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Health policy
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.
How to Safely Reopen Colleges and Universities During COVID-19: Experiences From Taiwan
July 2020
Reopening colleges and universities during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic poses a special challenge worldwide.
News
Rosenkranz Prize Winner Leads Effort to Protect Health-Care Workers from COVID-19 in Under-Resourced Countries
August 2020
Stanford postdoc Ashley Styczynski and collaborators build a website devoted to protecting health-care workers in under-resourced countries, using infographics and videos to show them how to create,...
Owning Handgun Associated With Dramatically Higher Risk of Suicide
June 2020
Men who own handguns are eight times more likely to die of suicide by handgun than men who don’t have one — and women who own handguns are 35 times more likely than women who don’t, according to...
Rosenkranz Prize Winner: Infectious Diseases Physician Examines High Stillborn Incidence in Bangladesh, Helps With COVID-19 Preparedness
April 2020
Stanford postdoc Ashley Styczynski will investigate the epidemiology behind the alarmingly high rate of stillbirths in Bangladesh while helping prepare for the coming onslaught of coronavirus in the...
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
Center on the Demography and Economics of Health and Aging
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Physician Response to Productivity Incentives
There has been much policy debate about paying physicians by salary or compensating them for the work that they do.
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Automated performance metrics for quality improvement in complex chronic disease
As the population of older adults in the US increases, there is a growing need for performance measurement systems that take multiple comorbid conditions into account.
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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.
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