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Marina Francis
Postdoctoral Scholar, Radiation Therapy
BioDr. Francis is a Postdoctoral Scholar in Dr. Everett Moding’s lab at the Department of Radiation Oncology. She uses genomic analysis of patient samples and preclinical models to identify new targets that sensitize sarcoma to treatments like radiation and immunotherapy. Before joining Stanford University, she completed her PhD in Biomedical Sciences at the American University of Beirut, where she worked in Dr. Youssef Zeidan’s lab investigating the role of the sphingolipid-modifying enzyme SMPDL3b in radiation nephropathy. Her research interests revolve around improving cancer treatment outcomes and patients’ quality of life by optimizing radiation therapy, combined treatment strategies, personalized precision oncology, and mitigating collateral treatment-associated toxicities.
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J. Matthew Franklin
Postdoctoral Scholar, Genetics
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMatt Franklin is investigating the regulation of repetitive DNA arrays in the human genome by transcription factors. This research utilizes super-resolution microscopy, proximity labeling, gene editing, and long-read genomics technologies.
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Joel Fundaun
Postdoctoral Scholar, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
BioDr. Joel Fundaun, PT, DPT, PhD, is a physical therapist and researcher specializing in chronic pain, focusing on nerve injuries and neuropathic pain. He earned his PhD in Clinical Neurosciences from the University of Oxford and is now a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Stanford University. His research combines clinical phenotyping, quantitative neuroimaging, and human biosamples to advance the understanding, diagnosis, and management of chronic pain conditions.
Joel also works clinically as a physical therapist, treating people with chronic pain at Stanford's Pain Management Center.
