SUMC in the News (10/06/08)
Press releases
Lokey gives $75 million to create nation's largest stem cell research center at Stanford
Lorry Lokey, the Business Wire founder and philanthropist, is giving $75 million to the medical school to help build what is expected to be the nation's largest center for stem cell research.
Major study of opiate use in children's hospitals provides simple steps to alleviate harm
A new study from Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and Stanford shows how simple changes to hospital procedures can sharply reduce the harm pediatric patients suffer from opiates.
Print media coverage
San Francisco Chronicle, 10/06/08
Stanford gets $75 million for stem cell center
This article discusses Lorry Lokey's $75 million gift to the medical school and quotes Dean Philip Pizzo. Articles also appear on San Jose Mercury News' website and on Bloomberg.com.
Stanford Daily, 10/06/08
Researchers find gene for sleep disorder
Researchers have discovered a genetic variant which increases a person's susceptibility to narcolepsy by 79 percent. Emmanuel Mignot and Seiji Nishino, professors of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, are included in this article.
New York Times, 10/06/08
Three Europeans win the 2008 Nobel for Medicine
Three European scientists who discovered viruses that cause cervical cancer and AIDS share this year’s Nobel Prize in medicine. Stanford isn't mentioned, but this article may be of interest to readers.
Wall Street Journal, 10/04/08
Doctor didn't disclose Glaxo payments, senator says (No online version available)
This article details how a psychiatrist at Emory University allegedly failed to report income from drug makers to the university, in violation of university and federal rules. It is the latest in a series of conflict-of-interest disclosures made as part of a Congressional inquiry led by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa). Stanford is mentioned in the story.
San Jose Mercury News, 10/03/08
Warriors' new big man Turiaf is all heart
This article profiles professional basketball player Ronny Turiaf, who had surgery three years ago to replace an enlarged aortic root. D. Craig Miller, the Thelma and Henry Doelger Professor in Cardiovascular Surgery, was Turiaf's surgeon and is also featured here.
Internet/New media coverage
WashingtonPost.com, 10/03/08
Gestational diabetes risk higher for Asian-white couples
Pregnant women who are part of an Asian-white couple face an increased risk of gestational diabetes as compared with couples in which both partners are white, according to a new study from Packard Children's and Stanford. The researchers also found that Asian women whose partners are white are more likely than white women with Asian or white partners to have a caesarean delivery. Yasser El-Sayed, a Packard Children's obstetrician and associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, is quoted in this HealthDay News article.
Broadcast media coverage
KTVU-TV, 10/06/08
This segment discussed Lorry Lokey's gift to the medical school. The gift was also mentioned on KRXI-TV (Reno, Nev.).
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