Stanford University
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Stefanie S. Jeffrey, MD
John and Marva Warnock Professor, Emerita
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsDr. Jeffrey led the multidisciplinary team from the Schools of Medicine, Engineering, and Genome Technology Center that invented the MagSweeper, an automated device that immunomagnetically captures live circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from cancer patient blood for single cell analysis or culture. Her lab also works on microfluidic technologies for tumor cell capture, characterization, and growth - with the goal of defining individual patient response to newer biologically-based cancer therapies.
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Sarah Jencks
National Civics Fellow, HOOVER RESEARCH
BioAs founder and principal of Every Museum a Civic Museum, Sarah Jencks works with museum leaders educators to help them articulate their authentic civic missions and see the possibilities for igniting and enacting the collective impact of museum education in schools and in our democratic republic. Recent and current clients include the National Park Service’s Chesapeake Gateways network, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, the Museum of the City of New York, James Madison’s Montpelier, the Barack Obama Foundation, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, King’s Chapel, Made By Us, Thinking Nation, Preservation Maryland, and the Lincoln Presidential Foundation. She believes that every museum can and should be a civic museum. Jencks serves as co-chair of the Educating for American Democracy (EAD) Community Learning Partners task force, serves on the Democratic Knowledge Project’s EAD Advisory Committee, and is a volunteer leader and frequent speaker for the American Association for State and Local History and the American Alliance of Museums. She is a visiting professorial lecturer with the George Washington University Museum Studies program. For almost 15 years, Jencks was founding Director of Education and Interpretation at Ford’s Theatre, where she oversaw school and teacher programs as well as interpretive strategy and digital and on-site exhibitions. She previously taught middle-school history, English, and theater. She serves on the boards of the National Council for History Education and Literacy InterActives and holds an M.Ed. in School Leadership from Harvard University Graduate School of Education and an A.B. in American Civilization from Brown University.
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Michael Jeng
Professor of Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology)
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsResearch interests focus on: 1) histiocytic disorders, such as Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), and 2) vascular anomalies and malformations.
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Susy Jeng
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatric Neurology
Clinical Associate Professor, PediatricsBioDr. Susy Jeng is Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology at Stanford Children’s Hospital at Stanford University. Dr. Jeng received her A.B. at Harvard College and M.D. at the University of California, San Diego. She completed her pediatrics residency at University of California, San Francisco and is board-certified in pediatrics. After practicing general pediatrics for two years, she returned to UCSF for neurology residency. Upon completion of her residencies, she joined the faculty at Stanford as a general child neurologist with a special interest in medical education. She is the site director for the Stanford medical student neurology clerkship and the pediatric neurology liaison to the Stanford pediatrics residency program.
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Nicholas Jenkins
Professor of English
Current Research and Scholarly Interests20th-century culture and literature, especially poetry; digital humanities; art
