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Andrei Iagaru
Professor of Radiology (Nuclear Medicine)
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsCurrent research projects include:
1) PET/MRI and PET/CT for Early Cancer Detection
2) Targeted Radionuclide Therapy
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Assel Ibadulla
Ph.D. Student in Health Policy, admitted Autumn 2025
BioAssel Ibadulla is a PhD student in Health Policy, specializing in Decision Sciences, and a Knight-Hennessy Scholar. She graduated with honors in Biological Sciences from Nazarbayev University and earned a Master of Public Health in Health Policy from Yale University as a Horstmann Scholar. Assel aims to leverage decision sciences to support policymakers in making cost-effective and equitable health decisions, with a focus on strengthening health systems in low- and middle-income countries.
Previously, Assel worked at Yale’s Equity Research and Innovation Center, where she focused on healthcare equity for ethnic minorities, and at the Harvard Health Systems Innovation Lab, where she contributed to research on transitioning to high-value health systems, and additionally, assisted with WHO global health projects.
She also placed in the top 10 at the Asian Universities Alliance Social Entrepreneurship Competition at Tsinghua University for her mental health app, Mind Matters. -
Andrea J Ibarra
Instructor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
BioDr. Ibarra is a board-certified anesthesiologist with a focused research interest in preeclampsia and brain health. She completed her anesthesiology training at the University of Pittsburgh in 2019. Committed to bridging clinical excellence with rigorous scientific inquiry, Dr. Ibarra earned a master's degree in clinical research at Pitt. In 2023, her research promise was recognized with the prestigious SOAP-FAER Mentored Research Training Grant, which investigated the long-term neurological implications of preeclampsia. Her research portfolio centers on the intersection of anesthesia, women's health outcomes, and cognitive function, contributing to the growing body of evidence in perioperative neuroscience.
Outside of her clinical and academic pursuits, Dr. Ibarra is passionate about cooking and travel, drawing inspiration from diverse cultures around the world. -
Stephanie Ibe
Research Program Coordinator NOURISH - Casual, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
Current Role at StanfordResearch Program Coordinator - NOURISH
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David Iberri
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Hematology
BioDr. Iberri is a hematologist who specializes in the treatment of multiple myeloma, Waldenström macroglobulinemia, and other blood and bone marrow disorders. He is actively involved in clinical research evaluating novel agents in hematologic malignancies. His research interests include the development and application of biomarkers to select patients most likely to benefit from therapy, and in the development of blood tests to reduce the need for bone marrow biopsies in myeloma disease monitoring.
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Hirotaka Ieki
Postdoctoral Scholar, Cardiovascular Medicine
BioCardiologist in Japan.
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Irogue I Igbinosa
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Maternal Fetal Medicine & Obstretrics)
BioIrogue Igbinosa, MD, MS, is a Maternal-Fetal Medicine physician at Stanford University. Her research focus includes iron deficiency anemia in pregnancy, severe maternal morbidity and mortality, and health equity. She was also a former NIH Women's Reproductive Health Scholar (K12) and is currently a Physician Implementation Science Scholar with AMETHIST (Achieving Maternal Empowerment and Transforming Health through Implementation Science and Training ) at University of Pennsylvania (Penn). Recently, she was also recognized as the Duan Family Faculty Scholar in Maternal-Fetal Medicine.
She graduated from the University of Houston and earned her medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine. She subsequently completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency at Louisiana State University School of Medicine Baton Rouge. After residency, she was an AAMC-CDC Public Health Policy Fellow able to serve in the CDC Emergency Operations Center and contribute to research for healthcare providers regarding the management of the Zika virus in pregnant persons. She completed her Maternal Fetal Medicine fellowship at Stanford in 2022.
Dr. Igbinosa is passionate about community-engaged approaches to bridge gaps in evidence-based care for birthing communities and collaborates with local and national policy committees to raise awareness for reproductive justice in maternal health. Her current research endeavors include co-investigator for Stanford's PHRISM: preventing inequities in hemorrhage related severe maternal morbidity, primary investigator for NOURISH - prenatal nutrition education for community health workers and doulas, as well as several hospital quality initiative efforts to improve the screening, management, and treatment of iron deficiency anemia in pregnancy. Her motto is to listen first and serve with compassion. -
Debra M. Ikeda, M.D.
