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New course aims to improve care for the LGBTQ+ community

...chair of education for Stanford Department of Emergency Medicine; Timothy Keyes, a Stanford medical student; Shana Zucker, a Tulane medical student; and Delia Bumgardner, instructional designer for Stanford EdTech. Gisondi...

...chair of education for Stanford Department of Emergency Medicine; Timothy Keyes, a Stanford medical student; Shana Zucker, a Tulane medical student; and Delia Bumgardner, instructional designer for Stanford EdTech. Gisondi...

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Recognition of the power of music in medicine is growing

...primary influence of Stanford Hospital's design. The one-year-old facility -- filled with natural light and original works of art -- recognizes the need to heal the body, mind, and spirit....

...primary influence of Stanford Hospital's design. The one-year-old facility -- filled with natural light and original works of art -- recognizes the need to heal the body, mind, and spirit....

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COVID provides opportunity to rethink inequitable roles in global health partnerships

...relationship look like? "It starts in the beginning, in the underlying intent and design of these programs," says Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, MD, former dean of Uganda's Makerere University and co-author of...

...relationship look like? "It starts in the beginning, in the underlying intent and design of these programs," says Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, MD, former dean of Uganda's Makerere University and co-author of...

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Hospitals’ DNR orders are increasingly complex and varied

...Ethics found that, in the face of these complexities, hospitals have taken markedly different approaches to designing DNR orders, which could result in variabilities in end-of-life care. "Three little letters,"...

...Ethics found that, in the face of these complexities, hospitals have taken markedly different approaches to designing DNR orders, which could result in variabilities in end-of-life care. "Three little letters,"...

Surgical sketches help Stanford surgeon practice, teach

...tips and tricks, but a bullet point never does it for me. I found that figuring out how to design an illustration helped me boil down the details into a...

...tips and tricks, but a bullet point never does it for me. I found that figuring out how to design an illustration helped me boil down the details into a...

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One-year anniversary: New Stanford Hospital’s space, technology have proven key to COVID-19 care

...other innovations became crucial to managing the crisis. The new Stanford Hospital's light-filled entryway atrium "This state-of-the-art building was designed to enable our exceptional staff to do their very best...

...other innovations became crucial to managing the crisis. The new Stanford Hospital's light-filled entryway atrium "This state-of-the-art building was designed to enable our exceptional staff to do their very best...

The intersection of climate and health: Stanford group works for change

...design and advocate for climate policy in New Jersey. When I arrived at Stanford for medical school last year, I wasn't sure at first how to continue my environmental work,...

...design and advocate for climate policy in New Jersey. When I arrived at Stanford for medical school last year, I wasn't sure at first how to continue my environmental work,...

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Stanford students design a device to detect early-stage river blindness

...won funding from Biodesign NEXT, a program offered through Stanford Biodesign that provides additional funding and mentorship to teams from select biodesign courses. Three of the five teammates -- Lamadrid,...

...won funding from Biodesign NEXT, a program offered through Stanford Biodesign that provides additional funding and mentorship to teams from select biodesign courses. Three of the five teammates -- Lamadrid,...

How a smartwatch can detect drug levels in the body

...describing the design was recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study was led by Sam Emaminejad, PhD, an assistant professor of electrical and computer...

...describing the design was recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study was led by Sam Emaminejad, PhD, an assistant professor of electrical and computer...

Stanford undergrads design motivator for at-home physical therapy

As undergraduates in Stanford's Biodesign for Digital Health course, teammates Ryan Kalili and James Savoldelli set out to help injured athletes do their homework -- not their academic homework, but...

As undergraduates in Stanford's Biodesign for Digital Health course, teammates Ryan Kalili and James Savoldelli set out to help injured athletes do their homework -- not their academic homework, but...

Many early COVID-19 studies have low-quality design, risk low-value evidence, research finds

...on trial design, only about 29% of the studies would produce data strong enough to potentially inform changes in clinical care. "Even before results are known, most studies likely will...

...on trial design, only about 29% of the studies would produce data strong enough to potentially inform changes in clinical care. "Even before results are known, most studies likely will...

Device could help patients test blood ammonia levels at home

...ammonia from the blood. The device measures and reports the ammonia level in less than a minute. The researchers took care to optimize the design for mass production and affordability,...

...ammonia from the blood. The device measures and reports the ammonia level in less than a minute. The researchers took care to optimize the design for mass production and affordability,...

The race for a COVID-19 vaccine: What’s ahead

...virus -- participating in some of those studies and being involved in a global network of scientists trying to design vaccines against this. It's reminded us that everything that we...

...virus -- participating in some of those studies and being involved in a global network of scientists trying to design vaccines against this. It's reminded us that everything that we...

AI predicts effective depression treatment based on brainwave patterns

...science. The team set out to design an algorithm able to predict improvement of various depressive symptoms with antidepressant treatment. Individual symptom data were combined with individual recordings from electroencephalography...

...science. The team set out to design an algorithm able to predict improvement of various depressive symptoms with antidepressant treatment. Individual symptom data were combined with individual recordings from electroencephalography...

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Stanford surgeon repurposed her suturing skills to sew hundreds of masks

...more than 750 masks, not including a few for her granddaughter's baby dolls. Meticulous design Pratt approached her mask-making with the same meticulousness she brings to her surgeries. "We tried...

...more than 750 masks, not including a few for her granddaughter's baby dolls. Meticulous design Pratt approached her mask-making with the same meticulousness she brings to her surgeries. "We tried...

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Stanford biochemist works with gamers to develop COVID-19 vaccine

...the laboratory of geneticist Maria Barna, PhD -- hope to design a COVID-19 vaccine that can prime our immune systems to fight the virus, while also remaining stable enough to...

...the laboratory of geneticist Maria Barna, PhD -- hope to design a COVID-19 vaccine that can prime our immune systems to fight the virus, while also remaining stable enough to...