Dr. Everett Moding is a physician scientist in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Stanford University. Clinically, he focuses on the treatment of patients with sarcomas using radiation therapy, and he is engaged in prospective and retrospective clinical research. He has diverse research expertise in pre-clinical models and next-generation sequencing based approaches to analyze human samples. He has used genetically engineered mouse models to study radiation biology and the contribution of the tumor microenvironment to cancer development and response to therapy.
How do glia sculpt neural circuits and how does dysregulation of glia contribute to disease? Glia make up more than half of the cells in the human brain, but we are just beginning to understand the complex and multifactorial role glia play in health and disease. Glia are decidedly dynamic in form and function. Understanding the mechanisms underlying the dynamic nature of glia is imperative to developing novel therapeutic strategies for diseases of the nervous system that involve aberrant gliogenesis.
Dr. Eric Stice served as an assistant professor and associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin and as a Senior Research Scientist at Oregon Research Institute before joining the faculty at Stanford University. His research focuses on identifying risk factors that predict onset of eating disorders, obesity, substance abuse, and depression to advance knowledge regarding etiologic processes, including the use of functional neural imaging. He also designs, evaluates, and disseminates prevention and treatment interventions for eating disorders, obesity, and depression.
