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  • Dennis Lund

    Dennis Lund

    Elizabeth Wood Dunlevie Professor, Emeritus

    BioDr. Lund was born in Duluth, MN and attended Harvard College and Harvard Medical School. He received his general surgical training at the MGH in Boston, and his pediatric surgical training at Boston Children's Hospital. His initial career was spent as a trauma, transplant and general pediatric surgeon at Boston Children's. In 1999, he became Surgeon-in-Chief of the University of Wisconsin Children's Hospital in in Madison, and in 2001 became Chair of General Surgery at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2011, he became Executive Vice President of the Phoenix Children's Medical Group and Surgeon-in-Chief at Phoenix Children's Hospital. Dr. Lund joined the Stanford faculty in Pediatric Surgery and as Associate Dean of the Faculty in Pediatrics and Obstetrics (Clinical Affairs) as well as Chief Medical Officer at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in March, 2015. In March of 2018 and through January of 2019, Dr. Lund served as interim President and CEO of Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.

  • Emma Lundberg

    Emma Lundberg

    Associate Professor of Bioengineering and of Pathology

    BioDr. Emma Lundberg is an Associate Professor of Bioengineering and Pathology at Stanford University and serves at the Director of the Cell Atlas of the Human Protein Atlas initiative in Sweden, where she is also Professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. At the intersection of bioimaging, proteomics, and artificial intelligence, her research aims to define the spatiotemporal organization of the human proteome at both cellular and subcellular level. Dr. Lundberg aims to develop integrated models of human cells to elucidate how variations in protein localization patterns influence cellular function, ultimately enabling the simulation of cell behavior and a systems-level understanding of how biological information is spatially encoded. The Lundberg Lab is responsible for creating the Subcellular Atlas of the Human Protein Atlas database (https://www.proteinatlas.org/). Dr. Lundberg is dedicated to building virtual cell models to simulate cell behavior, and is passionate about engaging the public in her work through citizen science games and computational challenges.

    Dr. Lundberg holds a Master’s degree in Bioengineering and a PhD in Biotechnology from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden. She has served as Secretary General of the Human Proteome Organization, and is actively involved in advisory roles for numerous open-access databases and cell mapping efforts such as the CZI AI Virtual Cell, Human Cell Atlas consortium, UniProt db, Reactome db, Human Proteome Project and various pharma and biotech companies. As a token of her leadership skills and advocate for open science, she was twice recognized as top 10 under 40 for future leaders in biopharma and omics.

  • Matthew Lungren

    Matthew Lungren

    Adjunct Professor, Biomedical Data Science

    BioDr. Matthew Lungren is a physician-scientist whose research develops and evaluates machine learning systems that combine medical imaging, electronic health record data, and clinical outcomes. His current work concerns medical foundation models, agentic clinical systems, and the prospective evaluation of AI in real clinical workflows. He joined the Stanford faculty in 2014 in the Department of Radiology, serving as Assistant Professor and then Associate Professor through 2021 while leading a dedicated pediatric interventional radiology service. He co-founded and co-directed the Stanford Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Imaging. He remains Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Data Science at Stanford, where he co-teaches Generative AI and Medicine, and holds a part-time clinical appointment at UCSF. He serves as an independent board director and scientific advisor to medical technology, health system, and life science organizations. In industry, Dr. Lungren served as Chief Scientific Officer for Health and Life Sciences and as AI Technical Advisor in the Office of the CTO at Microsoft.

    Dr. Lungren is also a top rated instructor leading AI in Healthcare courses designed especially for learners with non-technical backgrounds:
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  • Liqun Luo

    Liqun Luo

    Ann and Bill Swindells Professor and Professor, by courtesy, of Neurobiology

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsWe study how neurons are organized into specialized circuits to perform specific functions and how these circuits are assembled during development. We have developed molecular-genetic and viral tools, and are combining them with transcriptomic, proteomic, physiological, and behavioral approaches to study these problems. Topics include: 1) assembly of the fly olfactory circuit; 2) assembly of neural circuits in the mouse brain; 3) organization and function of neural circuits; 4) Tool development.

  • Ruben Y. Luo

    Ruben Y. Luo

    Assistant Professor of Pathology

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsApply top-down mass spectrometry and label-free immunoassay to the study and utilization of biomarker proteoforms in clinical diagnosis.

  • Annamaria Lusardi

    Annamaria Lusardi

    Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and Professor, by courtesy, of Finance at the Graduate School of Business

    BioAnnamaria Lusardi is a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), and the Director of the Financial Freedom Initiative, a collaboration between SIEPR, the Graduate School of Business (GSB), and the Economics Department at Stanford University. She is also Professor of Finance (by courtesy) at the GSB. Previously, she was University Professor at The George Washington University and, before that, she was the Joel Z. and Susan Hyatt Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College, where she started her academic career. She has also taught at Princeton University, the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy and Booth School of Business, and Columbia Business School. She was also a visiting scholar at Harvard Business School. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University and an honorary doctorate from the University of Vaasa in Finland.

    One of the most cited authors in financial literacy, Lusardi is the founder and Academic Director of the Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center (GFLEC), which has done pioneering work on personal finance education. She has published close to 100 articles and books, including publications in the American Economic Review and the Journal of Political Economy. She is the founder and inaugural editor of the Journal of Financial Literacy and Wellbeing, published by Cambridge University Press. She has received numerous research and policy awards around the world, including grants from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the Social Security Administration. In 2017, 2021, and 2022, she was included in the Clarivate list, which recognizes exceptional research influence. She also won teaching awards at both Princeton and the University of Chicago.

