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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.
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.
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Research Looks at Policy Fix for Hepatitis C Infections in Prisons
August 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court has interpreted the 8th Amendment of the Constitution, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment, to guarantee prisoners a minimum basic level of health care. Yet even...
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,...
Coronavirus Could Make America’s Gun Problem Even Deadlier
June 2020
Several myths cloud public understanding of the connection between guns and suicide. Perhaps the most pernicious is the idea that people who really want to end their lives will find a way to do it,...
Events
Research in Progress: Pascal Geldsetzer - Title TBD
February 23, 2021
Pascal Geldsetzer, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Primary Care and Population Health Title: TBD Abstract: TBD
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
The role of message framing in health behavior promotion among older adults
Adherence rates to public health recommendations are low, and seem to be falling.
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Socioeconomic Gradients in Health Among the Elderly in China
March 2021
This project studied the patterns of health and health care disparities across elderly and non-elderly in China, including the impact of earlier educational and public health interventions on...
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Health Implication of Urbanization, Migration and Obesity in India
March 2021
Urbanization and obesity-related chronic diseases are cited as threats to the future health of India's older citizens.
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