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Ralph Rabkin

Professor of Medicine, Emeritus

Current Research and Scholarly InterestsDr Rabkin is examining the mechanism of the acquired resistance to hormones that develops in kidney failure.In particular he is studying the impact of kidney failure on the action of growth hormone and the role of impaired signal transduction as a cause of growth hormone resistance. He is also engaged in the study of growth factors in diabetic kidney disease.

Contact Info
- VA Medical Center
- Nephrology section 111R
- 3801 Miranda Avenue
- Palo Alto, California 94304
Mail Code: 6130
- (650) 858-3985 (office)
(650) 849-0213 (fax)
Rabkin@stanford.edu

Charles Tomas Racz

Life Science Research Professional 2, Rad/Canary Center at Stanford for Cancer Early Detection

Contact Info
- 3155 PORTER DR
- PALO ALTO, California 94304
Mail Code: 5483
cracz@stanford.edu

Cara Rada

Postdoctoral Scholar, Hematology

Current Research and Scholarly InterestsI develop human brain models to study neurological infection, cancer metastasis, and neurodegeneration. My research focuses on the brain’s blood vessels and brain resident immune cell, microglia, and investigates how alterations in these components of the brain microenvironment can have deleterious effects.