doctoral studies at the University of Vermont, under Dr. David M. Warshaw supervision, studying the molecular mechanics of human cardiac myosin, the motor responsible for powering up the contractions of the human heart, the effect of multiple cardiomyopathy mutations, and the application of machine learning to enhance myosin single-molecule data analysis. Now, I've joined the lab of Dr. James Spudich at Stanford University, to continue pushing the frontiers of knowledge regarding the molecular physiology of human myosins in the context of heart disease. For more details please see https://duno-miranda.org
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Ashley DuNova
Graduate, Biodesign Program
BioCollaborating with Dr. Michael Snyder and the Snyder Lab.
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Jonathan Anh Quan Duong
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine
BioDr. Jonathan Duong is an Associate Professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. He practices clinically as a hospitalist on inpatient medicine services at Stanford Health Care. He completed his medical school and internal medicine residency at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and the Academic Hospital Medicine Fellowship at University of California, San Francisco.
Dr. Duong is a clinician-educator whose academic interests center on faculty development, medical education, and clinical operations. Prior to joining Stanford, he directed a faculty development program in hospital medicine and served as an associate program director for an internal medicine residency. At Stanford, he contributes to faculty recruitment and division mentorship. He formed the Hospital Medicine Direct Care (attending only) Service at Stanford, including a hospital medicine elective for residents and medical students. -
Nikki Duong, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy research interests focus on quality improvement and patient reported outcomes in people with cirrhosis. I also have interests in expanding our breadth of knowledge in caring for patients with gastrointestinal and liver disorders who identify as a sexual and gender minority.
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Tina Duong MPT, PhD
Sr Res Scientist-Basic Life, Adult Neurology
BioAs the Director of Clinical Outcomes and Research Development, and the Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Neuro-IGNITE Center at the Stanford University School of Medicine, I focus on translational rehabilitation science, psychometric measurement theory, clinical outcomes development, trial design, and digital health technology for individuals with neuromuscular disorders.
My research is guided by a simple premise: measurement determines access. Individuals who are harder to measure, and constructs that are meaningful to patients but difficult to quantify, are frequently overlooked in clinical trials, limiting both trial participation and treatment access. Complementing established functional scales, our team works to bridge this gap by defining the concept of interest and context of use with patients, clinicians, and regulators, then developing and validating fit-for-purpose clinical outcome assessments and digital endpoints across neuromuscular disorders, including spinal muscular atrophy, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, myotonic dystrophy, and facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. This alignment supports a clearer regulatory path so that patients who have been difficult to measure can qualify for trials, demonstrate meaningful benefit, and gain access to therapies.
Bridging clinical expertise and computational engineering, I collaborate with bioengineers to integrate digital health tools, including markerless motion capture (OpenCap) and multimodal sensors (wearables, video and imaging biomarkers, cardiopulmonary exercise testing) into clinical research. Together, we aim to better understand disease mechanisms and functional impact across the drug development pipeline. This work has contributed high-resolution, video-based kinematic datasets and minimal clinically important difference (MCID) thresholds that inform regulatory benchmarks for clinical trials and therapeutic evaluations.
Key Academic & Research Focus Areas:
•Outcome Measure Development & Psychometrics: Developing and validating functional instruments and digital biomarkers designed to meet regulatory standards in rare diseases.
•Digital Biomechanics & Kinematic Modeling: Applying markerless motion capture and wearable inertial sensors to quantify disease progression and subtle changes in movement.
•Translational Clinical Trial Design: Advising on endpoint selection and contributing to international natural history studies to improve trial readiness, reduce participant burden, and strengthen statistical sensitivity.
•Scientific Leadership & Mentorship: Leading multi-center academic consortia, publishing peer-reviewed research, and mentoring the next generation of clinical researchers.
