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Global Health
Scholarly Publications
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.
Video Consultations in Primary and Specialist Care During COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond
October 2020
Even before the covid-19 pandemic, virtual consultations (also called telemedicine consultations) were on the rise, with many healthcare systems advocating a digital-first approach. At the start of...
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.
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.
The Grand Divergence in Global Child Health: Confronting Data Requirements in Areas of Conflict and Chronic Political Instability
March 2016
There is something deeply troubling about a death that goes unnoticed.
News
5 Questions: David Relman on Investigating Origin of Coronavirus
June 2021
Microbiologist David Relman discusses the importance of understanding how the coronavirus emerged.
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,...
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: Pascal Geldsetzer - Regression Discontinuity in Electronic Health Record Data
February 23, 2021
Pascal Geldsetzer, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Primary Care and Population Health Title: Regression Discontinuity in Electronic Health Record Data Abstract: Regression...
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...
RIP: Humanitarians in Crisis: Lessons from the Battle for Mosul, Iraq with Paul Wise
April 24, 2018
Humanitarians in Crisis: Lessons from the Battle for Mosul, IraqThe Battle of Mosul was one of the largest urban sieges since World War II.
Projects
Children in Crisis
Improving the Provision of Human Services in Areas of Conflict, Political Instability and Weak Governance
English
Guatemala Rural Child Health and Nutrition Program
The primary goal of the Guatemala Rural Child Health and Nutrition Program is to use the capacities of Stanford University to save young children’s lives in Guatemala and other areas of the world...
English
Rethinking the Balance Between Future Obesity and Malnutrition with Climate Change
As India's middle class has expanded, the nation's public health concerns have shifted. Obesity rates have risen, coinciding with a surge in diabetes.
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.
People
