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News stories and community announcements concerning members of the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, as well as interviews. 

As fermented foods rise in popularity, here's what experts say

March 24, 2021. Christopher Gardner discusses the popularity of fermented foods in this SFGate news story. 

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Technology equality gap for kids’ diabetes treatment is growing

March 24, 2021. As more children and teens with diabetes use technology to treat the disease, US kids of lower socioeconomic status are being increasingly left behind. David Maahs, professor of pediatrics and senior author of the study, is featured. 

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Stanford announces IDEAL Provostial Fellows appointments

March 15, 2021. Stanford Provost Persis Drell today announced the first cohort of IDEAL Provostial Fellows. Five early-career scholars in the study of race and ethnicity will join the Stanford campus community for three years beginning in fall 2021 as part of an effort to increase the university’s research and teaching related to race and ethnicity. The five scholars include: Catherine Duarte (pictured here), who will be joining our Department of Epidemiology & Population Health. 

Read the full announcement from Stanford Today


John Ioannidis inducted as corresponding member in the Academy of sciences in Bologna

March 4, 2021. E&PH faculty member John Ioannidis was inducted as corresponding member in the Academy of Sciences in Bologna (Accademia delle Scienze). It is one of the oldest scientific academies in the world, established in 1690 and it had members like Galvani, Marconi, and Laura Bassi, the first female professor ever to get a salaried position at a university.

The induction ceremony took place on Thursday, March 4, 2021, at the 331th annual inauguration session. The headquarters are at a beautiful 16th century palazzo, the Palazzo Poggi, and the experience was a bit unusual: an empty room and everyone joining by zoom (pictured here)! 

Read more about Dr. Ioannidis


Small Doses: Kari Nadeau is transforming the treatment of food allergies, one morsel at a time

March 2021. E&PH faculty member Kari Nadeau's research on food allergy treatment was featured in a Stanford Magazine story. 

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‘An army of open science evangelists’: Professors launch Center for Open and REproducible Science

March 1, 2021. E&PH faculty member and associate dean of clinical and translational research, Steven Goodman, is featured in this Stanford Daily story. "According to Goodman, Stanford is one of the few leading the open science movement. Eventually, he hopes that the initiative influences science across the globe, with researchers consulting an 'Open by Design at Stanford' guide, changing the way science is done at Stanford, and beyond."

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Western Wildfires Increased Asthma Attacks in 2020   

March 3, 2021. Epidemiology & Clinical Research PhD alum, Christophe Tchakouté, now a 23andMe Biostatistician, wrote this blog post for the 23andMe Blog. 

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Melding Artificial Intelligence and Algorithms with Health Care and Policy to Combat Human Trafficking

February 24, 2021. This story features the amazing work being done by E&PH faculty member Mike Baiocchi and team in the Stanford Human Trafficking Data Lab. The Lab conducts critical research through a collaboration among academics, health-care providers and frontline trafficking experts and prosecutors, using promising innovations in modern data science. It was just granted a $900,000 award from the Stanford King Center on Global Development.

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A Prescription for Healthy Food to Reduce Hunger and Chronic Disease

February 16, 2021. "The Food for Health Equity Lab brings together epidemiologists, biostatisticians, physicians, and leaders from Stanford University, ALL IN Alameda County, the Community Health Center Network, Dig Deep Farms, Open Source Wellness, and the Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition. As a team, they are working to generate evidence--about how nutritious food and fresh vegetables can reduce chronic disease--that community health centers can use to improve people’s nutrition, health, and well-being. They are one of six teams to receive start-up funding from Stanford Impact Labs for 2021-2023." This team includes E&PH faculty researchers Lisa Goldman Rosas, Mike Baiocchi, and Patricia Rodriguez Espinosa. 

Access the Stanford Impact Labs News release

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I’m 28 and I Don’t Know My Family History—Here’s How That Affects My Health

February 11, 2021. This Well + Good post discusses how knowing your family history can help doctors pinpoint whether you are at risk for certain health conditions that can run in families or be determined by genetics. Latha Palaniappan, E&PH faculty, provides comment.

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Gene Screenings Hold Disease Clues, but Unexplained Anomalies Often Raise Fears

February 9, 2021. Stanford epidemiologist Allison Kurian's past and present research on genetic testing and breast cancer is featured in this KHN story. 