Professor of Radiology (Breast Imaging), Emerita
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy research interests are mammography positioning, tomosynthesis (DBT) cancer detection and diagnosis, MRI, DWI, MRI-guided breast biopsy, breast cancer recurrence, tattoo/ fiducial/wire localization of axillary lymph nodes, breast cancer and FDG PET-CT imaging, artifical intelligence/deep learning, breast density, density notification legislation, abscess drainages, mammography positioning
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Gentaro Ikeda
Instructor, Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
BioDr. Ikeda is a physician-scientist who develops innovative diagnostic and therapeutic modalities for patients with cardiovascular disease. Based on his clinical experience as a cardiologist, he has become aware of major clinical shortcomings, specifically in the current pharmaceutical therapies for myocardial infarction (MI) and chronic heart failure (HF). Some evidence-based drug therapies, including β-blockers, ivabradine, and renin-angiotensin-aldosterone antagonists are difficult to apply to critical patients due to adverse side effects. Drugs that have shown efficacy in basic animal experiments have failed to show significant benefits in clinical trials. To address these problems, he moved to academia to conduct translational research. During his graduate training in the Egashira Lab, he focused on drug delivery systems (DDS) that target mitochondria in animal models of MI. He obtained advanced skills in molecular biology, mitochondrial bioenergetics, and animal surgery. He realized the importance of translational research and the great potential of DDS to overcome many clinical problems. He developed nanoparticle-mediated DDS containing cyclosporine for the treatment of patients with MI. He published a first-author paper and received academic awards for his novel science. Since becoming a postdoctoral fellow in the Yang Lab, he has continued to build upon his previous training in translational research. He is currently developing an innovative therapy, namely, extracellular vesicles-mediated mitochondrial transfer for mitochondria-related diseases such as heart failure and mitochondrial disease.
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Fumiaki Ikeno
Program Director (U.S) Japan Biodesign, Stanford Biodesign, Medicine - Med/Cardiovascular Medicine
BioProgram Director (U.S) Japan Biodesign, Stanford Biodesign
Researcher Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University
Faculty of Japan Reach, CARE (Center for Asian Health Research and Education) , Stanford University
Co-Director of Asia, SPARK Global, Stanford SPARK , Stanford University
Dr. Ikeno is a Researcher, Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University. In this role, he is responsible for pre clinical studies including GLP for medical devices and also regenerative medicines for cardiovascular diseases. Currently, he is devoting himself to the international regulatory project between Japan and the United States, also known as "Harmonization by Doing", whose focus is to collaborate with regulatory agencies such as FDA, PMDA/MHLW, academia and industries for improving the regulatory process in the 2 largest medtech markets. Dr. Ikeno also devoted himself to found Japan biodesign program which is a collaborative program with University of Tokyo, Osaka University, Tohoku University, Japan Federation Medical Device Association, Ministry of Education Japan and Stanford biodesign program. Currently, Dr. Ikeno serves as the Program Director (US) for Japan Biodesign. Dr. Ikeno is co-founder and board member of US-Japan MedTech Frontier which is a non-profit cooperate to make a trans-pacific eco-system of medical device between Japan and USA.
After 9 years clinical practice as an interventional cardiologist and Family Doctor in rural areas of Japan, Dr. Ikeno came to Stanford as a Researcher and completed his Biodesign Certificate Program. Being part of the ecosystem in Silicon Valley, Dr. Ikeno participated in more than 200 medtech projects and 50 GLP studies as well as in the analysis of clinical trials for cardiovascular medicine (BARI2D, FAME, ReOPEN etc). His other academic consortium projects include Peripheral Academic Research Consortium, Global Consensus Working Group of Optical Coherence Tomography, and Japan-US consensus document for the treatment of critical limb ischemia.
