Stanford Health Policy is a joint effort of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Stanford School of Medicine
Scholarly Publications
School Reopenings and the Community During the COVID-19 Pandemic
October 2020
Few issues in the policy response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have inspired as impassioned debate as school reopening.
The Missing Piece -- SARS-CoV-2 Testing and School Reopening
October 2020
On August 17, 2020, the Los Angeles Unified School District launched a program to test more than 700,000 students and staff for SARS-CoV-2.
The Missing Piece -- SARS-CoV-2 Testing and School Reopening
October 2020
On August 17, 2020, the Los Angeles Unified School District launched a program to test more than 700,000 students and staff for SARS-CoV-2.
Other Publications
Far More Transparency is Needed for COVID-19 Vaccine Trials
November 2020
With vaccines against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, on the near-term horizon, U.S. policymakers are focusing on how to ensure that Americans get vaccinated.
Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response
July 2020
Yet there has been no national-level, comprehensive review of the evidence for public health emergency preparedness and response (PHEPR) practices.
News
What’s Behind the Increase in ADHD?
January 2021
New research by SHP's Maya Rossin-Slater shows that borderline ADHD diagnoses appear to be behind the dramatic increase in the number of cases in the last few decades. Those cases also appear to...
New Study of Gun Violence in Schools Identifies Long-Term Harms
January 2021
The most comprehensive study of American children who experience gun violence at school finds they are less likely to graduate from high school or enroll in college — and less likely to hold a job as...
Events
Research in Progress: Doug Owens - Development of the New USPSTF Guidelines on Screening for Lung Cancer and Colorectal Cancer
January 4, 2021
Title: Research in Progress: Doug Owens - Development of the New USPSTF Guidelines on Screening for Lung Cancer and Colorectal Cancer Brief Abstract: Discuss the development of the two new draft...
Projects
Pigs and Parasites: Developing Interventions to End Cycles of Poverty Caused by Taenia solium and Neurocysticercosis
Neurocysticercosis is a neglected infectious disease caused by larval forms of the pig tapeworm, Taenia solium, infecting people's brains.
English
Reducing lead exposure among residents of Bangladesh
Lead is a potent neurotoxin that irreversibly impairs child cognitive development.
English
Children in Crisis
Improving the Provision of Human Services in Areas of Conflict, Political Instability and Weak Governance
English
Multimedia
Grant Miller: The team approach to international heatlh
January 2016
Grant Miller, associate professor of medicine, has been working to help residents of a state in India access micro nutrients that they are lacking.
Jay Bhattacharya discusses health and aging
September 2015
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a professor of Medicine and a CHP/PCOR core faculty member, speaks about the Center on the Demography and Economics of Health and Aging (CDEHA).
People
Stefanos A. Zenios Professor, Operations, Information and Technology, Professor, Health Care Management 
