Administrative Core
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Director: Harry Greenberg (Tel. 650-540-493-5000 x66133; Email: ) Associate Director: Anson Lowe (Tel. 650-725-6764; Email: ) Associate Director: Pankaj Jay Pasricha (Tel. 650-723-0286; Email: ) DDC Administrator: Linda Jacob (Tel. 650-493-5000 x 63349; Email: ) Center office: Alway Building , Room M211, Stanford , CA 94305-5187 (FAX: 650-852-3259, Palo Alto VA ; 650-723-5488, Stanford) | |
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The Administrative Core is responsible for the overall management of the Core facilities. In addition, the following programs are covered by the Administrative Core under the direction of the DDC Director, Associate Directors, and Center Administrator. The Administrative Core is responsible for the following Center programs.
Named Investigator Program
Each year in the fall we solicit applications for a Named Investigator Award. The External and Internal Advisory Committees review the applications, and in consultation with the Director, select a candidate. The Named Investigator Program provides partial salary support for one to two years for Center members at the Assistant Professor level.
Our Named Investigators (their listed academic titles reflect their status at the time of the award) include:
2001-02
Jeffrey Glenn, Assistant Professor from the Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
2002-03
Seung Kim, Assistant Professor from the Department of Developmental Biology.
2003-04
Eric Sibley, Assistant Professor from the Department of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology Division.
2004-05
James Ford, Assistant Professor from the Department of Medicine, Oncology Division.
2005-06
Manuel Amieva, Assistant Professor from the Department of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases Division and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology.
2006-07
Upinder Singh, Assistant Professor from the Department of Internal Medicine and Microbiology.
2007-08
Calvin Kuo , Associate Professor from the Department of Medicine, Hematology
2008-09
Justin Sonnenburg , Assistant Professor from the Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Pilot Feasibility (PF) Program
Funding for pilot studies is awarded annually beginning on March 1. Announcements for the applications are made in late December or early January. Our selected Pilot applicants for funding include:
2001-02
- Jeff Glenn : "High Efficiency HCV replicons"
Assistant Professor, Medicine/Gastroenterology & Hepatology - Seung Kim: "Identifying functions of novel genes in pancreas development"
Assistant Professor, Developmental Biology - Eric Sibley: "Mesenclaymal Patterning of Gut Epithelial Differentiation"
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics/Gastroenterology
2002-03
- Dean Felsher: "MYC's role in the induction of hepatocellular carcinoma"
Assistant Professor, Medicine/Oncology - David Schneider: "A genetic approach to dissect S. typhimurium-macrophage interactions"
Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology - Upinder Singh: "Host-pathogen interactions of Entamoeba histolytica"
Assistant Professor, Medicine/Infectious Diseases - Andreas Stahl: "Contribution of FATP 4 to dietary fatty acid absorption"
Consulting Assistant Professor, Medicine/Gastroenterology & Hepatology - Roger Vogelmann: "Effect of H. pylori on protein scaffold assembly in epithelial cells"
Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular & Cellular Physiology
2003-04
- Steven Artandi: "Modeling chromosomal instability and tolemerase reactivation in gastrointestinal epithelium"
Assistant Professor, Medicine/Hematology - Hanlee Ji: "DNA mismatch repair and colorectal cancer development"
Postdoctoral Fellow, Medicine/Oncology - Sheau Yu Ted Hsu: "Pysiology of a novel CGRP family peptide, intermedin, in the digestive tract"
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology - Chaitan Khosla: "Tissue transglutaminase inhibitors for celiac sprue"
Professor, Chemical Engineering & Chemistry - Calvin Kuo: "Regulation of intestinal glandular architecture by Dkk and Wnt signaling"
