MCHRI Virtual Seminar Series
The MCHRI Virtual Seminar Series highlight compelling clinical topics, innovative research, and the latest developments in maternal and child health, and serves as a forum for engaging in conversations with other researchers and scientists across the community.
Students, faculty, and postdoctoral researchers are encouraged to attend the seminars. Seminars are from typically from 12:00pm-1:00pm at the specified locations listed in the registration portal. For question about registration, please contact Neta Miller.
Speakers for 2021
December 6, 2021
Global Child Health
12:00pm - 1:00pm
This will be a virtual event via Zoom. REGISTER HERE.
Michele Barry, MD, FACP, FASTMH
Professor of Medicine (Primary Care and Population Health); Director of Center for Innovation in Global Health, Stanford University
Pascaline Dupas, PhD
Professor of Economics; Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)
Lambertus Hesselink, PhD
Professor of Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering
Past Seminars
January 25, 2019
Bioengineering Strategies for Advancing Treatment of Brain Cancer
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Li Ka Shing Learning and Knowledge Center, Room # 101
Gerald Grant, MD, FACS - Professor of Neurosurgery; Recipient of Transdisciplinary Initiative Program Award (FY14) and Arline and Pete Harman Faculty Scholar Award (FY16)
Fan Yang, PhD - Associate Professor of Bioengineering and of Orthopaedic Surgery; Recipient of Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health Faculty Scholar Award (FY14)
February 4, 2019
Stanford Biodesign Faculty Fellows: Designing Innovations to Improve Health and Health Care
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford Auditorium
With introductions by Paul Yock, MD - Director of Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign; Professor of Bioengineering and of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Scott A. Hoffinger, MD - Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Wui Ip, MD - Clinical Instructor in Pediatrics
Priya Prahalad, MD, PhD - Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Endocrinology & Diabetes)
Thomas Robinson, MD, MPH – Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics) and of Medicine (Stanford Prevention Research Center)
Avnesh Thakor, MD, PhD - Assistant Professor of Radiology (Pediatric Radiology)
Recipients of 2018 MCHRI Biodesign Faculty Fellowship Awards
March 4, 2019
Improving Pregnancy and Neonatal Outcomes by Targeting Inflammation and Hypoxia
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford Auditorium
Brice Gaudilliere, MD, PhD - Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine
Laura S. Peterson, MD - Clinical Fellow in Pediatrics (Neonatal & Developmental Medicine); Recipient of Clinical Trainee Support Award (FY18)
Anca M. Pasca, MD - Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatal & Developmental Medicine); Recipient of Clinical Trainee Support Award (FY15)
April 1, 2019
The Health and Well-being of Children in Immigrant Families: Understanding the Impact of National Immigration Policy
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Alway Building, M114
Fernando S. Mendoza, MD, MPH - Professor, Pediatrics (General Pediatrics); Associate Dean, Minority Advising and Programs, Office of Student Affairs; Recipient of Transdisciplinary Initiative Program Award (FY17)
David Laitin, PhD - Professor, Political Science; Faculty Co-Director, Stanford Immigration Policy Lab; Recipient of Transdisciplinary Initiative Program Award (FY17)
Vasco Yasenov, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow, Political Science and Stanford Immigration Policy Lab
May 6, 2019
Too Attached: When Mom and Baby are Inseparable
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Alway Building, M114
Deirdre J. Lyell, MD - Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology (Maternal Fetal Medicine); Recipient of Pilot Grant Award (FY08) and Arline and Pete Harman Faculty Scholar Award (FY12)
Julie Baker, PhD – Professor of Genetics; Recipient of MCHRI SPARK Award (FY17)
June 3, 2019
The MCHRI SPARK Partnership: Designing Non-ototoxic Aminoglycosides
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Li Ka Shing Center, Room 102
Daria Mochly-Rosen, PhD - Professor of Chemical & Systems Biology; Founder and Co-Director of SPARK; Recipient of MCHRI Cardiovascular Institute Award (FY14) and of Transdisciplinary Initiative Program Award (FY14)
Alan G. Cheng, MD - Associate Professor of Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery Divisions); Recipient of Faculty Scholar Award (FY12)
September 11, 2019
The Vaping Phenomenon: What it is, why it happened, and what we can do about it
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Environment and Energy Building (Y2E2), Room 111, 473 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA 94305
Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, PhD, FSAHM - Professor of Pediatrics (Adolescent Medicine); Director of Fellowship Research and Co-leader of Pediatrics Residency Scholarly Concentration Program, Department of Pediatrics; Director of Research and Associate Program Director of Adolescent Medicine Fellowship Program
October 7, 2019
Efficient and Scalable Analysis of the Clinical Genome as a Foundation for Precision Medicine
12:00pm - 1:00pm
The Jill and John Freidenrich Center for Translational Research, 800 Welch Rd.
