SUMC in the News (11/13/08)
Print media coverage
San Francisco Chronicle, 11/13/08
Nurse who cares for preemies was one herself
This piece profiles Joan Cordes, a neonatal ICU nurse at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital who has been caring for preemies for more than 40 years.
Stanford Magazine, November/December 2008
Why our hospitals need renewal
In this piece, John Hennessy, university president, discusses the importance of the medical center's expansion project.
This is your brain on bargains
Researchers and marketers are studying what happens in our brain when we spend money. The work of Lorrin Koran, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, emeritus, is referenced here.
Helping hands
Robert Norris, associate professor of surgery and chief of emergency medicine, is helping train Iraqi physicians in emergency medicine. He discusses his experiences, and his upcoming trip, in this article.
Master of the microscope
Stanley Falkow, the Robert W. and Vivian K. Cahill Professor in Cancer Research, received the 2008 Lasker-Koshland Award for Special Achievement in Medical Science. Sometimes referred to as "America's Nobels," the Lasker Awards are this country's most distinguished honor for researchers in basic and clinical medical sciences.
Internet/ New media coverage
CNN.com, 11/12/08
Google tool uses search terms to detect flu outbreaks
Google has launched Google Flu Trends, a website that uses flu-related searches to track influenza outbreaks. Randall Stafford, associate professor of medicine at the Stanford Prevention Research Center, provides comment in this article.
Broadcast media coverage
KGO-TV, 11/12/08
This segment featured Packard nurse Joan Cordes. Philip Sunshine, emeritus professor of pediatrics, was also interviewed.
KXAS-TV (Dallas), 11/12/08
Researchers here are testing a drug that may be able to prevent diabetes in children. Darrell Wilson, professor of pediatrics and chief of the division of pediatric endocrinology and diabetes at Packard Children's, was interviewed for this segment.
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