  • Kevin M Lutley

    Kevin M Lutley

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health

    BioDr. Lutley is a primary care doctor. He is board certified in internal medicine.

    For every patient, he creates a customized care plan. Plans focus on helping each person enjoy the best possible health and wellness.

    Dr. Lutley has helped advance care through research. He has shared his research discoveries with his peers in invited presentations. Topics include drug prices in community pharmacies and the quality of interactions between patients and resident physicians.

    While an internal medicine resident at Stanford, Dr. Lutley served as a member of the Stanford Ambulatory Care Excellence Program. This initiative aims to enhance the quality of outpatient primary care.

    Dr. Lutley helps educate the primary care doctors of tomorrow. He is a clinical assistant professor of primary care and population health in the Stanford Department of Medicine, Division of Primary Care.

    Before joining Stanford, Dr. Lutley performed needs assessments and care coordination with local public health agencies in Flint, Michigan.

    Recognition for his achievements includes induction in the Gold Humanism Honor Society. This national organization honors senior medical students, residents, teachers and others for excellence in clinical care, leadership, and compassion. Additional honors for Dr. Lutley include induction in Alpha Omega Alpha, the honor society in the field of medicine.

    From Stanford University, he received the Julian Wolfsohn Award. This honor goes to residents who demonstrate exemplary professionalism, teaching, and dedication to patient care.

    Dr. Lutley is a member of the American College of Physicians.

  • Amelie Lutz

    Amelie Lutz

    Adjunct Clinical Professor, Radiology

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMolecular imaging in oncology
    Peripheral Nerve Imaging
    Cellular imaging of musculoskeletal inflammatory diseases
    Kinematic musculoskeletal imaging
    Magnetic resonance imaging of hepatic disorders

  • Julie Lutz, PhD

    Julie Lutz, PhD

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

    BioDr. Julie Lutz is a licensed clinical psychologist with specialty training in geropsychology/aging and suicide prevention. She received her PhD from West Virginia University, completed her predoctoral internship with an emphasis in geropsychology at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, and completed a T32 postdoctoral clinical research fellowship in suicide prevention at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York. She worked in clinical research on suicide prevention among older Veterans at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System following postdoctoral fellowship. Her research and clinical work both focus on evidence-based behavioral interventions to address mental health, social connection, and coping with chronic health and functioning issues to reduce risk in later life.

  • Daphne P. Ly, MD, FACS

    Daphne P. Ly, MD, FACS

    Affiliate

    Current Research and Scholarly Interests1. Integrate machine learning with electronic health record system to improve work flow and achieve individualize cancer care based on current evidence.
    2. Apply Cancer Genetics in cancer treatment and cancer risk reduction.

  • Deirdre J. Lyell, M.D.

    Deirdre J. Lyell, M.D.

    Dunlevie Endowed Professor of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Professor, by courtesy, of Pediatrics

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsPreterm labor prevention and management, preeclampsia prevention and treatment, short and long-term impact of surgical techniques at cesarean, depression during pregnancy, fetal heart rate monitoring and long-term neurologic outcome, randomized clinical trials.

  • Raquel Leanne Lyn

    Raquel Leanne Lyn

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine

    BioDr. Lyn serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor within the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care at Stanford University. Specializing in the comprehensive management of pulmonary hypertension, she completed her fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Stanford in 2021. She furthered her expertise as the 2021-22 Vera Moulton Wall Center eBay Fellow in Pulmonary Vascular Disease.

    Today, Dr. Lyn is a member of the Stanford Health Care Adult Pulmonary Hypertension team, serving as a clinician educator and Assistant Director of the Stanford CTEPH program. Her clinical and research interests focus on CTEPH, post-acute PE care and advancing health equity within pulmonary vascular diseases.

  • Zhonglin Lyu

    Zhonglin Lyu

    Instructor, Neurosurgery

    BioDr. Lyu is an instructor at the Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine. He obtained his PhD at Soochow University, China, where he gained training in designing biomaterials to modulate stem cell behaviors and led multidisciplinary research under the advice of Prof. Hong Chen. During his PhD, he worked as a visiting student researcher at Canary Center for Early Cancer Detection at Stanford University School of Medicine where he gained training in microfluidics and cancer metastasis. Dr. Lyu carried out his postdoctoral research under the guidance of Prof. Jon Park and Wonjae Lee at the Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine. He developed an in vitro microphysiological model of ischaemic stroke and used it as a platform to systematically evaluate the restorative potential of stem cell therapy.
    As an instructor, Dr. Lyu's main research interest is to develop in vitro tissue/organ models to mimic human diseases including neurological diseases and cancer metastases. The goal is to use these models to understand disease mechanisms, to evaluate the safety and efficacy of existing drugs, and to look for new therapeutic targets.

  • Chelsea Ma, MD

    Chelsea Ma, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Dermatology

    BioChelsea Ma, M.D. is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology. Dr. Ma received a Bachelor of Arts degree in human biology from Stanford University. She attended medical school at the University of California Davis, and internship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School. She completed her dermatology residency at University of California Davis, serving as Chief Resident her final year. She completed a clinical research fellowship, focusing on neutrophilic dermatoses, blistering diseases, melanoma, eczema and psoriasis. Her clinical interests include general dermatology and complex medical dermatology.