The pandemic gave Stanford Medicine leaders a glimpse of the organization’s full potential and how much more we can accomplish when we work together.
Tag: COVID-19
Stabilizing RNA molecules to strengthen vaccines — including for COVID-19
Stanford Medicine researchers have found a new way to stabilize mRNA molecules, something that could boost COVID vaccines.
Tracking COVID-19 in Pac-12 athletes using smartwatches
Stanford Medicine researchers and collaborators aiming to predict and detect COVID-19 through smartwatch data expand user base into Pac-12 athletes.
In darkness, loneliness, Stanford Medicine chaplains bring peace, strength and hope
Stanford chaplains help patients, patient families and hospital staff impacted by COVID-19 fulfill their spiritual needs.
Stanford Medicine team aids Lakota Nation in fighting COVID-19
When a physician requested pandemic assistance for the Oglala Lakota Nation, a Stanford Medicine team offered guidance in crafting a COVID-19 response.
Pandemic thrust infection prevention team into the spotlight
Throughout pandemic, Stanford Medicine's infection prevention team has risen to the challenges of COVID-19, ensuring the safety of staff and patients.
A line of trust: Stanford Medicine physician supports family members, by phone
This Voices of COVID story features Ricky Hansra, MD, who has found a way to reassure, empower, and advocate for patients' families from a distance.
Community bonds help barbers improve health for Black men
A program that trains barbers to coach Black men about their health and wellness helps bridge health equity gaps by tapping into built-in community bonds.
It takes a team: Caring for kids with COVID-19
In this Voices of COVID story, Stanford Children's Health physician Alan Schroeder, MD, talks about his work caring for kids with COVID-19 symptoms.
When COVID-19 drained supplies and PPE, Stanford Medicine’s “guardian angel” created solutions
This Voices of COVID story shares how Amanda Chawla, supply chain vice president, kept Stanford's health care workers protected when COVID-19 caused PPE shortages.
Capturing how our choices shape epidemics (and the COVID-19 pandemic)
Years before COVID-19, researchers started to develop a mathematical model to better represent how behavioral changes can affect the course of an epidemic.
“Tremendously grateful”: Running drive-through COVID operations at Stanford Health Care
This Voices of COVID story features physician assistant Thanh Khong, who manages testing and vaccination operations for Stanford Health Care.
“The team has risen to the challenge”: Nurse steps up during pandemic
This Voices of COVID piece features Charles Ayson, an experienced night-shift nurse on a COVID-19 unit, who is helping his team of nurses navigate the pandemic.
COVID provides opportunity to rethink inequitable roles in global health partnerships
The pandemic has provided an opportunity to examine relationships in academic global health, notes Michele Barry, Stanford Medicine's global health director.
“A personal hero”: Caring for COVID-19 patients and medical colleagues
This Voices of COVID piece features nurse practitioner Kelly Sanderson, who is working to keep her patients healthy and her coworkers motivated.
PA candidate at Stanford Medicine was medic in war zones and New York City COVID-19 surge
This Voices of COVID story features Stanford Medicine PA student Zach West, who was a New York City 911 paramedic when COVID-19 hit.