FC180 - 1st Floor Conference Room
Gill Bejerano, PhD - Associate Professor of Developmental Biology, of Computer Science, of Biomedical Data Science, and of Pediatrics (Medical Genetics); Recipient of Transdisciplinary Initiative Program Award (FY14)
Jonathan Bernstein, MD, PhD - Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Medical Genetics)
December 2, 2019
Intergenerational Transmission of Risk for Psychopathology
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Auditorium
Ian Gotlib, PhD - Professor of Psychology; Director of Stanford Neurodevelopment, Affect, and Psychopathology (SNAP) Laboratory; Recipient of Pilot Grant Award (FY18)
Lucy King - PhD Student in the Department of Psychology
January 13, 2020
Improving School Readiness: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Lisa Chamberlain, MD, MPH – Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics); Recipient of Arline & Pete Harman Faculty Scholar Award (FY17 - FY20)
February 3, 2020
Ways to Prevent, Diagnose, and Treat Children with Asthma/Food Allergies
Kari Nadeau, MD, PhD – Professor of Medicine and of Pediatrics (Allergy & Clinical Immunology); Director of Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy Research; Recipient of Pilot Grant Award (FY12)
Howard Y. Chang, MD, PhD - Professor of Dermatology and of Genetics
March 2, 2019
Deciphering the Continuous Autism Phenotype through Omics and AI
Dennis Wall, PhD - Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Systems Medicine) and of Biomedical Data Science; Recipient of Pilot Grants Award (FY17)
Brianna Chrisman - PhD Student in Bioengineering
June 1, 2020 - VIRTUAL EVENT
Cystic Fibrosis as a Paradigm for Precision Medicine
Carlos Milla, MD – Professor of Pediatrics (Pulmonary Medicine); Recipient of Transdisciplinary Initiatives Program Award (FY18) and Pilot Grant Award (FY13)
Zachary Sellers, MD, PhD - Instructor in Pediatrics (Gastroenterology); Recipient of Instructor K Award Support Award (FY20) and participant of the Eureka Monsoon School Certificate Program (2019)
June 15, 2020 - VIRTUAL EVENT
Big Data and Individual Health
Michael Snyder, PhD – Professor and Chair, Department of Genetics; Director of the Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine; Recipient of MCHRI Cardiovascular Institute Pilot Award (FY19)
July 13, 2020 - VIRTUAL EVENT
The Research Mission for Better Health: The Clinical Research Support Office’s Role in Executing Translational Research at an Academic Children’s Hospital
Karl Sylvester, MD - Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Associate Dean for Maternal Child Health Research, Stanford University School of Medicine; Director, Clinical Research Support Office, Stanford Maternal Child Health Research Institute; Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford
Alyson Falwell, MPH - Clinical Research Operations Manager, Stanford Children’s Health
July 27, 2020 - VIRTUAL EVENT
Stanford Children's Health "Clinical Research Informatics"
Sijo Thomas, RN, MSN, MBA - Clinical Research Informatics Project Manager, Stanford Children’s Health
August 17, 2020 - VIRTUAL EVENT
Stanford MCHRI Biodesign Faculty Fellows: Designing Innovations to Improve Health and Health Care
With introductions by Associate Director of Biodesign Faculty Fellowship, Ryan Van Wert, MD, FRCPC, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine), and Assistant Director of Biodesign Faculty Fellowship, Janene Fuerch, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatal & Developmental Medicine).
MCHRI Biodesign Fellows
Ritu Asija, MD - Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Cardiology)
Yael Gernez, MD, PhD - Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Immunology and Allergy)
Anita Honkanen, MD - Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine
Kunj Sheth, MD - Assistant Professor, Urology
September 14, 2020 - VIRTUAL EVENT
Novel Strategies to Prevent Gender Based Violence Among Adolescents
Michael Baiocchi, PhD - Assistant Professor, Health Research & Policy, Stanford School of Medicine
Jennifer Keller, PhD - Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford School of Medicine; Recipient of MCHRI Global Health Seed Grant Award (FY18)
Clea C. Sarnquist, DrPH, MPH - Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases), Stanford School of Medicine; Recipient of MCHRI Global Health Seed Grant Award (FY18)
October 5, 2020 - VIRTUAL EVENT
Healthy Planet, Healthy People: The Impact of Climate Change on Vector-borne Diseases
A. Desiree LaBeaud, MD, MS - Professor, Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases), Stanford School of Medicine; Recipient of Bechtel Faculty Scholar Award in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2015-2020), Bridge Support Award (FY18), and Pilot Grants Award (FY17)
December 7, 2020 - VIRTUAL EVENT
Stanford Cancer Institute’s Research Agenda for Population Sciences and Cancer Survivorship
Melissa Bondy, PhD
Chair and Professor, Epidemiology and Population Health
Associate Director, Population Sciences | Stanford Cancer Institute
Co-Director, Center for Population Health Sciences
Lidia Schapira MD, FASCO
Associate Professor of Medicine (Oncology)
Director, Cancer Survivorship Program
Stanford School of Medicine
Stephanie Smith, MD
Instructor, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Stanford School of Medicine
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford
January 11, 2021
Hair-raising Stories from the Bench & Backyard: Wellness in the Crosshairs
Kanwaljeet S. Anand, MBBS, D.Phil.