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Less is more? Focused genetic testing recommended for breast and ovarian cancers

February 10, 2021. "Homing in on about 20 key genes known to be associated with breast or ovarian cancer is likely to provide patients and their doctors with news they can use, according to a new study from Stanford Medicine and the University of Michigan." This Stanford Scope Blog post features new research by E&PH faculty member Allison Kurian and colleagues, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. 

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Ambiguous genetic test results can be unsettling: Worse, they can lead to needless surgeries 

February 8, 2021. Stanford Professor of Medicine and of Epidemiology & Population Health, Allison Kurian, is quoted in this Washington Post story.

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Take heed: Turn to the experts to interpret pharmacogenetic tests

February 4, 2021. E&PH faculty member Latha Palaniappan and colleagues released a new study on "Variant Interpretation in Current Pharmacogenetic Testing" in the Journal of Personalized Medicine. Stanford Scope Blog featured this new research in a new post. 

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ALL IN Launches Food as Medicine Program at Life Long Medical Center

January 27, 2021. ALL IN Alameda County (ALL IN) has announced the most recent expansion of its Food as Medicine initiative with the February 1st, 2021 launch at Lifelong Medical Center (LLMC). The program will launch at Life Long Medical Center at Ashby, a community health center that services neighborhoods in Berkeley and North Oakland. This partnership builds upon the prior success of Food as Medicine at Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center and Native American Health Center. Congrats to E&PH faculty member Lisa Goldman Rosas for her efforts on this collaboration!

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Data from twins suggests that gut bacteria are important in food allergies

January 22, 2021. A Stanford-led study of twins with and without food allergies has uncovered differences in the fecal bacteria of allergic and non-allergic individuals. E&PH faculty member Kari Nadeau is co-senior author of the study and is quoted in this Stanford Scope Blog post.

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Is keto really better for weight loss? A new study takes a closer look at the diet.

January 21, 2021. This Washington Post piece discusses ketogenic diets and quotes Christopher Gardner, the Rehnborg Farquhar Professor and professor of medicine at Stanford Prevention Research Center. 

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Human Evolution Isn't Over Yet

November 9, 2020. Julie Parsonnet's research on human body temperature is featured in this Discover story. “We are not the same people that we were a hundred years ago.

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Abby C. King receives the Alva Myrdal Guest Professorship Award

October 29, 2020. E&PH faculty member Abby C. King has been honored with the Alva Myrdal Guest Professorship Award from Mälardalen University in Sweden. This is a one-year award for which Dr. King will be (remotely) doing some mentoring, collaborative research development, and teaching. Alva Nyrdal is a prominent Swedish sociologist and diplomat who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982.

Read more about Abby C. King


Leisure activity for dementia prevention: More work to be done

October 28, 2020. A recent editorial in Neurology written by our own Victor Henderson and colleague was published this week. 

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More media coverage: 

  • MedPage Today
  • Medscape
  • Washington Newsday

Steve Goodman Elected to National Academy of Medicine

October 19, 2020. It is with great pleasure that we announce that Dr. Steve Goodman was one of 100 new members elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) announced today. Steve is the fifth faculty member in our department to be granted membership, as Julie Parsonnet was elected last year and John Ioannidis, Mark Cullen, and Alice Whittemore are also members. 

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Read the Stanford Medicine News story


Native American Health Center Launches Food as Medicine Program

September 15, 2020. We are excited to announce the launch of a new Food as Medicine initiative at Native American Health Center. This new site includes both a Food Farmacy led by Dig Deep Farms and Behavioral Pharmacy Group Medical Visits led by Open Source Wellness. Congrats to E&PH faculty member Lisa Goldman Rosas for her efforts on this collaboration!

Read more about ALL In Alameda County


A reflection on the “History of Latinos at Estánfor”

September 24, 2020. E&PH faculty member Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado is quoted in this Stanford Daily story about a video  by Jesus Beltran ’00, titled “History of Latinos at Estánfor," first shown at the inaugural Stanford Latino Alumni Summit at Stanford University. 

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Lisa Goldman Rosas invited to serve on PCORI Advisory Panel

September 14, 2020. E&PH faculty member Lisa Goldman Rosas (pictured left) was invited to serve as a member of the PCORI advisory panel on Clinical Effectiveness and Decision Science (CEDS) for a term length of 3 years, and she has accepted the invitation. 

