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A paper co-authored by Stanford Law School’s Michelle Mello examines policies that health-care organizations are implementing to address potential risks associated with cognitive and physical decline in late-career physicians (LCPs).
The annual award from the American Academy of Sciences & Letters is presented to a public thinker who displays "extraordinary courage in the exercise of intellectual freedom."
Michelle Mello, a professor of law and of health policy, wins the annual teaching award at Stanford Law School, where her students call her an inspirational leader and committed mentor.
Being elected by the academy is one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine, recognizing individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.
Paul Wise, a pediatrician devoted to conflict resolution for children around the world, writes in this commentary that the human limits of deterrent policies on our southern border lie in the boundaries of acceptance and decency of the American people.
Tuberculosis incidence is increasing in Latin America, where the incarcerated population has nearly quadrupled since 1990. Researchers aimed to quantify the impact of historical and future incarceration policies on the tuberculosis epidemic, accounting for effects in and beyond prisons.
With obesity and heart disease at epidemic levels, and loneliness a growing factor of American society, a public health research group—for which SHP’s Sara Singer is an advisor—demands more accountability from large U.S. companies that impact consumers’ health.
About 80% of emergency departments aren’t fully prepared to care for kids. Upgrading them would be a highly cost-effective way to save lives, according to a new study by SHP's Jeremy Goldhaber-Fiebert and former postdoc research fellow Christopher Weyant.
According to the co-authors of a perspective published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the use of AI diagnostic tools by medical practitioners can lead to unexpected financial burdens for their patients.
As policymakers, health-care practitioners, and technologists pursue the application of AI and machine learning (ML) algorithms in health care, this policy brief underscores the need for health equity research and highlights the limitations of employing technical “fixes” to address deep-seated health inequities.
Stanford Health Policy's Michelle Mello discusses how the law, artificial intelligence, and the COVID-19 pandemic have shaped health care in this Q&A with The Regulatory Review.
Significant racial and socioeconomic disparities persist in the quality of care and safety for the more than 37 million Americans who have type 2 diabetes. SHP’s Sara Singer is working to improve equity-based diabetes care in federally funded health-care centers.
The Prevention Policy Modeling Lab evaluates the health impact, costs, and cost-effectiveness of infectious disease treatment and prevention programs in the United States, collaborating with academics and scientists from other universities and health departments nationwide.
Protecting the lives of children in Gaza and other conflicts requires changes to the rules of engagement and global responses to all conflicts affecting civilian populations, argue SHP’s Paul Wise and colleagues.
The Supreme Court ended its 2024 term with major rulings affecting federal agencies. SHP’s Michelle Mello writes in a JAMA viewpoint that while these rulings have critical ramifications for health agencies, the outlook is more complex than it might appear.
The annual Outstanding Statistical Application Award recognizes the authors of a paper that demonstrates an outstanding application of statistics in any substantive field.
MIT economist Jon Gruber tells Boston Public Radio that a new fertility study by SHP's Maria Polyakova and Stanford colleagues gives the first "solid evidence" regarding the impact that infertility can have on families.
Watch Sara Singer give Grand Rounds about the importance of Team Science in clinical research.
SHP's Keith Humphreys argues that California’s problem isn’t that it offers housing first to recovering addicts — which is desperately needed — but that it offers nothing else.
Stanford researchers find persistent infertility takes a large toll on mental health and raises the likelihood of divorce.
DREAMS Center for Diabetes Translational Research national enrichment program meeting draws early stage investigators focused on diabetes equity research.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine updates its 20-year-old report on inequities in the U.S. health-care system, with expert advise from Stanford Health Policy researchers.