Over the last decade, Dr. Ikeno has served as an advisor for medical device industries and currently serves as a chief medical officer of an incubation fund specific for medtech (Medventure Partners, Inc, Tokyo) as a spin-off from Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) that is the largest government and private partnership fund in Japan. He is also serving as a chair of cardiovascular working group of APAN (Asian Pacific Advanced Network) that contributes the remote education, research activities, and tele-health using a specialized internet network. Dr.Ikeno is also serving as consulting faculty/lecturer roles in several universities in Japan including University of Tokyo, Osaka University, Tsukuba University etc. Dr. Ikeno has authored over 70 peer reviewed publications and textbooks and has been invited to lecture at international medical conferences. Dr. Ikeno is a council member of U.S.- Japan Council which is a non-profit organization by Japanese American. He is serving as a mentor for START-X MED which is an accelerating program for Stanford related entrepreneurs in medical fields.
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Jennifer Ikle
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics - Endocrinology
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsJen is interested in the genetic factors that lead to abnormal beta-cell function and insulin secretion, causing disorders such as hyperinsulinism and neonatal diabetes. Jen’s current research focus is the use of zebrafish models, combined with genetics and genomics, to understand cellular and molecular mechanisms of glucose metabolism and elucidate previously unknown players involved in the regulation of insulin secretion.
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Koto Imahori
Masters Student in Community Health and Prevention Research, admitted Autumn 2025
Stanford Student Employee, Bechtel International Center
Game Day Staff, Corporate PartnershipsCurrent Research and Scholarly InterestsPreventive Medicine, Suicidology, Eating Disorders
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Gabriella Imbriano
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
BioGabriella Imbriano, Ph.D. is the Co-Director for the Center for Mental Health Implementation Support (CMHIS) within the Stanford Center for Dissemination and Implementation and is a Clinical Assistant Professor within the Stanford School of Medicine. Dr. Imbriano is a clinical psychologist and research scientist. She is passionate about increasing access to evidenced-based mental health interventions and her previous work in the Veterans Health Administration, and in various university and academic medical centers, has inspired her commitment to science and practice integration. She has clinical expertise and research interests in traumatic stress disorders and trauma-informed care, women’s health care, and their intersections with implementation science.
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Daniel Imler
Clinical Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Clinical Associate Professor, PediatricsCurrent Research and Scholarly InterestsI am interested in understanding the impact of smart, agile clinical pathways to drive behavior change among providers.
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Gnendy Indig, MD
Clinical Instructor, Obstetrics & Gynecology - General
BioDr. Gnendy Indig is an obstetrician-gynecologist at Stanford Health Care. She also serves as a clinical instructor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Division of Gynecology & Gynecologic Specialties at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Dr. Indig specializes in comprehensive obstetric and gynecologic care with a focus on inclusive reproductive health services. She supports her patients through all phases of their lives, from puberty to menopause. Her clinical expertise includes complex gynecological conditions, minimally invasive gynecologic surgery, and prenatal, obstetric, and gender-affirming care. Her care philosophy emphasizes equity, informed decision-making, and partnership with patients to ensure care that aligns with everyone’s values and goals.
Dr. Indig’s research interests include improving the quality, inclusivity, and medical education around affirming medical care for gender and sexual minorities. She has published her work in multiple peer-reviewed journals, including International Journal of Transgender Health, Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development, and BMC Medical Education. She has also presented her work at national meetings. -
Amy M Inkster
Postdoctoral Scholar, Epidemiology
BioAmy Inkster, PhD is a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health at Stanford University. She conducts research on epigenetic alterations in pregnancy and early life to understand the molecular levers affecting healthy development. She primarily uses large 'omics datasets to study the effect of environmental exposures on pregnancy outcomes and maternal health.
