In Brief

The annual conference will feature an interdisciplinary cast of researchers, industry leaders and policymakers who will discuss advances in therapeutics, including COVID-19 treatments.

Drew Endy, Michael Moseley and Fan Yang have been elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s college of fellows, which is composed of distinguished medical and biological engineers.

Stanford Health Care has been recognized as a Magnet organization for the fourth consecutive time, an accomplishment realized by less than 2% of hospitals nationwide.

Infectious disease expert Yvonne Maldonado and psychiatrist Steven Adelsheim were awarded service medals by Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian.

Laurence Baker, Jeffrey Goldberg, Steven Goodman, Fei-Fei Li and Hannah Valantine are among the 90 regular members and 10 international members elected this year to the National Academy of Medicine.

The Stanford researcher is pursuing antiviral drugs with broad efficacy against enteroviruses, which cause common colds and polio, and coronaviruses including the one that causes COVID-19.

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation, an advocacy organization for gender and sexual minorities, gives high marks to Stanford Health Care for its equitable treatment of patients and employees.

Stanford Medicine magazine and the Scope blog have been recognized by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

A master’s program in health services research, offered jointly by Stanford Medicine and Intermountain Healthcare, graduates its first two physician leaders.

A nonprofit focused on sustainability in the health care industry has recognized Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford.