Stanford University
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Logan Istre
Research and Teaching Fellow, HOOVER RESEARCH
BioLogan Istre is a research and teaching fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, where he contributes to the History Lab’s Global Futures Working Group.
As a historian of the nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century United States, Istre specializes in social networks, political economy, and institutional development. His current book project, "Plowman’s Progress: The Movement that Remade Rural America," studies organized farmers not as populists but as state-building progressives, revealing how middle-class agrarians established research institutions and government bureaus to reconstruct the rural economy. Istre’s other interests range from constitutional politics and economic ideology to American populism. His next research project is a wide-ranging study of the interaction of social elites and popular political movements from the Civil War to the Great Depression. His scholarly work is forthcoming or has appeared in journals like The Journal of Southern History and The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era while his public-oriented writing has featured in a variety of venues.
Before coming to Stanford, Istre received his PhD in US history at Louisiana State University, where his work was supported by a University Dissertation Fellowship as well as grants from the Agricultural History Society and Forest History Society. Prior to his doctoral studies, Istre benefited from a James Madison Memorial Fellowship to pursue his master’s degree and taught high school in New Orleans. -
Haruka Itakura, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Oncology)
On Leave from 2026-09-01 To 2026-12-01BioDr. 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 (AI) 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, multiomic (e.g., radiomic, genomic, transcriptomic) data to accelerate discoveries in cancer diagnostics and therapeutics. Her current projects include data science/AI-powered prediction modeling of survival, treatment response, cancer recurrence, and metastasis in different cancer subtypes; detection of occult invasive breast cancer; and identification of novel therapeutic targets. Her goal is 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 sleep medicine and general pediatrics and has additional fellowship training 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 -
Fabio Iwamoto, MD
Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences (Adult Neurology) and of Neurosurgery (Adult Neurosurgery)
BioDr. Fabio Iwamoto is a board-certified, fellowship-trained neuro-oncologist at Stanford Health Care. He is also a professor in the Department of Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Division of Neuro-Oncology, and a professor of neurosurgery in the Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Neurosurgical Oncology at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Dr. Iwamoto cares for brain and spinal cord tumors, guiding patients from diagnosis through treatment and follow-up. He specializes in managing cancer that has spread to the brain or spinal cord, working with multiple specialists to develop individualized treatment plans. He also has expertise treating tumors called gliomas, including glioblastomas. Throughout the patient journey, Dr. Iwamoto addresses cancer-related complications, such as cancer therapy side effects, numbness, and memory problems. He strives to deliver the highest level of compassionate, patient-centered care, supporting patients and families through complex decisions and challenging moments.
Dr. Iwamoto’s research focuses on developing and evaluating innovative treatments for brain tumors, particularly gliomas and glioblastomas. He studies immunotherapies, targeted therapies, and novel therapy combinations to improve tumor treatment. He leads several national and international clinical trials with the goal of bringing promising discoveries from the laboratory to patients.
Dr. Iwamoto has authored many publications in leading journals, including Nature Cancer, Nature Medicine, Neuro-Oncology, and the Journal of Clinical Oncology. He has published several book chapters on key topics in neuro-oncology, including emerging glioma treatments and the diagnosis and management of central nervous system tumors. He has also shared his expertise and research findings around the world at meetings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Association for Cancer Research, and international neuro-oncology forums. -
Shanto Iyengar
William Robertson Coe Professor and Professor of Political Science and of Communication
BioShanto Iyengar is a Professor of Political Science and Director of the Political Communication Laboratory. Iyengar’s areas of expertise include the role of mass media in democratic societies, public opinion, and political psychology. Iyengar’s research has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Ford Foundation, the Pew Charitable Trusts, and the Hewlett Foundation. He is the recipient of several professional awards including the Philip Converse Award of the American Political Science Association for the best book in the field of public opinion, the Murray Edelman Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Goldsmith Book Prize from Harvard University. Iyengar is author or co-author of several books, including News That Matters (University of Chicago Press, 1987), Is Anyone Responsible? (University of Chicago Press, 1991), Explorations in Political Psychology (Duke University Press, 1995), Going Negative (Free Press, 1995), and Media Politics: A Citizen’s Guide (Norton, 2011).
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Usha Iyer
Associate Professor of Art and Art History
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsFilm studies, South Asia, Caribbean, Gender, Diaspora, Race and ethnicity
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Gift Iyioku
Research and Teaching Fellow, HOOVER RESEARCH
BioGift Iyioku completed her bachelors degree in 2019 Nigeria, her country of origin, where she studied German language at the University of Ibadan. After her undergraduate studies, she completed a one-year internship at the UNESCO- Institute of African Culture and International Understanding (UNESCO-IACIU) and The Africa Progress Group (APG): Two initiatives under Former President of Nigeria, H.E. Olusegun Obasanjo. She moved to the U.S to earn her graduate degrees, and has since received a master’s degree in German Language and Literature with honors from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.
She is currently in the German studies PhD program at Stanford University, and has a PhD minor in political science. Gift is also a student fellow at The Hoover Institution where she conducts research interrelated with her dissertation on human capital development, Africa-focused foreign policies and migration largely defined. Her dissertation focuses on the autobiographies of African migrants in Germany, their narrative sub-classification, migration policies and politics.
