SUMC in the News (09/15/08)
Press release
Renowned Stanford microbe hunter Stanley Falkow to receive a 2008 Lasker Award
The work of Stanley Falkow, the Robert W. and Vivian K. Cahill Professor in Cancer Research, is being recognized with 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.
Print media coverage
New York Times, 09/14/08
5 pioneering scientists win Lasker medical prizes
This article discusses the winners of this year's Lasker Awards, including Stanley Falkow. Similar articles on the awards were prepared by the Associated Press, Bloomberg News, Reuters and United Press International; the Associated Press piece appeared on the front page of yesterday's Washington Post. Falkow was also the focus of articles in the San Jose Mercury News and San Francisco Chronicle; medical school dean Philip Pizzo is quoted in both.
New York Times, 09/15/08
Small patients, big consequences in medical errors
This article discusses medical mistakes made with pediatric patients; Paul Sharek, assistant professor of pediatrics and chief clinical patient safety officer at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, weighs in on the issue.
San Francisco Chronicle, 09/15/08
Families welcome spotlight on Down syndrome
William Mobley is quoted in this article on Down syndrome. Mobley is the John E. Cahill Family Professor and director of the Down Syndrome Clinic at Packard Children's.
Gainesville Sun (Gainesville, Fla.), 09/15/08
India's novel use of brain scans in court is debated
India has become the first country to convict someone of a crime relying on evidence from a brain scan. Hank Greely, with the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, provides comment in this article.
New York Times Magazine, 09/14/08
The bipolar puzzle
This lengthy article discusses bipolar disorder in children. Kiki Chang, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and director of the Pediatric Bipolar Disorders Program at Packard Children's, is quoted.
Calgary Herald (Canada), 09/12/08
New way to protect against heart damage explored
Researchers here may have found a way to reduce the damage done by heart attacks. Daria Mochly-Rosen, the George D. Smith Professor in Translational Medicine and senior author of the study, is quoted in this Reuters article.
Internet/New media coverage
Chronicle.com, 09/14/08
Medical awards honor 5 scientists
Stanley Falkow is referenced in this blog entry from the Chronicle of Higher Education. Philip Pizzo and David Relman, professor of infectious disease and of microbiology and immunology, are also quoted in a Palo Alto Online News piece on Falkow's award.
Broadcast media coverage
KHQ-TV, (Spokane, Wash.), 09/15/08
This segment discussed the Stanford discovery of a compound that could potentially help heart attack victims. The piece also aired on KWGN-TV (Denver), WVTM-TV (Birmingham, Ala.) and WNDU-TV (South Bend, Ind.).
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