Skip to content
Journal editor aims to prompt thoughtful review of ethics in precision health

...population. David Magnus, PhD, director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, and Mildred Cho, PhD, center co-director, mentored Batten in the project. Artwork by Nick Love and Samuel Rodriguez...

...population. David Magnus, PhD, director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, and Mildred Cho, PhD, center co-director, mentored Batten in the project. Artwork by Nick Love and Samuel Rodriguez...

Physician or physician-scientist — a new curriculum at the School of Medicine trains both

...time for scientific research or personal projects of any kind. As part of my reporting, I spoke with Paul Berg, PhD, professor emeritus of biochemistry and a co-recipient of the...

...time for scientific research or personal projects of any kind. As part of my reporting, I spoke with Paul Berg, PhD, professor emeritus of biochemistry and a co-recipient of the...

Poor quality health care leads to 5 million deaths each year in poorer nations

...than from diabetes. The new findings come from an analysis published in The Lancet by The Lancet Global Health Commission on High Quality Health Systems. The two-year project brought together...

...than from diabetes. The new findings come from an analysis published in The Lancet by The Lancet Global Health Commission on High Quality Health Systems. The two-year project brought together...

Stars of Stanford Medicine: Emergency medicine, health policy and innovation

...structured training about becoming a medical director, someone who oversees medical department staffing and operations. I'm currently working on a project to improve patient experience and patient satisfaction. I also...

...structured training about becoming a medical director, someone who oversees medical department staffing and operations. I'm currently working on a project to improve patient experience and patient satisfaction. I also...

Published on
Stars of Stanford Medicine: Empowering women globally

...college was in political economy, public health and pre-law. I worked on a public health project in Africa and I realized that I really love the skills and ability to...

...college was in political economy, public health and pre-law. I worked on a public health project in Africa and I realized that I really love the skills and ability to...

Published on
Massive online space game refines protein localization

...for an enormous citizen science effort called Project Discovery. A paper describing the work was published in Nature Biotechnology. Led by Emma Lundberg, PhD, associate professor at the KTH Royal...

...for an enormous citizen science effort called Project Discovery. A paper describing the work was published in Nature Biotechnology. Led by Emma Lundberg, PhD, associate professor at the KTH Royal...

Life on the border: Back at Stanford, ready to pitch in

...refugees in the next few months. Updates will be available on our website. Laila Soudi is the project lead for the Stanford Refugee Research Project. Originally from Syria, Laila has...

...refugees in the next few months. Updates will be available on our website. Laila Soudi is the project lead for the Stanford Refugee Research Project. Originally from Syria, Laila has...

Published on
Life on the border: Struggle, loss and desperation

...place to ensure at least the most vulnerable have these services. Laila Soudi is the project lead for the Stanford Refugee Research Project. Originally from Syria, Laila has been working...

...place to ensure at least the most vulnerable have these services. Laila Soudi is the project lead for the Stanford Refugee Research Project. Originally from Syria, Laila has been working...

Published on
Reaching for new stroke treatments by understanding proprioception

...not see when they move. Below the desk, the person’s arm sits in an exoskeleton outfitted with sensors to track its position. And on the desk, Sketch can project virtual...

...not see when they move. Below the desk, the person’s arm sits in an exoskeleton outfitted with sensors to track its position. And on the desk, Sketch can project virtual...

How Stanford Biodesign technologies have helped more than 1.5 million people

...patients. As writer Stacey Paris McCutcheon explains: To help aspiring health care innovators succeed, Stanford Biodesign teaches a need-driven innovation process that involves interdisciplinary collaboration, project-based learning and hands-on mentoring...

...patients. As writer Stacey Paris McCutcheon explains: To help aspiring health care innovators succeed, Stanford Biodesign teaches a need-driven innovation process that involves interdisciplinary collaboration, project-based learning and hands-on mentoring...

New technology provides a better understanding of cells and their neighbors

...cell environment is the ticket to those possibilities. But the biggest accomplishment of the project, he said, is that it created a new tool to fuel future discoveries: The group...

...cell environment is the ticket to those possibilities. But the biggest accomplishment of the project, he said, is that it created a new tool to fuel future discoveries: The group...

Published on
Google Glass helps kids with autism understand faces, Stanford study finds

...Google Glass technology could help kids with autism recognize facial expressions. The trial was led by Stanford's Dennis Wall, PhD, who has several projects underway to build technological solutions for...

...Google Glass technology could help kids with autism recognize facial expressions. The trial was led by Stanford's Dennis Wall, PhD, who has several projects underway to build technological solutions for...

Improving domestic violence screening: A Q&A

As part of the Clinical Observation and Medical Transcription fellowship at Stanford, Laurel Sharpless wanted to pursue a project that was personally important to her: intimate partner violence. Her own...

As part of the Clinical Observation and Medical Transcription fellowship at Stanford, Laurel Sharpless wanted to pursue a project that was personally important to her: intimate partner violence. Her own...

Life on the border: Not simply help but empower

...and hear refugees when they speak of their needs and wants. Laila Soudi is the project lead for the Stanford Refugee Research Project. Originally from Syria, Laila has been working...

...and hear refugees when they speak of their needs and wants. Laila Soudi is the project lead for the Stanford Refugee Research Project. Originally from Syria, Laila has been working...

Published on
Affordable projects tackle real-world problems in developing countries

...kit can be used to teach medical staff how to sterilize surgical equipment in areas that aren’t likely to have video screens or projectors. CleanKit is among the projects described...

...kit can be used to teach medical staff how to sterilize surgical equipment in areas that aren’t likely to have video screens or projectors. CleanKit is among the projects described...

Life on the border: Struggling to survive in Jordan

...what our role as a university is, and where our responsibilities as humans lie to ensure we provide a better future for them. Laila Soudi is the project lead for...

...what our role as a university is, and where our responsibilities as humans lie to ensure we provide a better future for them. Laila Soudi is the project lead for...

Published on