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There is little large-scale data on the impact of social media and smartphones on the mental health of children, so SHP’s Petra Persson and Maya Rossin-Slater have set out to tighten that gap with support from the Stanford Impact Labs.
Stanford scholars, including SHP’s Michelle Mello and Kevin Schulman, respond to a federal request for feedback on the regulation of generative AI-enabled medical devices.
David Rehkopf takes over leadership of the Stanford Longevity Center with the goal of helping older people discover their potential for the years after retirement.
Nearly 50 years after Stanford economist Alain Enthoven introduced "managed competition," he and SHP’s Sara Singer look at why the strategy never fully caught on and recommend ways to make it work in today's consolidated health-care market.
The health economist joins Clay Farris, who runs the popular podcast Medicaid on the Brain, to discuss how the cuts to Medicaid will impact immigrants and the those who are housing insecure.
In the premiere of Stanford Health Policy's new podcast, Health Policy Forum: In Conversation, host Paul Costello and Stanford professor of health policy and of law, Michelle Mello, discuss the reality of AI in health care vs. the media hype over agentic AI.
Blood tests designed to detect cancer are gaining popularity, but how effective are they? We ask several Stanford Medicine experts to weigh in—including Department of Health Policy Chair Douglas K. Owens.
A federal court taps Paul Wise to serve as independent monitor of immigration detention facilities following claims that detained children face squalid, unsafe conditions and detention periods exceeding limits set by a court settlement.
SHP’s Michelle Mello and Himaja Nagireddy, believe AI could help states manage looming Medicaid work requirements if deployed carefully—and not too broadly or quickly.
As the climate warms, understanding where, when, and to what extent human heat tolerance limits will be breached has become increasingly important—particularly for the elderly.
Is it possible to measure the impact that food and entertainment have on our health? Researchers believe they've found the formula.
In this podcast, Marcella Alsan discusses the AMA's role in creating the country's private health-care system.
AI is racing into everyday medicine, yet the rules of the road are still being written. SHP's Michelle Mello joins this KFF podcast to discuss.
The Lee B. Lusted Student Prizes are awarded for outstanding student posters at the annual SMDM conference.
Michelle Mello, professor of law and health policy, joins The Future of Medicine for a conversation about one of the most frustrating and consequential parts of American healthcare: prior authorization.
The American College of Physicians (ACP) develops a clinical guideline for clinicians caring for adults with overweight or obesity.
SHP faculty will be among those teaching at an intensive weeklong workshop for health-care leaders to learn how to take what they know and turn it into real, measurable change.
Meet the team behind an ambitious anti-trafficking research agenda, including SHP's Kim Babiarz and Grant Miller.
The 2026 Rosenkranz Global Health Policy Symposium explores the current landscape and future directions for global health.
Strongyloidiasis: a widely ignored yet dangerous tropical disease that can kill when immunity fails.
A Stanford lab focuses on patient input when determining the ethical use of AI in health care.
SHP's Sara Singer will help lead the new center to examine AI's real-world impacts on jobs, teams, and organizational performance.
Michele Barry, senior associate dean of global health for Stanford Medicine, shares five things about the serious Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
A study by physician-economist Marcella Alsan examines how racial bias in pulse oximeters leads to Black patients receiving less follow-up care than white patients.
The Kate Ho ASHEcon Medal honors the nation's brightest emerging health economists.