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Plant-based meat lowers some cardiovascular risk factors compared with red meat, study finds

August 11, 2020. A study recently published by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and authored by E&PH faculty member Christopher Gardner and Stanford colleagues found that "A diet that includes an average of two servings of plant-based meat alternatives lowers some cardiovascular risk factors compared with a diet that instead includes the same amount of animal meat." 

Read the whole Stanford Medicine News story

More media coverage: 

  • ABC News
  • Yahoo! News

September 25, 2020. This study was featured in a Wall Street Journal story, arguing "Companies that aim to win converts to green products need to convince consumers that they’re also acting in their own best interests." 

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Stanford medical student’s tweet about blueberry pickers’ wages goes viral

August 10, 2020. E&PH MS graduate and incoming medical student Gianna Nino was featured in a Stanford Scope Blog post when her tweet about blueberry pickers' wages went viral. 

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August 14, 2020. Gianna was profiled by USA Today, in a piece entitled "Med student’s tweet shines light on farmworkers: ‘How much do you pay for your blueberries?'"

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Megan Roche featured in Stanford Scope Blog

July 16, 2020. In February, Stanford Scope Blog editors featured Epidemiology & Clinical Research PhD student, Megan Roche and her extraordinary research in this story, "She’s an ultrarunning champion, studying the genetics of sports injury." 

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Abby King's Our Voice work on Safe Routes to School featured in ISPAH animation project

July 10, 2020. The International Society for Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH) chose Abby King's Our Voice project, "Safe Routes to School," to be featured in a short animation that was released today! The video is entitled, "Enhancing Safe Routes to School Programs through Community-Engaged Citizen Science: Two Pilot Investigations in Lower Density Areas of Santa Clara County, California, USA."

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National Institute on Aging awards $15 million to Stanford’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center

June 25, 2020. The National Institute on Aging has announced $15,000,000 in new funding for the Stanford Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC), through June 30, 2025. Directed by Dr. Victor Henderson and Associate Director Dr. Katrin Andreasson, the center serves as a shared resource to facilitate and enhance research on Alzheimer’s disease, cognitive impairment associated with Lewy body pathology, and related disorders. The ADRCs are designated as congressionally mandated NIH centers of excellence, and the Stanford ADRC is one of among ~30 ADRCs at major medical institutions across the U.S. working to translate research advances into improved diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and care for people with Alzheimer's disease and related cognitive disorders. 

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Ann Hsing Chaired a Virtual Mini-Symposium for the AACR

June 24, 2020. Dr. Ann Hsing chaired a virtual mini-symposium on “Infection, Immune Factors, and Cancer” at the American Associations for Cancer Research (AACR) virtual annual meeting.

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Tobacco Prevention Toolkit hits milestone reach

June 30, 2020. Bonnie Halpern-Felsher's group's Tobacco Prevention Toolkit hit a major milestone, reaching over 1.5 million youth!

Read about the Toolkit


Biyao Zou awarded 2020 Bio-X Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship (Bio-X SIGF)

May 15, 2020. PhD Student in Epidemiology & Clinical Research, Biyao Zou has been selected to receive a 2020 Bio-X Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship (Bio-X SIGF). She is one of thirty-three students selected for SIGF Fellowships from a highly competitive pool. This award is one of the greatest honors Stanford gives to a doctoral student pursuing interdisciplinary research. 

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Abby King receives SBM Distinguished Scientist Award

May 6, 2020. Abby King was chosen to receive the Society for Behavioral Medicine's (SBM's) 2020 Distinguished Scientist Award.

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Poor state reporting hampers pandemic fight

April 9, 2020. E&PH faculty Steve Goodman and Nigam Shah discussed the best ways to track the effect of stay-at-home policies in this opinion piece which was published byThe Hill.

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Stanford-led study shows kids exposed to TB at higher risk of disease than thought

March 19, 2020. E&PH faculty member Julie Parsonnet co-authored a Stanford-led study, published in The Lancet, that shows kids exposed to TB are at higher risk of disease than previously thought, and Stanford Medicine News covered the story!

 Access the study and read the whole Stanford Medicine News story


Allison Kurian's and Marcia Stefanick's recent JAMA publication featured in Stanford Medicine News

March 10, 2020. E&PH faculty Allison Kurian and Marcia Stefanick discuss the results of their recent research, recently published in JAMA, which focused on how "Older women with breast cancer may benefit from genetic testing."

