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Marlene Rabinovitch
Dwight and Vera Dunlevie Professor of Pediatric Cardiology
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsOur research program seeks to identify the cellular and molecular programs regulating vascular and lung development, through the use of cultured cells and tissues and mouse and rat models. We then determine how these programs are perturbed by genetic abnormalities or injurious processes associated with disease, focusing on pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a fatal complication in children with heart defects, and a condition of unknown etiology primarily in young women.
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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.
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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.
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Thomas Raffin
The Colleen and Robert Haas Professor in Medicine and Biomedical Ethics, Emeritus
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsDr. Raffin is a clinician, teacher and investigator. He retired as Chief of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine in 2004. His key areas of academic interest include the biology and management of acute lung injury; basic biology of human lung and white cells; and, key issues in biomedical ethics including withholding and withdrawing life support, health care delivery, genomics, genetic screening, and neuroethics.
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Nilima Ragavan
Clinical Professor, Pediatrics - Neonatology
BioDr Nilima Ragavan is a Neonatologist and Clinical Professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She is an experienced clinician who has expertise in the care of critically ill newborns.She is the Neonatal Outreach Medical director for Stanford Children's health, Co director of the Mid Coastal California Perinatal Outreach Program, and the Medical director of the Special care Nursery at Stanford Children's Health.She serves as a mentor to junior faculty. Dr Ragavan is passionate about education, and social justice. She has worked in and promoted social organizations in the fields of education, health care, livelihood and women's empowerment in India.She founded a group called Teach to Heal to promote cross cultural education and has led several multidisciplinary medical teams to India, as well as organized and conducted international neonatal and perinatal conferences.
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Amer Raheemullah
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
BioDr. Amer Raheemullah, MD, is Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University and a Consultant Physician in Addiction Medicine. He is the Director of Stanford Hospital Addiction Services (shas.stanford.edu), which he initially launched at a single site, and after demonstrating significant improvements in patient outcomes, led its expansion across Stanford’s multiple hospital sites.
His research and insights on addiction medicine have been published in leading journals including JAMA and Cambridge University Press, and has been featured in media outlets such as Bloomberg News, ABC7 News, KQED, and Everyday Health. He also consults for various Silicon Valley digital health startups focused on addiction treatment, such as Lucid Lane, where he designed the clinical programs that enabled the organization to scale from a single state to a national telehealth platform operating across most of the United States. He has been invited to advise on national addiction policy by government agencies including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), as well as the Congress-established Reagan-Udall Foundation.
He completed his addiction medicine training at Stanford University School of Medicine and is board certified in addiction medicine and internal medicine. His work focuses on translating research into scalable models of addiction treatment and helping health systems implement high-quality, evidence-based care. -
Ali Rahimpour Jounghani
Research Scientist, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences
BioMy long-term research interests lie in advancing our understanding of neuroimaging techniques and their application in mapping developmental pathways of brain networks, with a focus on how alterations in these networks contribute to mental health disorders. My academic training and multidisciplinary research background have provided me with expertise in a range of neuroimaging modalities, including functional MRI (fMRI), structural MRI, electroencephalography (EEG), and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS).
During my doctoral studies, I investigated the effects of contextually specific, action-based timing behavior on brain responses, as well as the functional impacts of timing behavior in cochlear implant users. These studies provided valuable insights into the temporal dynamics of brain function. My research has also extended to clinical and cognitive applications, such as studying brain functionality in infants in neonatal intensive care units and in adults with brain disorders.
Currently, as a research scientist at Stanford University, my work bridges psychiatry, cognitive science, and biomedical engineering. I focus on refining neuroimaging data analysis techniques and advancing the use of fNIRS and MRI to explore developmental cognition, particularly for ADHD. A significant part of my current research involves the development of a wearable, cost-effective fNIRS platform for precision mental health. Through my work, I aim to contribute to a deeper understanding of brain disorders and to create practical, cutting-edge tools that advance precision mental health care.
