Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
Center for International Security and Cooperation
Center on Food Security and the Environment
Stanford Health Policy
The Europe Center
Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development
Rural Education Action Program
Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education
Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies
Ford Dorsey Program in International Policy Studies
Center for Innovation in Global Health
Stanford Center at Peking University
CHP/PCOR's faculty and affiliates frequently make news. They produce timely, policy-relevant research that is often covered by the news media; they provide comment for news articles and publish editorials on a variety of healthcare issues; and they receive awards and honors for their work.
February 11th, 2013
Stanford law professor, security expert to lead FSI
CISAC, CDDRL, FSE, FSI Stanford, CHP/PCOR, The Europe Center, Shorenstein APARC NewsWhen Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar takes the helm of FSI in July, he'll oversee the institute's 11 research centers and programs along with a variety of undergraduate and graduate education initiatives on international affairs. His leadership will be marked by a commitment to build on FSI’s interdisciplinary approach to solving some of the world’s biggest problems. Read more »
December 4th, 2012
SHP trainees and affiliates earn high honors
Three student researchers with Stanford Health Policy have been awarded the Lee B. Lusted Student Prizes by the Society for Medical Decision Making. Read more »
November 27th, 2012
Stanford researchers show a better way to curb TB where the disease is rampant
FSI Stanford, CHP/PCOR NewsGenetic testing is the best and most cost-effective way to screen prisoners for tuberculosis and drug-resistant strains of the disease, according to a Stanford study. And the authors say using the test on inmates in former Soviet Union countries will curtail TB in a region where it's widespread. Read more »
November 23rd, 2012
A Vaccine to Curb Addicts' Highs
Op-ed: The Wall Street Journal on November 23, 2012New research shows that our immune system can mute the effects of cocaine and other stimulant drugs.
November 20th, 2012
Newly minted Rhodes Scholar has strong research ties to FSI’s health policy center
FSI Stanford, CHP/PCOR NewsMargaret Hayden chose to focus on mental illness as a way to better understand her sister's suicide. Hayden, one of two Stanford students to be named a 2013 Rhodes Scholar, has worked closely with researchers at Stanford Health Policy and will pursue a master's in medical anthropology at Oxford. Read more »
November 19th, 2012
Screening all adults would slow spread of AIDS
FSI Stanford, CHP/PCOR NewsDouglas Owens is a member of the government-backed panel encouraging all Americans between the ages of 15 and 65 to be tested at least once during their lifetimes for HIV. Read more »
November 9th, 2012
How marijuana legalization will affect Mexico’s cartels, in charts
Op-ed: The Washington Post on November 9, 2012The decision by voters in Colorado and Washington state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana has “changed the rules of the game” for the administration of Mexican President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto in the U.S.-backed drug war, according to a report by the Washington Post’s William Booth.
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October 9th, 2012
CISAC names Stanford biosecurity expert as next co-director
CISAC, FSI Stanford, CHP/PCOR NewsDr. David Relman, a Stanford microbiologist and professor of infectious diseases, has been named the next CISAC co-director. An adviser to the federal government on emerging biological threats, Relman's new role will strengthen CISAC's core mission of making the world a safer place. Read more »
October 2nd, 2012
Respiratory conditions account for many unplanned ICU transfers, study finds
A small percentage of patients admitted to hospital beds from emergency rooms — about 5 percent, according to recent studies — are then transferred to intensive care units due to an unexpected decline in their condition. What is striking about these so-called unplanned ICU transfers is that they account for 25 percent of all in-hospital deaths. Read more »
September 4th, 2012
Stanford study shows little evidence of health benefits from organic foods
FSI Stanford, CHP/PCOR NewsResearchers did not find strong evidence that organic foods are more nutritious or carry fewer health risks than conventional alternatives. But they do note that consumption of organic foods can reduce the risk of pesticide exposure. Read more »
September 3rd, 2012
Little evidence of health benefits from organic foods, Stanford study finds
in the news: Stanford Press ReleaseYou’re in the supermarket eyeing a basket of sweet, juicy plums. You reach for the conventionally grown stone fruit, then decide to spring the extra $1/pound for its organic cousin. You figure you’ve just made the healthier decision by choosing the organic product — but new findings from Stanford University cast some doubt on your thinking. Read more »
August 20th, 2012
Stanford experts propose new ideas for governments dealing with old age
CHP/PCOR, Shorenstein APARC, FSI Stanford, AHPP NewsStanford health economists Karen Eggleston and Victor Fuchs offer an innovative view of the global aging phenomenon in an article published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives. Read more »
July 20th, 2012
Jeremy Goldhaber-Fiebert on disconnect between child and adult obesity
Q&AA recent study by Stanford Health Policy's Jeremy Goldhaber-Fiebert, and colleagues at the School of Medicine showed that targeting obesity prevention to small children who are overweight might not be effective. That's because a higher-than-normal weight at age 5 provides an accurate predictor of adult obesity only 50 percent of the time. 