Assistant Professor, Medicine/Hematology
2004-05
- Nam-On Ku: "Role of keratins in regulating cell signaling"
Research Scientist, Medicine/Gastroenterology & Hepatology - Tohru Sato: "Liver homing molecules in GVHD hepatitis"
Clinical Instructor, Medicine/Gastroenterology & Hepatology - Paul J. Utz: "Protein arrays for the study of pediatric sclerosing cholangitis"
Assistant Professor, Medicine/Immunology & Rheumatology
2005-06
- Manuel Amieva: "The role of H.pylori CagA in modifying bacterial attachment to the cell surface"
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology - Wes Brown : "Hematopoeitic progenitor reconstitution protects GI organs from XRT injury"
Assistant Professor, Medicine/Bone Marrow Transplant - Joseph Lipsick: "c-Myb in digestive diseases"
Professor, Pathology - Bill Robinson: "Proteomic analysis of deimination in inflammatory bowel disease" Assistant Professor, Medicine/Immunology & Rheumatology
2006-07
- Stephen Galli: "Protective roles of mast cells in a mouse model of T cell-dependent colitis"
Professor, Pathology - Jonathan Pollack: "Targeting chromosomal instability in colorectal cancer"
Assistant Professor, Pathology - Julien Sage: "Mechanisms of cancer intiation in the mouse liver"
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics/Cancer Biology - Tom Wang: "Detection of dysplasia in Barrett's esophagus with novel peptide reagents "
Clinical Instructor, Medicine/Gastroenterology & Hepatology
2007-08
- Aida Habtezion: "Antigen specific T cell trafficking to the colon"
Clinical Instructor, Medicine/Gastroenterology & Hepatology - Ting-Ting Huang: "Oxidative stress and the development of hepatocellular carcinoma"
Assistant Professor, Neurology - Rajat Rohatgi: "Role of oxysterols and primary cilia in Hedgehog signaling"
Postdoctoral Fellow, Developmental Biology and Medicine/Oncology - Peter Sarnow: "Identification of liver-specific target mRNAs for microRNA miR-122 "
Professor, Microbiology & Immunology - Karl Sylvester: "Wnt signaling in hepatic regeneration and cancer"
Assistant Professor, Surgery
2008-09
- Ajay Chawla: "How do macrophages form the adaptive niche for adult stem cells?"
Assistant Professor, Medicine/Endocrinology, Gerontology & Metabolism - Denise Monack: "Molecular mechanisms of a Salmonella effector protein in persistence"
Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology - Ella Sklan: "Subversion of host trafficking machinery by Hepatitis C virus to promote viral replication"
Postdoctoral Fellow, Medicine/Gastroenterology & Hepatology - Man-Wah Tan: "Bacterial and host factors involved in S. Typhirium colonization of C. elegans "
Assistant Professor, Genetics - Hiroo Ueno: "Hepatic stem cells: Clonal analysis within foregut and identification of markers"
Research Associate, Institute for Stem Cell Biology & Regerative Medicine
Enrichment Program
The enrichment program consists of 4 components. In the aggregate, this program serves to enhance the scholarly interaction of the DDC investigator group.
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The DDC Seminar Series features the Research Base Investigators and associate members, P/F and Named Investigator awardees and other members of the Stanford community whose scholarship is relevant to digestive disease.
upcoming seminars
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The Visiting Scientist Program brings in nationally and internationally renowned speakers.
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A one-day annual Retreat. Our next Retreat is scheduled for October 4, 2008.
- Annual Symposium - This year's Symposium, "Through the Intestinal Tract with Gun and Camera," was held in honor of Stan Falkow on May 3, 2008, at Stanford University's Hewlett auditorium. The June 8, 2007 Symposium centered on the theme of hepatitis C (title: The Virology and Treatment of Hepatitis C"). The 2006 Symposium was held on June 23rd and revolved around the topic of "Autoimmunity in Digestive Health and Disease."
The 2005 Symposium covered "Pancreatic Cancer: Clinical and Basic Development."
Clinical Component
This is a new component that is being established to support translational research efforts.
