Gianna Nino was nearing the end of her summer job of picking blueberries when she sent out a tweet about the low wages earned by farmworkers. The Stanford graduate and...
...essay published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, he has never faced the violence Black Americans do because of their race. "I tell myself that I, too, might be discriminated...
...Jeremy Goldhaber-Fiebert, PhD, and Jason Andrews, MD, are leading a Stanford Medicine team focused on assessing the crisis inside California's corrections facilities and evaluating strategies to contain the virus. The...
Eldrin Lewis, MD, MPH, is chief of cardiovascular medicine at Stanford. But during his career as a Black physician, assumptions made about him and his role in medicine have made...
...visits to the clinic, so their physical function can be reassessed. The clinic uses two tests: a six-minute walk test, which measures the distance an individual can walk in six...
...Medicine · Non-violent de-escalation strategies in the ER (2020) Why does it sometimes get intense in emergency departments? In emergency medicine, because of the nature of our work -- we're...
...to meet quality standards -- particularly in size and reach -- causing concerns that the evidence could be of little meaningful use in guiding the public response, scientists from Stanford Medicine...
Brielle Ferguson, PhD, is used to being the only Black neuroscientist in her immediate circles -- but in recent weeks, she's had the pleasure of meeting many others. Ferguson, a...
...a patient with an unusual ammonia metabolism problem, Gilbert Chu, MD, PhD, professor of medicine (oncology) and of biochemistry at Stanford Medicine, assembled a team of researchers to reimagine the...
...all make our country a better place for all of our citizens. Paul Costello facilitates Med 245: Leadership in Medicine: Developing your Moral Identity with School of Medicine faculty Dean...
There is growing evidence of increased rates of COVID-19 in areas with high levels of air pollution. Stanford researcher Mary Prunicki, MD, PhD, studies how toxic air can make people...
Third-year medical student Claire Rhee decided to take a stand on issues of social justice long before she chose to pursue a career in medicine. When she was still in high...
When the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign conducted a survey to learn about gender inequalities in the health technology industry, one of many eye-opening findings highlighted the power of mentorship....
...like to see medical cannabis held to the same standards as any other medicine," Humphreys said. "They need evidence for their claims." Next steps for research As for the tweet...
...goals of a collaboration between experts at Stanford Medicine and the Bill Lane Center for the American West. Together, they strive to find ways the American health care system can...
...Stanford Medicine's approximately 60 medical interpreters. Through video conferencing, phone calls or in-person sessions, these interpreters cover an impressive array of languages, including Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Farsi, and American Sign...
