For Christmas in 1982, Henry Ward Trueblood's wife, Nancy, gave him a book about the 1965 Battle of Ia Drang, the first major engagement between …
Author: Kathy Zonana
Female biomedical faculty progress toward parity
I was a junior at Stanford in 1991 when professor of neurosurgery Frances Conley, MD, objected to the promotion of a colleague to acting department …
Better teachers, better doctors, better patients: Stanford’s Faculty Development Center at 30
"See one, do one, teach one," goes the medical school adage. But how do you learn how to teach one? "In medical training, education and …
A voyage to inner space: The diagnostics emerging from Stanford
I was 5, or maybe 6. We were standing in line at Disneyland. And, suddenly, I was terrified. I had thought we were in line …
Stanford researchers and local American Indians team up to prevent diabetes
Sit with Al Cross outside a San Jose coffee shop, and former mayor Tom McEnery might say hi as he passes by. "We belong here," …
On mentorship, and how to pay it forward
When emeritus professor of microbiology and immunology Stanley Falkow, PhD, received the National Medal of Science in May, the White House didn't just laud his scholarship, …
Seeing the beauty in disability
"Why is that the title?" my son inquired, with the guttural sound of exasperation so characteristic of the preteen. He was reading the proofs of …
“This is my story, my body, my journey”: A Stanford physician’s quest for better health
Larry Chu, MD, and I have a few things in common. We've both been carrying around excess weight, and the judgments that come with it, …
CRISPR critters and CRISPR conundrums
There's much ado about the gene-editing technique CRISPR/Cas9 this week, with a multinational summit in Washington, D.C. on human gene editing, plus the clock ticking …
When medical knowledge is at a crossroads, how research can take patient preferences into account
Let's say you have high blood pressure that can be treated with one of two medications. Neither drug is experimental; both are within the standard …
Why chronic disease harms kids’ bone development — and what to do about it
"Someone once told me listening to me talk is like drinking from a fire hose," Mary Leonard, MD, said to me at the end of …
Should patients pay their way into clinical trials?
In a time of shrinking federal research budgets, here's one idea for a solution: charge patients to participate in clinical trials. Patients' payment could fund …