Stanford Medicine scholar turns time in Bangladesh during COVID-19 into a chance to improve health worker safety in low-resources countries.
Tag: Public Safety
Finding redemption through criminal justice reform
After prison, Shaka Senghor dedicated himself to being a voice for the incarcerated and leading young Black men away from lives of crime.
Stanford researchers help California prisons hit hard by COVID-19
A Stanford research team is tasked with assessing the COVID-19 infection crisis inside California’s prisons and providing strategies to contain the virus.
Remembering Rep. John Lewis: A Civil Rights icon’s words to Stanford students
Rep. John Lewis, who died July 17, 2020, was interviewed in April 2019 for a Stanford Medicine course on leadership and finding moral identity.
Risk of suicide is much higher among handgun owners, study says
A comprehensive Stanford study of data on California gun sales and first-time gun owners shows a link between suicides and handgun ownership.
Animated COVID-19 prevention video goes viral
Two videos created by a Stanford Medicine educator are being used to teach people around the globe about how to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Gun violence is a public health issue: One physician’s story
An emergency room physician shares the story of treating a baby with a gunshot wound and how the experience shaped her views on gun violence.
Reflections on the California fires
Second-year medical student Orly Farber reflects on the wildfires that have burned through Northern and Southern California this month.
Doctors and students rally to support gun violence research, education
More than 300 doctors, residents and medical students gathered on the Stanford Medicine campus to support reducing firearms violence in the United States.
Medical tips for holiday travel
Stanford Medicine Unplugged (formerly SMS Unplugged) is a forum for students to chronicle their experiences in medical school. The student-penned entries appear on Scope once a …
Study shows football helmet safety tests may not capture common cause of concussions
The football helmet is perhaps the most iconic piece of safety equipment there is, but we're just now beginning to understand how helmets can — and should …
Stanford biomedical community shows support for those affected by police violence
Scores of biomedical students, researchers, faculty and staff staged a "die-in" yesterday to protest excessive police violence against people of color. Clad in black "BlackLivesMatter" …
The risks of tinkering with dangerous pathogens
In an effort to understand new and rare infectious diseases, researchers often use recombinant DNA technology to create novel strains in the lab. In 2012, …
Mining Twitter to identify cases of foodborne illness
During this year's Big Data in Biomedicine conference at Stanford, Taha Kass-Hout, MD, chief health informatics officer for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, talked …
Now that's using your head: Bike-helmet monitor alerts emergency contacts after a crash
For me, the hardest thing about loving someone is knowing I can't always be with them. That's why I keep my eyes peeled for the …
Pew Research Center: Gun homicide rate has dropped by half since 1993
Man bites dog. As reported on the Wonkblog and elsewhere yesterday, a new analysis indicates that the rate of gun-induced homicide has plummeted by half over the …