MCHRI News & Updates
Annual MCHRI Symposium
We invite you to submit an abstract for the 4th Annual MCHRI Symposium, set for October 28! This is an opportunity for instructors, fellows, residents, postdocs, students, and faculty of all disciplines from Stanford to share their latest research in maternal or child health.
DRIVE students present updates from their summer research projects, concluding pilot program
Congratulations to the inaugural cohort for the DRIVE (Diversity, Respect, and Inclusion are Vital for Excellence) in Research Pipeline Program! After spending the summer working with faculty mentors, the students presented their research projects on August 25th.
Gut It Out Foundation fundraise for research on health equity in IBD
The Gut It Out Foundation, founded by Jake and Amanda Diekman, is fundraising to support the work of MCHRI to fund a pilot grant for research the structural racism, social injustice, and health disparities in inflammatory bowel disease.
Stanford Medicine News
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With health equity, top-down answers won’t work, speakers say
In the second installment of “The Pandemic Puzzle: Lessons from COVID-19,” leaders and experts from government, academia, health care and business said the road to health equity begins and ends in the underserved communities.
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Blood test predicts recovery after hip-replacement surgery, study finds
A simple blood test that analyzes immune function can forecast how quickly a person undergoing hip replacement surgery will recover.
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Stanford Medicine launches Department of Health Policy
Stanford School of Medicine’s new health policy department will be a hub for research and education on the causes of and solutions to health inequities.
Upcoming Events
September 13, 2021
Why Some Diseases Only Affect Babies
12:00pm - 1:00pm
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October 4, 2021
Building Assembloids to Investigate Human Brain Development and Disease
12:00pm - 1:00pm
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