The prevalence of suicide by firearm in the U.S. is just one of the many sobering statistics to emerge out of a new investigation of global gun violence.
Category: Global Health
Stanford surgeon works to improve care for civilians in conflict zones
The goal is to design a humanitarian surgical response in conflict zones to avert preventable disability and deaths through modern, evidence-based care.
Stars of Stanford Medicine: Empowering women globally
In this Stars of Stanford Medicine Q&A, obstetrics and gynecology resident Nichole Young-Lin discusses her interests and plans to help women worldwide.
Life on the border: Back at Stanford, ready to pitch in
In this final piece from Laila Soudi, she reflects on her travels near the Syrian border and her hopes for the Stanford Refugee Research Project.
Life on the border: Struggle, loss and desperation
Laila Soudi is documenting her experience traveling among Syrian refugees in the Middle East as part of the Stanford Refugee Research Project.
Life on the border: Not simply help but empower
Stanford's Laila Soudi is documenting her experience among Syrian refugees in the Middle East, where she and her team seek to not only listen, but empower refugees at the border.
Affordable projects tackle real-world problems in developing countries
In a popular course, Stanford students are using every day materials to create affordable projects to solve health related problems in the developing world.
Stopping sexual assaults depends, in part, on statisticians
Stanford statisticians are developing new techniques for understanding how and why sexual assault prevention programs work.
Life on the border: Struggling to survive in Jordan
Stanford's Laila Soudi is documenting her travels among Syrian refugees in the Middle East, where she is developing relationships to make a difference.
Stanford data analyst’s childhood inspires his research: A Q&A
Data analyst Jonathan Altamirano discusses living in Nicaragua as a child and how that inspired his current health research at Stanford.
Stars of Stanford Medicine: Improving cardiovascular health in Africa and beyond
This Stars of Stanford Medicine Q&A features Andrew Chang, clinical instructor of medicine, who is working to improve cardiovascular health globally.
Thai boys’ cave rescue: What are the health concerns?
Paul Auerbach, a Stanford professor of emergency medicine, discusses potential health concerns of Thai boys rescued after two weeks trapped in a cave.
Life on the border: Stanford researcher seeks to help Syrian refugees
Laila Soudi, head of the Stanford Refugee Research Project, will spend the next five weeks visiting the Jordan-Syria and Lebanon-Syria borders.
Poor air quality in sub-Saharan Africa responsible for more infant deaths than previously thought
Assessing the relationship between air quality and mortality, a Stanford study finds that in 2015, exposure to air pollution in sub-Saharan Africa led to 400,000 otherwise preventable infant deaths.
The travel ban harms already vulnerable Syrian refugees
The Supreme Court upheld the travel ban, making it a challenge for refugees and others who had hoped to travel, or live, in the U.S.
Scientists tap sound and acoustics to listen in on the brain, track mosquitoes, design heart tissue and more
Researchers at Stanford are harnessing sound and acoustics to innovate technologies that boost medical and health applications; from a stethoscope that "hears" brain waves, to software that identifies the hums of mosquitoes.