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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.
When Tight Blood Pressure Control is not for Everyone: A New Model for Performance Measurement in Hypertension
April 2010
Background: Many patients with hypertension have legitimate reasons to forego standard blood pressure targets yet are nonetheless included in performance measurement systems.
News
Is the Coronavirus as Deadly as They Say?
March 2020
Current estimates about the Covid-19 fatality rate may be too high by orders of magnitude, Stanford Health Policy's Eran Bendavid and Jay Bhattacharya write in this editorial published in the Wall...
Michelle Mello Answers Questions About the Federal Rollout of the Coronavirus Test
March 2020
We asked Stanford Health Policy's Michelle Mello — a professor of medicine and law — to answer some questions about the federal rollout of diagnostic testing for the coronavirus.
Task Force: Not Enough Evidence to Recommend Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Elderly
February 2020
More evidence-based research is needed before the U.S.
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...
RIP: Does Diversity Matter for Health? Experimental Evidence from Oakland with Marcella Alsan
August 8, 2018
Does Diversity Matter for Health?
Elena Lucchese, "Ambulance response time: why should we care?"
March 15, 2017
Please note: All research in progress seminars are off-the-record by default.
Projects
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...
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The Health Effects of Air Pollution: Evidence from Forest Fires
This study examined the link between exposure to particulate matter—a form of air pollution in which fine particles are suspended in the air—and adverse health outcomes for the elderly, who are...
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Systematic Review: The Health Benefits and Harms of Gardening Among the Elderly
This meta-analysis evaluated the extent to which gardening among elderly adults is associated with specific health outcomes, including exercise capacity, body weight, serum lipids, fasting serum...
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