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News stories and community announcements concerning members of the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, as well as interviews.
Stanford medical student’s tweet about blueberry pickers’ wages goes viral
August 10, 2020. E&PH MS graduate and incoming medical student Gianna Nino was featured in a Stanford Scope Blog post when her tweet about blueberry pickers' wages went viral.
Megan Roche featured in Stanford Scope Blog
July 16, 2020. In February, Stanford Scope Blog editors featured Epidemiology & Clinical Research PhD student, Megan Roche and her extraordinary research in this story, "She’s an ultrarunning champion, studying the genetics of sports injury."
Abby King's Our Voice work on Safe Routes to School featured in ISPAH animation project
July 10, 2020. The International Society for Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH) chose Abby King's Our Voice project, "Safe Routes to School," to be featured in a short animation that was released today! The video is entitled, "Enhancing Safe Routes to School Programs through Community-Engaged Citizen Science: Two Pilot Investigations in Lower Density Areas of Santa Clara County, California, USA."
National Institute on Aging awards $15 million to Stanford’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
June 25, 2020. The National Institute on Aging has announced $15,000,000 in new funding for the Stanford Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC), through June 30, 2025. Directed by Dr. Victor Henderson and Associate Director Dr. Katrin Andreasson, the center serves as a shared resource to facilitate and enhance research on Alzheimer’s disease, cognitive impairment associated with Lewy body pathology, and related disorders. The ADRCs are designated as congressionally mandated NIH centers of excellence, and the Stanford ADRC is one of among ~30 ADRCs at major medical institutions across the U.S. working to translate research advances into improved diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and care for people with Alzheimer's disease and related cognitive disorders.
Ann Hsing Chaired a Virtual Mini-Symposium for the AACR
June 24, 2020. Dr. Ann Hsing chaired a virtual mini-symposium on “Infection, Immune Factors, and Cancer” at the American Associations for Cancer Research (AACR) virtual annual meeting.
Tobacco Prevention Toolkit hits milestone reach
June 30, 2020. Bonnie Halpern-Felsher's group's Tobacco Prevention Toolkit hit a major milestone, reaching over 1.5 million youth!
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