Beth Duff-Brown

Beth Duff-Brown at Stanford Health Policy

Beth Duff-Brown

  • Communications Manager

Stanford Health Policy
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Stanford, CA 94305

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Biography

Beth Duff-Brown became the Communications Manager at Stanford Health Policy in May 2015. She was the editorial director at the Center for International Security and Cooperation for three years before joining the health policy and research centers at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the School of Medicine. Before coming to Stanford, Beth worked in Africa and Asia as a foreign correspondent for The Associated Press, including as bureau chief for South Asia, based in New Delhi, and as the Deputy Asia Editor at the Asia-Pacific Desk in Bangkok, overseeing the daily news report from Afghanistan to Australia. She was a 2010-2011 Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford, where she developed a digital platform to tell stories about women and girls in the developing world. Beth has a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University and was a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

In The News

An illustration of vaccine injections
Commentary

Guidance for Clinicians Navigating Conflicting Vaccination Recommendations

SHP’s Michelle Mello and former CDC Director Rochelle Walensky offer recommendations to clinicians struggling to follow new vaccine guidelines.
Guidance for Clinicians Navigating Conflicting Vaccination Recommendations
An illustration of using AI in insurance claims
News

When AI Algorithms Decide Whether Your Insurance Will Cover Your Care

In this Health Affairs study, Stanford researchers examine the promises of efficiency and risks of supercharged flaws in the race to use artificial intelligence in health care.
When AI Algorithms Decide Whether Your Insurance Will Cover Your Care
Two toddlers walking down a dirt road
News

Why Tracking Pediatric Hospital Care Matters as Medicaid Cuts Loom

In this timely study, SHP's Lee Sanders reveals that Medicaid discharges accounted for $119.5 billion—more than half of all pediatric hospital discharges nationwide—a figure the researchers called “striking.”
Why Tracking Pediatric Hospital Care Matters as Medicaid Cuts Loom