Dr. Inkster received her PhD in Medical Genetics from the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada), where her research focused on evaluating DNA methylation variation in prenatal life, primarily in the context of placental epigenetics, sex differences, prenatal exposures, and X-chromosome inactivation. She holds a BSc in Chemistry. As a cross-disciplinary researcher, her work and research interests lie at the intersection of molecular mechanisms and their impacts on human health and disease at the population level. -
Hiroyuki Inoue
Postdoctoral Scholar, Cardiovascular Institute
BioPhysician-scientist passionate about bridging research findings and clinical practice
- Research expertise in genome editing, gene therapy, high-throughput screening, and extracellular vesicles
- Board certified cardiologist with 10+ years clinical experience, focused on cardiovascular diseases including heart failure and arrhythmia
- Experience of 400+ cases as the primary operator in percutaneous coronary intervention, catheter ablation, and cardiac device implantation -
Alexander Ioannidis
Assistant Professor (Research) of Genetics and of Biomedical Data Science
Adjunct Professor, Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering (ICME)BioDr. Ioannidis earned his Ph.D. from Stanford University in Computational and Mathematical Engineering together with an M.S. in Management Science and Engineering (Optimization). He graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University in Chemistry and Physics and earned an M.Phil at the University of Cambridge from the Department of Applied Math and Theoretical Physics in Computational Biology. His research focuses on the design of algorithms and application of computational methods for problems in precision health, genomics, clinical data science, and AI in healthcare.
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John P.A. Ioannidis
Professor of Medicine (Stanford Prevention Research Center), of Epidemiology and Population Health and, by courtesy, of Biomedical Data Science
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMeta-research
Evidence-based medicine
Clinical and molecular epidemiology
Human genome epidemiology
Research design
Reporting of research
Empirical evaluation of bias in research
Randomized trials
Statistical methods and modeling
Meta-analysis and large-scale evidence
Prognosis, predictive, personalized, precision medicine and health
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Eric Ip
Clinical Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy research interests include the use and abuse of anabolic steroids and other performance enhancing/cognitive enhancing drugs.
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Wui Ip, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
BioWui Ip, MD is a pediatrician and physician informaticist. He is interested in applying machine learning to support clinical decision making and improve patient care.
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Negaur Iranpour, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Radiology
BioDr. Iranpour is a board-certified, fellowship-trained radiologist with Stanford Health Care Radiology. She is also a clinical instructor in the Department of Radiology at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Dr. Iranpour’s practice focuses on image-guided interventions for a variety of conditions including cancers, tumors, and lesions. She treats a wide range of health concerns, including cancer pain, endometriosis, prostate cancer, soft tissue tumors, uterine fibroids, and Parkinson’s disease.
Dr. Iranpour’s research interests include using abdominal MRIs to evaluate liver lesions and studying the features of pancreatic cysts. She also studies the use of MRI-guided prostate ablation and cryoablation for desmoid tumors (noncancerous growths in connective tissues).
Dr. Iranpour has been published in many peer-reviewed journals, including Abdominal Radiology, Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental, and the Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. She has also presented her work at national and international meetings, including at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, the Society of Abdominal Radiology, and the American Public Health Association. Her papers and presentations have won awards, including at the 1st Basic and Clinical Neuroscience Congress in Iran.
Dr. Iranpour is a member of the American Board of Radiology, the American College of Radiology, and the Society of Abdominal Radiology. She is also a member of the Radiological Society of North America and the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. -
Nicole Irgens-Moller
Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor (By courtesy), PediatricsCurrent Research and Scholarly InterestsAssociation of Race and Insurance on Social Work Consults and Child Protective Services Reports following Ingestions in Young Children. [Platform Presentation]. Ray E. Helfer Society Conference, 2024, Savannah, GA, United States
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Asef Islam
Masters Student in Biomedical Data Science, admitted Winter 2023
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsAI in medicine and other fields, particularly ML and CV techniques
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Md Tauhidul Islam
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Physics)
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy research focuses on developing computationally efficient and clinically reliable AI methods for biomedical imaging and high-dimensional molecular data, with an emphasis on cancer and neurological disease. The Islam Lab designs novel representations and learning frameworks that improve deep learning performance in data-constrained biomedical settings, including methods that transform tabular omics data into spatially meaningful representations.
