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Would you volunteer to be Injected with COVID-19? In the dark early weeks of the pandemic, thousands of young people from all over the world volunteered to be injected with COVID, in order to speed up vaccine trials. They formed an organization called 1Day Sooner, believing that speeding a vaccine up by even one day would save so many lives that it was worth risking their own. This event features a discussion with four of those volunteers who will describe how and why they made this difficult choice. Larissa MacFarquhar, staff writer, The New Yorker, will moderate the panel discussion. This event is free and open to the public. Advance registration is required.
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The COVID-19 global pandemic is not the first event –good or bad -- to be shared by the entire world, but in this age of technology and social connection when information travels the earth at lightning speed, we are all living the full impact of this collective experience, in real time. The countless individual tragedies of the virus come together in a cumulative and mutual loss to which few of us are immune. In this Q&A, Dr. Debra Kaysen, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences with the Public Mental Health & Population Sciences Division, helps us better understand our communal grief and how to deal with the societal stress of COVID-19. Dr. Kaysen specializes in the treatment of trauma and PTSD and is the President of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS).
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Featured Stories
Three million older adults -- individuals age 65 and older -- are treated in emergency departments across the United States each year for fall injuries. The physical, psychological and financial consequences of falling can be staggering. Fortunately, there are many practical steps that individuals can take to reduce their risk of falling.
Read on to learn more.
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To gain insights into human health and disease, an engineer perfects ways to grow cells into miniature mimics of organs and tissues and collaborates with doctors to put them to work.
Read more in Stanford Medicine magazine here.
Image courtesy of Annika Enejder, Kelsea Hubka and Bauer LeSavage.
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Since 2014, the Stanford Biosciences Grant Writing Academy has supported hundreds of graduate students and postdocs writing research proposals. According to a study published in PLOS ONE, participants in its Autumn Proposal Bootcamp were nearly twice as likely to receive funding than non-participants.
The Grant Writing Academy was honored with an Innovations in Research Education Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges in 2016.
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Announcement
On January 12, radiologists in SHC’s Minimally Invasive MR Interventional Center (MIMRIC) celebrated their 100th treatment of essential tremor with focused ultrasound. The procedure marks a major milestone for the team who began offering the specialized treatment in 2017.
There are only a handful of medical centers around the world that have access to this minimally invasive technology. A group of Stanford’s radiologists received specialized training in MR imaging and guided procedures and work part of a multidisciplinary team with specialists from neurosurgery, oncology, orthopedic surgery, gynecology, and urology.
Read on to learn more about MIMRIC.
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Stanford Medicine is developing a plan to distribute COVID-19 vaccines to its workforce. Read on to learn more about the process and plan.
A recording of the Dec. 22 COVID-19 Information Session is now available. During the event, our Stanford Medicine leaders discussed our revised vaccine distribution plan, and what to expect over the next few weeks, including details on our shipment of the Moderna vaccine.
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Stanford Health Care, SHC – ValleyCare earn top grade for patient safety during pandemic
The Leapfrog Group, a national organization that evaluates health care organizations on many facets of patient safety, gave Stanford Health Care and Stanford Health Care – ValleyCare an A in its most recent assessment.
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Small molecule restores muscle strength, boosts endurance in old mice, study finds
A single protein is a master regulator of mouse muscle function during aging, a Stanford study finds. Blocking this protein increased muscle strength and endurance in old animals. It may play a role in age-related muscle weakening in humans.
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Coronavirus likely infects upper airway cells first; blood pressure drugs unlikely to increase risk
A Stanford Medicine study reports that the coronavirus likely first infects upper airway cells and that hypertension drugs probably don't increase the risk of infection.
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A dance move, a severely broken leg and a trip to Stanford Health Care
Wendy Quivey suffered a complex leg fracture while celebrating a friend’s wedding in Mexico. Stanford orthopaedic surgeon Michael Gardner was able to get her back on her feet.
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Smartwatch can detect early signs of illness
Stanford Medicine scientists have devised a smartwatch-based “alarm system” that goes off when it detects signs of infection.
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Biomedical Innovations Building, designed to foster collaboration, is dedicated
The Stanford community celebrated the opening of the Biomedical Innovations Building, a new addition to campus that will help foster multidisciplinary partnerships.
