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Lauren (Lo) Wesson-Stout
Temporary Employee, Clinical Excellence Research Center (CERC) Operations
BioLauren (Lo) Wesson-Stout earned her BSN at the University of South Florida (go Bulls!) in 2013 and is a recent graduate of Georgetown University’s Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program. She is board certified through the American Nurses Credentialing Center and is a member of the Neurocritical Care Society and the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. Lo has seven years of bedside critical care nursing experience and has worked with a variety of patient populations including neurology, surgical, and trauma.
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Dee W. West
Professor of Health Research and Policy, Emeritus
Current Research and Scholarly Interests- Cancer etiology (diet, familial, genetic), especially breast, prostate and colon cancer
- Cancer surveillance (Cancer registration, cancer patterns)
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Robert West
Professor of Pathology
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsRob West, MD, PhD, is a Professor of Pathology at Stanford University Medical Center. He is a clinician scientist with experience in translational genomics research to identify new prognostic and therapeutic markers in cancer. His research focus is on the progression of neoplasia to carcinoma. His lab has developed spatially oriented in situ methods to study archival specimens. He also serves as a surgical pathologist specializing in breast pathology.
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Lynn Marie Westphal, M.D.
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility) at Stanford University Medical Center, Emerita
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsInfertility, fertility preservation, oocyte cryopreservation
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Cornelia Weyand
Professor of Medicine (Immunology and Rheumatology), Emerita
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsAutoimmunity
Chronic inflammatory disease
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Christopher Weyant
Temp - Non-Exempt, Health Policy
BioI am a Postdoctoral Scholar in Primary Care and Outcomes Research. I previously completed a PhD in Management Science and Engineering, MS in Bioengineering, and BS in Chemical Engineering at Stanford. In my postdoc, I am developing and applying data-driven methods and models to inform complex health policy decisions surrounding infectious diseases.
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Jessica Whalen, MS
Adm Svcs Admstr 3, Peds/Child Health Research Program
Current Role at StanfordProgram Director (PEDSnet) & Data Manager (Stanford Assessments of Bone Across the ages (SAMBA Center))
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Matthew Wheeler
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsTranslational research in rare and undiagnosed diseases. Basic and clinical research in cardiomyopathy genetics, mechanisms, screening, and treatment. Investigating novel agents for treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and new mechanisms in heart failure. Cardiovascular screening and genetics in competitive athletes, disease gene discovery in cardiomyopathy and rare disease. Informatics approaches to rare disease and multiomics. Molecular transducers of physical activity bioinformatics.
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Evans Whitaker
Part-Time Reference Librarian, School of Medicine - Lane Medical Library
Current Role at StanfordResearch and Instruction Librarian Lane Medical Library
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Lee White, Ph.D.
Clinical Scholar, Urology
Fellow in Graduate Medical EducationBioI am a fourth year clinical medical student at Stanford University School of Medicine. Here you will find out about my interests including a list of my publications and projects. I completed my doctoral research on training and evaluation of robotic surgical techniques with the Biorobotics Lab at the University of Washington in Spring 2013. I am a co-founder of C-SATS, Inc., a surgical performance assessment company that uses expert reviews and the wisdom of the crowd to train surgeons and medical practitioners.
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Shannon White
Postdoctoral Scholar, Genetics
BioHi, I'm Shannon White. I began my postdoctoral fellowship in Michael Snyder's lab in the fall of 2020. I received my PhD from Georgetown University in Tumor Biology in Chunling Yi's lab. My graduate worked explore the signaling and metabolic vulnerabilities of NF2-mutant tumors following YAP/TAZ depletion. My postdoctoral work is exploring the epigenetic hallmarks that contribute to colon cancer progression and drug resistance. I am developing colon organoids derived from pre-cancerous polyp tissue collected from Familial Adenomatous Polyposis patients as a model system to investigate epigenetic and signaling responses to chemoprevention treatments.
