SHP's @DrJBhattacharya is award the Robert J. Zimmer Medal for Intellectual Freedom. The annual award from the @AASL_Academyis presented to a public thinker who displays "extraordinary courage in the exercise of intellectual freedom." 🎉 bit.ly/3UwCkW3
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- John Ioannidis, @StanfordMed professor of medicine and of epidemiology and population health, closes the #PandemicPolicyReform conference by encouraging scientists, policymakers & politicians who debate the handling of the #COVID19 pandemic “to have an open spirit of challenging
- Congratulations to SHP's @DrJBhattacharya on his nomination by President-elect Trump to head up the @NIH, with its 27 medical research centers & institutions and $48 billion budget. Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, said on X: “We will reform American scientific institutions so that they
- Stanford’s @DrJBhattacharya welcomes attendees of the #PandemicPolicyReform conference, saying: “During pandemics, the public depends on experts to share their expertise openly without fear or favor and to speak their minds openly about their scientific and policy evaluations. By
- SHP's Paul Wise returns from Poland "exhausted but invigorated" from helping @StJudeResearch coordinate the evacuation of child cancer patients from Ukraine. @Drpablowise has worked with children in conflict zones for 50 years. stanford.io/35bTYIm
- Stanford is conducting #COVID19 research to evaluate community adherence to #ShelterInPlace orders, hygiene and social distancing. Please take our survey to help us inform policymakers & medical community about behavioral practices & barriers to the order. bit.ly/2QIASil
- I am honored and humbled by President @realDonaldTrump's nomination of me to be the next @NIH director. We will reform American scientific institutions so that they are worthy of trust again and will deploy the fruits of excellent science to make America healthy again!
- Taiwan is only 81 miles off China's east coast & was expected to be hit hard by #coronavirus. So how has it managed to mostly skirt the epidemic? SHP's Jason Wang writes in @JAMANetworkOpen that big data, transparency & having a central command are key. stanford.io/2vBV7XF
- Our @StanfordMed health policy PhD student @jalotasuh is working with women in the slums of her native Mumbai, with a little help from #MeghanMarkle & Queen Elizabeth II. Learn more about her @MynaMahila Foundation. stanford.io/2r2LXxH
- Was the #COVID19 pandemic ignited by a poorly regulated wildlife trade or zoonoses? Or was it due to dangerous lab experiments and inadequate protocols to prevent leaks? These questions are asked of panelists on 4th #PandemicPolicyReform panel moderated by @JanJekielek. Panelists
- An @NPR exclusive: US overdose deaths plummet by 10.6%. "The trends are definitely positive," says SHP’s @KeithNHumphreys. "This is going to be the best year we've had since all of this started." npr.org/2024/09/18/nx-…
- Sherri Rose wins Gertrude M. Cox Award for her innovative work in applied statistics. “This recognition further highlights the important role of statistics in tackling the immense challenges we face in health care, particularly for marginalized groups.” stanford.io/3t0iVx3
- Stories of Indigenous Mixtec ancestors help @StanfordMed student Gianna Nino-Tapias persevere in college. “I think the best way to serve [my patients] is to incorporate medicine with traditional healing,” she says for latest @StanMedMag issue on diversity. stan.md/33HhBEk
- Save the Date: May 6 is our next Heath Equity Lecture with @native4data Dr. Small-Rodriguez, giving virtual talk "No Equity Without Sovereignty: Intersections of Indigenous Health and Data." Learn more and register: stanford.io/3rwfEqs














