SUMC in the News (09/22/06)
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Genetics of depression scrutinized by Stanford psychiatrist
Douglas Levinson, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, is leading a
multicenter study to identify which genes play a role in depression and is
seeking volunteers with the illness.
Print media coverage
San Jose Mercury News, 09/22/06
U.S. widens HIV testing guidelines
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending that doctors
offer HIV tests to all Americans ages 13 to 64 as a part of routine health care.
Seth Ammerman, clinical associate professor of pediatrics, provides comment in
this article, which also appears in the Alameda Times-Star, Fremont Argus and
Oakland Tribune.
Baker City Herald (Baker City, Ore.), 09/21/06
Donate life: Sierra turned 7 thanks to a new heart
This series of articles tells the story of a 7-year-old girl from Oregon who
received a heart transplant at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. David
Rosenthal, associate professor of pediatrics and director of the pediatric heart
failure program at Packard, and Bruce Reitz, the Norman E. Shumway Professor,
are quoted here.
Modesto Bee, 09/21/06
Wrestling with cancer
This article tells the story of a 16-year-old's battle with non-Hodgkins
Lymphoma. He received treatment at Stanford.
Menlo Park Almanac, 09/20/06
Jill, John Freidenrich give $25 million
Jill and John Freidenrich, alumni and longtime supporters of Stanford, have
donated $25 million to the medical school to boost its work in translational
research in cancer and other diseases. The gift is one of the school's largest
single contributions to date. Dean Philip Pizzo is quoted in this article.
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