Residents discuss the concept of professionalism, how it can create harmful stereotypes and why it's important to be inclusive.
Category: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Researchers discuss health disparities in melanoma diagnoses
While melanoma rates have leveled off for most of the United States, Black and Latino communities are at a higher risk for the disease.
Digging into diversity to understand diabetes
Researchers are searching large, diverse genetic databases to better understand the roots of diabetes in diverse populations.
Being Black in a white coat: Reflections of Black physicians
A group of Black Stanford Medicine physicians and alumni discuss what advice they would give to their younger selves.
Fighting childhood infectious disease, lessons from COVID-19
Stanford Medicine pediatric infectious disease researcher describes her work in childhood infectious disease and lessons from the pandemic.
Learning to address anti-Black racism in the clinic
A course designed by Stanford Medicine's Presence 5 helps medical instructors teach anti-Black racism in the clinic.
Diversity leadership program aims to improve medicine’s culture
Pediatrics professor describes an equity, diversity and inclusion program that empowers underrepresented faculty to eliminate bias.
Stanford Medicine magazine’s top reads of 2021 offer hope
Stanford Medicine magazine's most-read articles of 2021 were about health inequity and discoveries about the brain and nervous system.
Q&A: Native Hawaiian resident shines light on health disparities
A Stanford Medicine medical student speaks to the disparities in representation of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders in medicine.
Pandemic Puzzle: Health disparities and equitable recovery
In Stanford's Pandemic Puzzle virtual symposium, experts discuss medical and economic issues of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Making space for underrepresented students in population health
Stanford Medicine researchers have launched a program to address the lack of diversity in population health sciences.
Stanford researchers to improve LGBTQ+ health and representation
Stanford Medicine researchers have been awarded millions of dollars from the NIH to better research LGBTQ+ health.
Uneven health care access stresses DACA families, study finds
Immigrants living in the U.S. without legal status are often reluctant to get medical care even when they have DACA protection, study shows.
A passion for saving lives, being a voice for health equity
Through his words, Italo Brown’s accomplishments and his actions as an advocate for equity in health care, he has embraced the challenge of rising to the name and its expectations.
Racial, ethnic disparities in COVID-19 vaccination coverage
New research shows that 65% of people in the US will be partially vaccinated by July 4 — but for Hispanic and Black people, rates are lower.
Finding redemption through criminal justice reform
After prison, Shaka Senghor dedicated himself to being a voice for the incarcerated and leading young Black men away from lives of crime.