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Zachary Bruce White II
Affiliate, Department Funds
Resident in Radiation Oncology - Radiation TherapyBioI’m originally from Birmingham, AL. I completed my undergraduate education at Tuskegee University and majored in Biology/Pre-Health and minored in Bioethics. I also received a Master of Science in Biomedical & Health Sciences from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and completed medical school at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine. Following graduation from medical school, my intern year was spent in my hometown at Brookwood Baptist Health Transitional Year Program. One of my favorite aspects of radiation oncology at Stanford is the opportunity to give compassionate medical care to our cancer patients while working with the latest state-of-the-art medical technology. In my free time I enjoy playing tennis, exercising, traveling, trying new restaurants, and spending time with my family & friends.
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John Whitin
Senior Research Scientist, Pediatrics
Current Role at StanfordSenior Research Scientist
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Ian Whitmore
Professor (Teaching) of Surgery (Anatomy)
On Leave from 05/15/2024 To 08/25/2024Current Research and Scholarly InterestsThe development of better regimes for teaching Anatomy using Cadavers.
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Malinda Whitney, MSN, RN, AGACNP-BC
Affiliate, Orthopaedic Surgery
BioMalinda Whitney, MSN, RN, AGACNP-BC, is an advanced practice provider who specializes in Orthopedics. She graduated with her Adult Gerontological Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) degree at the University of South Alabama. Malinda Whitney also completed an orthopedic fellowship program at Duke University School of Nursing. Her area of expertise is orthopedics, specializing in disorders of the foot and ankle.
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Alice S Whittemore
Professor of Health Research and Policy (Epidemiology) and of Biomedical Data Science, Emerita
Professor Emerita, Epidemiology and Population HealthCurrent Research and Scholarly InterestsCancers of the prostate, breast and ovary account for a major proportion of new cancer cases and cancer deaths in the U.S. each year. Our recent research focus has been on developing improved statistical methods for the design and conduct of studies involving hereditary predisposition and modifiable lifestyle characteristics in the etiologies of site-specific cancers.
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Aileen Whyte
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development
BioDr. Aileen Whyte, a licensed psychologist in California, brings over two decades of specialized expertise to the treatment of eating disorders in young people. Beyond her clinical practice, Dr. Whyte actively works on implementing strategies to expand the reach of evidence-based treatments for eating disorders, aiming to make these best-practice interventions more accessible to a wider population.
Dr Whyte serves as the Director of the Stanford Outpatient Child & Adolescent Eating Disorders Clinic, where she provides treatment to young people with eating disorders and provides supervision to psychology and psychiatry fellows. Dr Whyte is a certified practitioner and consultant in Family-Based Treatment (FBT) for eating disorders. She serves as a study therapist in NIMH-sponsored randomized clinical trials focused on examining FBT and related adaptations.
In addition to her clinical responsibilities, Dr. Whyte has led multiple seminars, workshops, and training sessions dedicated to the treatment of eating disorders. She provides ongoing training and consultation in FBT, reaching diverse audiences, including multidisciplinary clinicians, psychologists, and psychiatrists, within the US and internationally.
Dr. Whyte earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the New School for Social Research in New York. Her research and clinical interests converge on the implementation and dissemination of evidence-based treatments for eating disorders. -
Britni Wilcher
Postdoctoral Scholar, Health Policy
BioBritni Wilcher, PhD, is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Health Services Research & Development. Dr. Wilcher earned her PhD in economics from American University in 2022. She is an applied microeconomist with interests in health, labor, and gender economics. Dr. Wilcher’s research focuses on the economics of health decision making and its implications for labor markets using quasi-experimental designs to draw causal inferences for historically disadvantaged populations. While completing her doctoral studies, Dr. Wilcher also conducted impact analysis of US regulations for think tanks and government agencies.
Prior to her doctoral studies, Dr. Wilcher completed a BA in Economics at Spelman College and MSc in International Health Care Management, Economics, and Policy at SDA Bocconi School of Management in Milan, Italy. During her masters, she specialized in the economics evaluation of pharmaceutical and medical devices. Dr. Wilcher applied that training as a senior consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton in Washington, DC and research fellow at the University of Exeter in England. Her work at Exeter, supporting an EU commission aimed at advancing the existing methodological framework for health technology assessment (HTA) of medical devices (MedtecHTA), was published in Value in Health, Health Economics, and the International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. -
Robert Wilkerson
Biomedical Engineer, Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology
Current Role at StanfordSupport medical 3D imaging and point-of-care clinical 3D printing for Stanford Healthcare and LPCH!
