Faculty Spotlight
Our Faculty Spotlight series highlights the outstanding work of our faculty—one story at a time. Each month, we feature a faculty member and the impactful clinical, research, and scholarly work they are doing to advance care, discovery, and education. This series offers a closer look at the people behind the work and the dedication that drives our mission forward.Our Mission
We provide the highest quality of care for our patients and their families, by promoting a collaborative and engaging environment for trainees, colleagues, staff and faculty that advances the care for critically ill children.
Research
The Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Division prides itself on collaborative, diverse and far-reaching research, focused on studying the biology and management of critical illnesses in children.
Stanford Medicine News
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Gut microbes across continents trace ancient human migration
A study of the microbiome of groups in Africa and South America indicates that diverse gut microbes joined us as we migrated out of Africa — a diversity that is lost among industrialized peoples.
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Merritt Maduke is new chair of Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Maduke, whose current research focuses on chloride channels, has advanced from associate chair to department chair.
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Stanford University community celebrates long-awaited Nobel Prize for Deisseroth
Collaborators and colleagues of Karl Deisseroth’s come out to raise a glass of champagne to the Nobel Prize laureate Monday on the Stanford University campus.
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One year after taking ibogaine, veterans find continued relief from PTSD
A single treatment of the psychedelic drug ibogaine appeared to provide long-lasting recovery from PTSD, anxiety and depression in a small study of special ops veterans with traumatic brain injury.
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Urine test may improve bladder cancer diagnosis and guide treatment decisions
Researchers developed a urine test that detects bladder cancer, predicts which patients will benefit from immunotherapy versus chemotherapy, and can confirm whether treatment worked.