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Stanford Medicine magazine explores the new Stanford Hospital

...well-being for employees and clinicians. "We've created an environment to match the high caliber of the care they provide, while offering patients and families an atmosphere that has been designed...

...well-being for employees and clinicians. "We've created an environment to match the high caliber of the care they provide, while offering patients and families an atmosphere that has been designed...

Why we talk with our hands — and how that may help give speech to the speechless

...able to design software that could differentiate among different syllables uttered by two of the implanted participants who retained the power of speech. Stavisky, Shenoy and Henderson's work could one...

...able to design software that could differentiate among different syllables uttered by two of the implanted participants who retained the power of speech. Stavisky, Shenoy and Henderson's work could one...

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Medical student surveys health of nomadic African group, thanks to goats

Hannah Wild was a first-year medical student when she approached Michele Barry, MD, senior associate dean for global health, and asked for help. Wild wanted to design and implement a...

Hannah Wild was a first-year medical student when she approached Michele Barry, MD, senior associate dean for global health, and asked for help. Wild wanted to design and implement a...

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The new Stanford Hospital welcomes its first patients

...Designed with the patient experience in mind, the new 824,000-square-foot facility features 368 single-patient rooms, a 76-bay trauma center, 20 state-of-the-art operating rooms, five gardens and a meditation room.  Now,...

...Designed with the patient experience in mind, the new 824,000-square-foot facility features 368 single-patient rooms, a 76-bay trauma center, 20 state-of-the-art operating rooms, five gardens and a meditation room.  Now,...

In the Spotlight: Juggling vision, videos — and balls

...been super fun. And I've been doing a lot of stuff at the Product Realization Lab, Stanford's hacker space. I design tessellations -- shapes that fit into themselves to fill...

...been super fun. And I've been doing a lot of stuff at the Product Realization Lab, Stanford's hacker space. I design tessellations -- shapes that fit into themselves to fill...

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Future-proofing the new Stanford Hospital: A podcast

...the hospital. We tried to make design decisions and technology decisions that allow us to move to the current or the next generation technology as easily as possible."  So what...

...the hospital. We tried to make design decisions and technology decisions that allow us to move to the current or the next generation technology as easily as possible."  So what...

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It’s go-time: a doctor and student engineers work to make catheterization easier

As a clinical mentor for the Bioengineering Senior Capstone Design course, Stanford urologist Craig Comiter, MD's first job was to write a story about a problem he had observed in...

As a clinical mentor for the Bioengineering Senior Capstone Design course, Stanford urologist Craig Comiter, MD's first job was to write a story about a problem he had observed in...

Enjoy 3D modeling but have trouble seeing? New Stanford invention opens up maker-world to the visually impaired

...able to design and create independently without relying on sighted mediators because that reduces creativity, agency and availability." https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=77&v=XK8Zyi42Cnw To make computer-aided design more accessible to people who are blind...

...able to design and create independently without relying on sighted mediators because that reduces creativity, agency and availability." https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=77&v=XK8Zyi42Cnw To make computer-aided design more accessible to people who are blind...

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Scents and memories at the hospital

...aspiring college STEM students. Her pieces on medicine and society have appeared in The Washington Post, the Seattle Times, The Mercury News, The Korea Times, and Nature. Photo by Design Cells...

...aspiring college STEM students. Her pieces on medicine and society have appeared in The Washington Post, the Seattle Times, The Mercury News, The Korea Times, and Nature. Photo by Design Cells...

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COPD takes center stage at Stanford Medicine X | CHANGE

...solutions to five key problems related to COPD using the principles of Design Thinking. Grace Anne describes herself as, "a very private person," but the lack of awareness and funding...

...solutions to five key problems related to COPD using the principles of Design Thinking. Grace Anne describes herself as, "a very private person," but the lack of awareness and funding...

Clean Water for Health in Uganda: Seeking answers to my childhood questions

...role is to design surveys and conduct interviews that assess the availability and quality of water in rural clinics. This summer, our work took us to Uganda. Our team investigated...

...role is to design surveys and conduct interviews that assess the availability and quality of water in rural clinics. This summer, our work took us to Uganda. Our team investigated...

Patient-provider relationship drives Humanwide project design

...Over several interviews, we discussed what motivates Mahoney's quest to redesign primary care -- work that led to the Humanwide project which is featured in the latest issue of Stanford...

...Over several interviews, we discussed what motivates Mahoney's quest to redesign primary care -- work that led to the Humanwide project which is featured in the latest issue of Stanford...

Sticky sensors developed to detect skin’s signals

...up physiological signals emanating from the skin and wirelessly transmits these readings to a receiver attached onto clothing. The current design uses metallic ink to screen-print an antenna and a...

...up physiological signals emanating from the skin and wirelessly transmits these readings to a receiver attached onto clothing. The current design uses metallic ink to screen-print an antenna and a...

Scientists zero in on cancer treatments using CRISPR

..."Since ADCs can be metabolized in different ways, we see these types of new insights into their mechanism as crucial for future ADC design and development." Photo by David Paschke...

..."Since ADCs can be metabolized in different ways, we see these types of new insights into their mechanism as crucial for future ADC design and development." Photo by David Paschke...

One bicycle crash and six years of recovery: Part II

...started two days after his accident. In 2016, he began working occasionally as a freelance graphic designer. Today, Macchio-Young lives in the home where he grew up with Madison; Trinity,...

...started two days after his accident. In 2016, he began working occasionally as a freelance graphic designer. Today, Macchio-Young lives in the home where he grew up with Madison; Trinity,...

One bicycle crash and six years of recovery: Part I

In 2013, a few days after Anthony Macchio-Young arrived in the Bay Area with plans to find a job in graphic design, he decided to take his bicycle to San...

In 2013, a few days after Anthony Macchio-Young arrived in the Bay Area with plans to find a job in graphic design, he decided to take his bicycle to San...