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Helping neighbors: Addressing diabetes as a community

March 4, 2020. E&PH Communications Manager Katie Kanagawa interviewed faculty member Abby King in this Stanford Scope blog post about addressing diabetes through community engagement.

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Eleni Linos's indoor-tanning research featured in Stanford Medicine News

February 4, 2020. This story, entitled "Industry-linked studies more favorable to indoor tanning, researchers say," was published in Stanford Medicine News and also showcased in the 2/13 Stanford Report. 

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Gary Shaw receives Society for Pediatric Research's highest honor for research in child health

February 4, 2020. E&PH Courtesy Professor Gary M. Shaw, DrPH, is the recipient of the SPR’s 2020 Douglas K. Richardson Award, which honors the lifetime achievement of an investigator who has made substantive contributions in child health. Dr. Shaw has 30 years of experience leading and directing research programs to investigate genetic and environmental risk factors for human birth defects and other pregnancy outcomes such as preterm birth. Dr. Shaw will give a presentation entitled “Birth Defects an Epidemiologic Challenge – Still” during the PAS 2020 Meeting.

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Julia Simard awarded 2020 Pappas Research Grant from the Preeclampsia Foundation

January 30, 2020. The Preeclampsia Foundation announced the recipients of its 2020 Peter Joseph Pappas Research Grants, a funding program designed to accelerate preeclampsia research. Based on the recommendations of its Scientific Advisory Council, the Preeclampsia Foundation awarded two grants totaling $184,624 to Dr. Virginia D. Winn, MD, PhD and Julia Fridman Simard, ScD. Both researchers are from Stanford University in California.

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Human body temperature has decreased in United States, study finds

January 7, 2020. E&PH faculty member Julie Parsonnet is featured in this Stanford Medicine News story about recent research showing that average human body temperature in the United States has decreased since the 1800s.

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Practicing medicine in Antarctica: “It’s a harsh continent”

January 7, 2020. This SCOPE Blog post, by Stanford Medicine Communications staff, is an interview with E&PH faculty member Julie Parsonnet and her husband Dean Winslow about their current medical research at McMurdo Station in Antartica. 

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Programs arising from Stanford’s long-range vision launching new activities for research and education

December 6, 2019. This Stanford News story describes the the social x-change program that E&PH faculty Lisa Goldman Rosas (pictured) and Mike Baiocchi are involved in as inaugural fellows. Includes a great quote from Dr. Goldman Rosas. 

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What parents should know about vaping

November 22, 2019. This Stanford SCOPE Blog post features work by E&PH faculty member Bonnie Halpern-Felsher. 

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Cold water poured on scientific studies based on 'statistical cult'

November 15, 2019. E&PH faculty member Kristin Sainani is featured in this Sydney Morning Herald news story about the MBI Method, its prevalence in sports science, and its shortcomings. 

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PCORI Methodology Committee Chair

November 6, 2019. Steven Goodman, faculty member in the new Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, was appointed Methodology Committee Chair for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), which is the nation's second-largest health research funder. The methodology committee at PCORI is the only entity of its type at any health funding agency, and the only PCORI component mandated by Congress outside of its governing board.

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National Academy of Medicine - Parsonnet

October 21, 2019. Julie Parsonnet, Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health and George Deforest Barnett Professor in Medicine (Infectious Diseases), has been elected into the National Academy of Medicine! New members are elected by current members through a process that recognizes individuals who have made major contributions to the advancement of the medical sciences, health care, and public health.

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"Chilling with Charlie" Podcast with Kristin Sainani

October 14, 2019. Kristin Sainani was a guest on the podcast "Chilling with Charlie," where she discussed Magnitude Based Inferences, science writing, and more.

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ACE Lilienfeld Award

September 10, 2019. Steven N. Goodman, M.D., M.H.S., Ph.D., Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research, Professor of Medicine and Health Research and Policy, and chief of the Division of Epidemiology received the 2019 Abraham Lilienfeld Awardfrom the American College of Epidemiology(ACE), epidemiology’s primary professional organization.

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Inaugural Department Chair

September 5 , 2019. Melissa Bondy, PhD, has been appointed chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, formerly known as the Department of Health Research and Policy.

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We are delighted to announce Alyce Adams, PhD, Associate Director for Health Care Delivery at Kaiser Permanente, has been appointed Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health and Associate Director of Stanford Cancer Institute's Office of Cancer Health Equity & Community Engagement.

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