This "In the Spotlight" features Carolyn Dundes, a PhD candidate in Stanford's Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine program and an LGBTQ advocate.
Category: Education
Advice for LGBTQ+ medical school applicants
How "out" should you be in your application? What questions should you ask? Stanford MD/PhD student Tim Keyes offers tips for LGBTQ-identifying med school applicants.
Medical student surveys health of nomadic African group, thanks to goats
Many health surveys omit nomadic African populations, leaving them undercounted for aid and resources. That wasn't OK with medical student Hannah Wild.
Discussing death: Teaching clinicians how to broach tough topics with patients
In this series, three Stanford physicians discuss how Stanford Medicine medical students are learning to navigate difficult conversations.
Finding family in unexpected places
Missing family while she's away at medical school, Stanford student Lauren Joseph stumbled across an unexpected reminder of people dear to her heart.
Elevating women leaders in global health
Michele Barry shares her expierence at the third Women Leaders in Global Health Conference, held this fall in Rwanda. The conference began at Stanford.
Inspired by a stay at Stanford Hospital, a teacher becomes a nurse
The care Bethel Tan received at Stanford Hospital after surgery to treat moyamoya disease inspired her to pursue a career in nursing.
First times in the emergency department
During initial procedures shifts in the ED, every IV placement on a real patient feels like the first time, writes Stanford medical student Tasnim Ahmed.
Meet the surgeon/architect behind the new Stanford Hospital: A podcast
This 1:2:1 podcast features George Tingwald, a physician and architect who reflects on his work overseeing the design of the new Stanford Hospital.
In the Spotlight: Juggling vision, videos — and balls
This "In the Spotlight" features Guillaume Riesen, a PhD student in neuroscience with many, many hobbies.
What baking taught me about practicing medicine
Like baking, practicing medicine sometimes requires improvising, based solidly on knowledge and experience, writes Stanford medical student Yoo Jung Kim.
Future-proofing the new Stanford Hospital: A podcast
This blog post highlights a 1:2:1 podcast featuring Gary Fritz with Stanford Health Care, who discusses the technology in the new Stanford Hospital.
Choices, trade-offs and accomplishments at the Women in Medicine and Science event
The Stanford Medical Alumni Association hosted the Women in Medicine and Science event, celebrating the accomplishments of women scientists and physicians.
OR or OB? A medical student considers specialties
Stanford medical student Orly Farber ponders her response to the ubiquitous question: What will you choose for your specialty?
The slow medicine of literature: Scope@10,000
Jacqueline Genovese reflects on a dinner and discussion series that lets Stanford physicians experience the "slow medicine of literature."
Microaggressions common in the medical workplace, Stanford study suggests
Women medical faculty report subtle prejudices and other microaggressions commonly occur in the workplace, a Stanford study finds.