The year-long curriculum encourages students to seek innovative solutions to reduce the cost of high-quality health care in the United States.
Category: Education
Pre-med student-athletes get mentorship, guidance from Stanford group
Stanford students seeking mentorship in their athletic and pre-med tracks formed a group to address the two important facets of their college careers.
Animated video helps kids weather the COVID-19 pandemic
A Stanford Medicine educator worked on an animated video that helps children manage feelings of loneliness during the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Virtual anatomy labs and at-home dissections: Stanford summer programs thrived online
Stanford Medicine educators found creative ways to teach summer courses to high school and undergraduate students during the pandemic.
Stanford undergrads design motivator for at-home physical therapy
For a Stanford digital health biodesign course, two undergraduates developed a program to increase patients' physical therapy engagement at home.
Stanford medical student’s tweet about blueberry pickers’ wages goes viral
Incoming medical student and blueberry picker Gianna Nino caught the attention of the media when she tweeted about farmworker wages.
A Stanford Medicine professor aches over anti-Black racism
Shaken by the death of George Floyd, Stanford gastroenterologist Uri Ladabaum penned a hearfelt essay on racism and medicine's responsibility to fight it.
From the heart: Stanford cardiology chief reflects on his experience as a Black physician
Eldrin Lewis, Stanford's chief of cardiovascular medicine, opens up about racism and his hopes for future generations of Black physicians and patients.
From Florida to Stanford, nephrologists bond over work
Friends and colleagues, Stanford nephrology fellows Daniel Watford and Dimitri Augustin trained alongside each other in Florida and then both moved west.
Stanford postdoc helps create Black in Neuro Week
Stanford postdoc Brielle Ferguson helped to organize a project called 'Black in Neuro Week' to amplify Black scientists in neuroscience.
Remembering Rep. John Lewis: A Civil Rights icon’s words to Stanford students
Rep. John Lewis, who died July 17, 2020, was interviewed in April 2019 for a Stanford Medicine course on leadership and finding moral identity.
Promoting diversity and inclusion as a medical student at Stanford
In the Spotlight: Stanford medical student Claire Rhee decided to take a stand on social justice long before she chose to pursue a career in medicine.
Black medical workers write, reflect on racism
On the radio show "Forum," Black medical workers spoke about the new awareness of racism, and how writing helps them process their emotions.
Remembering William Dement: Squirt guns, a golf cart and an unforgettable spirit
Known as the “father of sleep medicine,” long-time Stanford Medicine faculty member William Dement is remembered for his charm, quirkiness and generosity.
‘You are the leaders of tomorrow, forged in the crisis of today.’
At the Stanford School of Medicine's virtual graduation ceremony, speakers told newly-minted health professionals that they can make a difference.
When your mother is a neurosurgeon: ‘It motivates me to push myself’
Reece and Alister Sharp, daughters of Stanford neurosurgeon Odette Harris, co-authored a children's book to share their experience.