Medical student Melissa Eidman speaks to her motivation to pursue medicine and how it intertwines with her Native heritage.
Category: Diversity Equity & Inclusion
How to regulate AI? Bioethicist David Magnus on medicine’s critical moment
The applications for AI in medicine are being explored deeply at Stanford Medicine and elsewhere. Putting guardrails in place now is crucial.
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month at Stanford Medicine
Stanford Medicine celebrates the contributions, care, and research that's by and for the Hispanic community.
How can medicine achieve more diversity in clinical trials?
Bonnie Maldonado speaks to the importance of broadening inclusivity of clinical trials to ensure treatments work for all people.
Stanford Medicine making strides in advancing women leaders
Stanford Medicine is celebrating Women in Medicine month and highlighting our high rate of women in high-level roles.
Women biomedical inventors underrepresented on patents
Stanford Medicine-led study finds a disparity between men and women listed on patents and their research contributions.
This Is My Why: LGBTQ+ education
Stanford Medicine researchers, health care workers and staff speak to why they're passionate about LGBTQ+ care, education and advocacy.
What does it mean to be neurodiverse in medicine?
Stanford Medicine neurodiversity and autism expert Lawrence Fung discusses what it means to be neurodiverse in medicine.
Celebrating Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders at Stanford Medicine
Stanford Medicine celebrates and recognizes the contributions of the Asian American and Pacific Islander community.
Supporting Arab American students, community at Stanford Medicine
To better understand health issues for Arab Americans, the Arab Leadership and Advocacy in Medicine group advocates for representation.
Caring for migrants at the border
Stanford Medicine student shares her motivations to advance health literacy and more equitable health outcomes for underserved populations.
Researchers team with CDC to expand adult hepatitis B testing
New CDC recommendation for universal hepatitis B screening could significantly reduce liver cancer in Asians and Black people, researchers say.
A network to support LGBTQ+ health
Researchers at Stanford Medicine are investigating how to best provide health care to the LBGTQ+ community.
Investigating disparities in LGBTQ breast cancer care
Researchers at Stanford Medicine investigate cancer disparities in LGBTQ populations and how to address them.
Stanford Medicine magazine: Solving for health’s social hurdles
Achieving more equitable health outcomes calls for understanding and addressing societal challenges in places we live, work and play.
Conference for pre-med students addresses health disparities
SUMMA, a conference designed to train the next generation of physicians and increase diversity in the medical field is accepting registrants.