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July 18th, 2012
Rosenkranz Prize winner adding Latin Americans to DNA database
FSI Stanford, CHP/PCOR NewsAndres Moreno will use the $100,000 from this year’s Rosenkranz Prize to analyze the DNA of one of the most underrepresented populations in the field of genetics. Read more »
June 11th, 2012
In countries where cooking can kill, trying to promote safer stoves
FSI Stanford, CHP/PCOR, Shorenstein APARC NewsTraditional cookstoves are to blame for much of the pollution that leads to millions of deaths in the developing world. Safer stoves are available, but few people buy them. Stanford researchers say that’s because the newer models aren’t designed to give people what they really want. Read more »
May 15th, 2012
Global AIDS relief program reduces mortality, research shows
FSI Stanford, CHP/PCOR NewsThe U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief “may be considered the clearest demonstration of aid’s effectiveness in recent years,” according to Stanford researchers who analyze the program in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Read more »
May 8th, 2012
Stanford study shows no evidence that international health aid is wasted
CDDRL, FSI Stanford, CHP/PCOR NewsIn June 2012, Stanford researchers Rajaie Batniji and Eran Bendavid retracted the research findings explained in the following article. Read more »
May 2nd, 2012
China provides universal health insurance at a fraction of the cost
Shorenstein APARC, CHP/PCOR, FSI Stanford, AHPP, SCP NewsChinese officials are developing a social security network to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing demographic landscape. Karen Eggleston discusses the success of China’s health care reforms and the long road ahead. Read more »
April 16th, 2012
Treating men at high risk for HIV makes economic sense, says Stanford study
FSI Stanford, CHP/PCOR NewsEran Bendavid says the results of his work are a departure from a previous study. Earlier research found giving preventative drugs to large groups of gay men at high risk for HIV was not cost-effective when compared with other commonly accepted programs. Read more »
April 9th, 2012
Researchers call for policy, aid and innovation to help world’s poorest
CISAC, CDDRL, FSE, FSI Stanford, CHP/PCOR NewsBill Gates spoke to a Stanford audience about the importance of foreign aid and product innovation in the fight against chronic hunger, poverty and disease in the developing world. FSI senior fellows Larry Diamond, Jeremy Weinstein, Paul Wise and Walter Falcon share their own ideas about how to secure the most fragile nations. Read more »
April 6th, 2012
Why I Do Not Like Providing Health Insurance to My Employees
Op-ed: Washington Monthly on April 6, 2012Harold Pollack notes a number of advantages of employer-based health insurance, including the potential for large employers to serve as more reliable (and potentially wiser) purchasing agents than are individuals at sea in the health insurance market. But my experience as an employer makes me intensely dislike this feature of the U.S. health insurance system nonetheless.
April 5th, 2012
Award offers researchers $100,000 for improving health care access
FSI Stanford, CHP/PCOR NewsThe $100,000 award will go to a non-tenured professor, post-doctoral student or research associate during a two-year period. The deadline to apply is May 11. Read more »
March 29th, 2012
Q&A: Bhattacharya on what's at stake in health care case
FSI Stanford, CHP/PCOR Q&A: Stanford Report on March 29, 2012With legal arguments at the Supreme Court over, the fate of the Obama administration's health care law is in the hands of the justices. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford Center for Health Policy core faculty member, explains how consumers could be affected. 
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February 21st, 2012
Expensive and unpleasant, but hepatitis C treatment is worth it, study shows
FSI Stanford, CHP/PCOR NewsResearch led by by Stanford Health Policy's Jeremy Goldhaber-Fiebert shows treatments for hepatitis C are cost-effective for patients with advanced disease. Their results are based on a computer model of hepatitis C.
February 16th, 2012
Owens appointed to national task force
CHP/PCOR, FSI Stanford NewsThe CHP/PCOR director has been appointed to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a group that develops national guidelines for preventive services. Read more »
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