Professor, Pediatrics (Pediatric Critical Care) and of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine; Recipient of MCHRI Pilot Grant Award FY18
Recording not available.
February 1, 2021
Unraveling Leukemia Heterogeneity Using Single-cell Studies for Clinical Translation
Kara Davis, DO
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Hematology and Oncology), Stanford School of Medicine; Recipient of MCHRI Pilot Grant Award FY12 and MCHRI Faculty Scholar Award FY19
March 1, 2021
Maladaptive Myelination in Pediatric Epilepsy
Michelle Monje, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Stanford School of Medicine; Recipient of MCHRI Faculty Scholar Award FY14, MCHRI Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Award FY15-16, and MCHRI SPARK Award FY17.
Juliet Knowles, MD, PhD
Instructor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Stanford School of Medicine; Recipient of MCHRI Pilot Early Career Award FY18 and MCHRI Instructor K Award FY19
March 22, 2021
Stanford MCHRI Biodesign Faculty Fellows: Designing Innovations to Improve Health and Health Care
With introductions by Ryan Van Wert, MD, FRCPC, Associate Director of Biodesign Faculty Fellowship and Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine) and Janene Fuerch, MD, Assistant Director of Biodesign Faculty Fellowship and Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatal & Developmental Medicine).
MCHRI Biodesign Faculty Fellows
HyeRan Choo, DDS, DMD - Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery (Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery)
Anuradha Dayal, MD, FAAP - Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics)
Anita Honkanen, MD - Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine
Tulio Valdez, MD, MSc - Associate Professor of Otolaryngology (Head & Neck Surgery Divisions)
April 5, 2021
Learning from Piloting and Statewide Scale-Up of the Ananya Maternal and Child Health Program in India
Gary Darmstadt, MD, MS
Associate Dean for Maternal and Child Health, and Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatal and Developmental Pediatrics), Stanford School of Medicine
Victoria Ward, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Stanford School of Medicine
Safa Abdalla, MD
Research Engineer, Pediatrics (Neonatology), Stanford School of Medicine
Carmen Y.J. Lee, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Agder (Norway)
Tanmay Mahapatra, PhD
Team Lead, Concurrent Measurement, Learning and Evaluation team of Care India Solutions for Sustainable Development, Bihar Technical Support Program
May 3, 2021
Clinical Conundrum of Lupus Pregnancy: Can We Distinguish Preeclampsia from Lupus Nephritis Flare?
Julia Simard, ScD
Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford School of Medicine
Amadeia A Rector, MPH
Research Associate, Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford School of Medicine
Download flyer. Recording not available.
June 7, 2021
Data for Social Policy Recommendations to Improve Child Health and Development
David Rehkopf, ScD, MPH
Co-Director of the Stanford Center for Population Health Sciences; Associate Professor, Epidemiology & Population Health and of Medicine (Primary Care & Population Health), Stanford School of Medicine
Stephanie Leonard, PhD
Instructor, Obstetrics & Gynecology (Maternal Fetal Medicine), Stanford School of Medicine; Recipient of MCHRI Postdoctoral Support FY18
July 12, 2021
The MCHRI SPARK Partnership: Addressing Unmet Therapeutic and Diagnostic Needs in Maternal Child Health
Kevin Grimes, MA, MD, MBA, Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology, Co-Director of SPARK
Dawn T. Bravo, PhD, Research Scientist, Otolaryngology (Head & Neck Surgery)
Jin Billy Li, MS, PhD, Associate Professor, Genetics
William R. Goodyer, MD, PhD, Instructor, Pediatrics (Cardiology)
Jayakar Nayak, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Otolaryngology (Head & Neck Surgery)
Paul Vogel, MS, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Genetics
September 13, 2021
Why Some Diseases Only Affect Babies
Lawrence (Lance) Prince, MD, PhD, Division Chief of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatal and Developmental Medicine), Stanford School of Medicine
October 4, 2021
Building Assembloids to Investigate Human Brain Development and Disease
Sergiu Pasca, MD, Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford School of Medicine
Recording not available.