Sophia Nesamoney is from Atherton, California. She is a STEM Research Reporter who hopes to pursue careers in medicine and creative writing. Contact her at nsophia ‘at’ stanford.edu.
The lead researcher Maria Polyakova and her team studied how secondary effects, such as job losses and interruptions to healthcare, could lead to disparities in mortality across different racial groups.
The flyer incorrectly claimed that the Stanford Medicine vaccine rollout had progressed into the Laboratory Category of Phase 1A, meaning that laboratory researchers and staff would be able to receive the new coronavirus vaccine.
The vaccine, if successful, could be stored at less extreme temperatures than mRNA vaccines currently in use, creating opportunities for distribution in low-resourced settings.
Gambhir was known for having one of the brightest minds in medicine, fathering the field of molecular imaging and pioneering research in precision medicine and early cancer detection.
“COVID-19 has put medical students in a weird situation where we want to help, but are seen as a waste of limited PPE [personal protective equipment] in the hospital,” said Georgia Toal ’16, a second-year medical student.
Stanford researchers have launched a survey to document the impact of coronavirus on family caregivers and shed light on the experiences of parents, guardians and older siblings whose responsibilities have exponentially increased in the past few weeks.
Jacqueline Diep's initiative, the Big Homie Project, works with the Boys and Girls Club to show students from low-income backgrounds that they can achieve their dreams of becoming doctors.
After a decade of construction and development, Stanford’s new hospital held its official opening on Sunday, marking the transition from the old facility to the new after nearly 60 years of patient service.