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Henry Francis Isselbacher
Research Administrator, School of Medicine - Biomedical Ethics
BioHenry Isselbacher is a Research Administrator at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in May 2024 with a degree in Economics and Public Health, earning honors in Public Health for his senior thesis titled "Vacancy Rates in US Hospitals with Workplace Violence Prevention Programs." As an undergraduate, Henry developed an extensive background in financial reporting and budgeting as CFO for UC Berkeley's student association and co-chair of several student fee committees. After graduating, Henry worked in the Division of Student Affairs at Cal as a Special Projects Coordinator, where he focused on efforts to streamline the accessibility and awareness of funding and other resources for students and student organizations.
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Haruka Itakura, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Oncology)
BioDr. Haruka Itakura is an Assistant Professor of Medicine (Oncology) in the Stanford University School of Medicine, a data scientist, and a practicing breast medical oncologist at the Stanford Women’s Cancer Center. She is board-certified in Oncology, Clinical Informatics, Hematology, and Internal Medicine. Her research mission is to drive medical advances at the intersection of cancer and data science, applying state-of-the-art machine learning/artificial intelligence techniques to extract clinically actionable knowledge from heterogeneous multi-scale cancer data to improve patient outcomes. Her ongoing research to develop robust methodologies and apply cutting-edge techniques to analyze complex cancer big data was catapulted by an NIH K01 Career Development Award in Biomedical Big Data Science after obtaining a PhD in Biomedical Informatics at Stanford University. Her cancer research focuses on extracting radiomic (pixel-level quantitative imaging) features of tumors from medical imaging studies and applying machine learning frameworks, including radiogenomic approaches, for the integrative analysis of heterogeneous, multi-omic (e.g., radiomic, genomic, transcriptomic) data to accelerate discoveries in cancer diagnostics and therapeutics. Her current projects include prediction modeling of survival, treatment response, recurrence, and CNS metastasis in different cancer subtypes; detection of occult invasive breast cancer; and identification of novel therapeutic targets. Her ultimate goal is to be able to translate her research findings back to the clinical setting for the benefit of patients with difficult-to-treat cancers.
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Reem Itani, MD, MACM
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Sleep Medicine
BioDr. Itani is board certified in general pediatrics, and board eligible in pediatric pulmonology and sleep medicine. She is fellowship trained in pediatric pulmonology and sleep medicine.
Dr. Itani diagnoses and treats a wide range of sleep disorders in adults and children.
Dr. Itani’s research interests include medical education and patient compliance and education. Her other research interests have included sleep consequences of Prader-Willi syndrome and congenital central hypoventilation syndrome.
Dr. Itani has published her research in peer-reviewed journals including Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, Medical Teacher, and Brain & Development. She has presented to her peers at national and regional meetings, including the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, the Innovations in Medical Education Conference, and the American Thoracic Society.
Dr. Itani is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a member of the American Thoracic Society and the American College of Chest Physician. -
Michael Iv
Clinical Professor, Radiology
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy clinical and research interests include brain tumor and vascular imaging in both the adult and pediatric populations, incorporating advanced MR imaging techniques and analyses using qualitative and quantitative methods.
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Rebecca Ivancie
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMedical Education Projects
- PHM Fellows and their training in Community Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Clinical Research: Using PHIS database to study MIS-C and Kawasaki disease -
Sarah Izabel
Ph.D. Student in Neurosciences, admitted Summer 2022
BioSarah was born and raised in Brazil where she attended law school before moving to the United States and shifting her interest to Neuroscience. She completed majors in Biology and Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in 2020. At VCU, Sarah was part of the NIH-IMSD program and worked on uncovering mechanisms of axonal pathology in the lab of Dr. Jeff Dupree. She also worked with a clinical sample to identify the effects of income insecurity on decision-making in people with cocaine use disorder (CUD), in the lab of Dr. James Bjork. After graduating, Sarah went to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as a UGSP Research Fellow and characterized a progranulin knockout mouse model in the lab of Dr. Alan Koretsky. She returned to her clinical research work in her second year at NIH in the lab of Dr. Vijay Ramchandani, where she worked to understand the relationship between neurological domains underlying Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD). At Stanford, Sarah is interested in treating and managing neuropsychiatric disorders and increasing access to participation in clinical research studies. Sarah is a RAISE fellow, a NIDA START Fellow, and an intern project manager for the Recovery Incentives Program.
