Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health
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As the hub for Global Health at Stanford, we envision a world where everyone lives a healthy life, on a thriving planet.
We are thrilled to share this video feature and story about the shared learning and inspiring partnerships taking shape through the Stanford African Scholars in Global Health program. They are part of the new 2025
@stanforddeptmed.bsky.social Annual Report.
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@stanforddeptmed.bsky.social Annual Report.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
We are thrilled to share this video feature and story about the shared learning and inspiring partnerships taking shape through the Stanford African Scholars in Global Health program. They are part of the new 2025
@stanforddeptmed.bsky.social Annual Report.
lnkd.in/gVanR-YJ
@stanforddeptmed.bsky.social Annual Report.
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Interested to know more about the proposed America First Global Health strategy and its potential impact on global health? Read this recent commentary by our director, Michele Barry, and global health core leader. Dr. Ana Crawford.
The new America First Global Health Strategy presents a bold vision of U.S. leadership while overlooking the realities on the ground that determine whether lives are saved or lost, write Ana Maria Crawford, of @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social, and Michele Barry, of @stanfordcigh.bsky.social.
The Danger of ‘America First’ in Global Health
Putting ‘America First’ in global health risks unraveling decades of progress, argue two health leaders.
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October 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Interested to know more about the proposed America First Global Health strategy and its potential impact on global health? Read this recent commentary by our director, Michele Barry, and global health core leader. Dr. Ana Crawford.
Sharing a new perspective in
@nejm.org, "The AI Frontier in Humanitarian Aid — Embracing Possibilities and Addressing Risks" www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
@nejm.org, "The AI Frontier in Humanitarian Aid — Embracing Possibilities and Addressing Risks" www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
October 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Sharing a new perspective in
@nejm.org, "The AI Frontier in Humanitarian Aid — Embracing Possibilities and Addressing Risks" www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
@nejm.org, "The AI Frontier in Humanitarian Aid — Embracing Possibilities and Addressing Risks" www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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SHP affiliate & @stanfordcigh.bsky.social faculty fellow Piya Sorcar, CEO of TeachAids, reflects on lessons from His Holiness the Dalai Lama, from their meeting in India. "He reminded me that service is a privilege, transforming a life’s path into one of meaning and contribution beyond the self."
Advice from the Dalai Lama on tackling global challenges through compassion and humility
Q&A with Dr. Piya Sorcar, Stanford Global Health Faculty Fellow […]
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October 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
SHP affiliate & @stanfordcigh.bsky.social faculty fellow Piya Sorcar, CEO of TeachAids, reflects on lessons from His Holiness the Dalai Lama, from their meeting in India. "He reminded me that service is a privilege, transforming a life’s path into one of meaning and contribution beyond the self."
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Join us for the Stanford/Yale Global Health Scholars 2025 Overview Session!
📅 Monday, October 13, 2025
🕕 6–7 PM PST 💻
Online via Zoom
🔗 Register here: tinyurl.com/stanfordyale25
@stanfordcigh.bsky.social
📅 Monday, October 13, 2025
🕕 6–7 PM PST 💻
Online via Zoom
🔗 Register here: tinyurl.com/stanfordyale25
@stanfordcigh.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Join us for the Stanford/Yale Global Health Scholars 2025 Overview Session!
📅 Monday, October 13, 2025
🕕 6–7 PM PST 💻
Online via Zoom
🔗 Register here: tinyurl.com/stanfordyale25
@stanfordcigh.bsky.social
📅 Monday, October 13, 2025
🕕 6–7 PM PST 💻
Online via Zoom
🔗 Register here: tinyurl.com/stanfordyale25
@stanfordcigh.bsky.social
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Not just about #ClimateChange: Report confirms human health threats from #GHG emissions
Michele Barry, MD, a co-author of the report and director of the @StanfordCIGH.bsky.social, boils down the findings in this brief Q&A:
globalhealth.stanford.edu/planetary-he...
#PublicHealth #FossilFuels
Michele Barry, MD, a co-author of the report and director of the @StanfordCIGH.bsky.social, boils down the findings in this brief Q&A:
globalhealth.stanford.edu/planetary-he...
#PublicHealth #FossilFuels
“Beyond Scientific Dispute”
New report examines links between greenhouse gas emissions and harms […]
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September 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Not just about #ClimateChange: Report confirms human health threats from #GHG emissions
Michele Barry, MD, a co-author of the report and director of the @StanfordCIGH.bsky.social, boils down the findings in this brief Q&A:
globalhealth.stanford.edu/planetary-he...
#PublicHealth #FossilFuels
Michele Barry, MD, a co-author of the report and director of the @StanfordCIGH.bsky.social, boils down the findings in this brief Q&A:
globalhealth.stanford.edu/planetary-he...
#PublicHealth #FossilFuels
🔥 😷 🌀 New report from @nationalacademies.org details strongest evidence to date that man-made ghg emissions cause significant harm to human health and wellbeing. CIGH Director Michele Barry served as one of the 16 members of the committee that produced the report.
➡️ Read the Q&A: lnkd.in/g_Juysa
➡️ Read the Q&A: lnkd.in/g_Juysa
September 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
🔥 😷 🌀 New report from @nationalacademies.org details strongest evidence to date that man-made ghg emissions cause significant harm to human health and wellbeing. CIGH Director Michele Barry served as one of the 16 members of the committee that produced the report.
➡️ Read the Q&A: lnkd.in/g_Juysa
➡️ Read the Q&A: lnkd.in/g_Juysa
Our Global Health Media Fellowship proudly supports #publichealth reporting such as this new @thinkglobalhealth.org article illuminating the critical role of immigrants in the US healthcare system — & how current US policies threaten their contributions:
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/how-...
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/how-...
How Anti-Immigration Measures Could Deplete the U.S. Health Workforce | Think Global Health
The role of immigrants in health care has become more critical because of a worsening worker shortage
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August 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Our Global Health Media Fellowship proudly supports #publichealth reporting such as this new @thinkglobalhealth.org article illuminating the critical role of immigrants in the US healthcare system — & how current US policies threaten their contributions:
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/how-...
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/how-...
We're pleased to share this story of global health collaboration that is making a real difference in the lives of premature infants in Ghana. A Stanford team is collaborating with local leaders to screen & treat a growing cause of infant blindness: globalhealth.stanford.edu/research/zer...
Zero Blind Babies
Pioneering Telemedicine Solutions to Save Sight in Sub-Saharan Africa By […]
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August 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
We're pleased to share this story of global health collaboration that is making a real difference in the lives of premature infants in Ghana. A Stanford team is collaborating with local leaders to screen & treat a growing cause of infant blindness: globalhealth.stanford.edu/research/zer...
🫱🏿🫲🏽 🌍️ In this video, SASH Scholar, Dr. Ombeva Malande, and his mentor, Dr. Cybele Renault, discuss their collaborative partnership through the program, which aims to improve antimicrobial stewardship at Moi University/Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Kenya.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8Mc...
Empowered Together: Stories from the Stanford African Scholars in Global Health Program
YouTube video by Stanford University Center for Innovation in Global Health
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July 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
🫱🏿🫲🏽 🌍️ In this video, SASH Scholar, Dr. Ombeva Malande, and his mentor, Dr. Cybele Renault, discuss their collaborative partnership through the program, which aims to improve antimicrobial stewardship at Moi University/Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Kenya.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8Mc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8Mc...
🌟 Announcing the 2026-2027 Global Health Emerging Scholars (GHES) Fellowship! This is a 12-month, NIH-supported, mentored training in global health research designed to address health inequities and improve population health. Learn more & apply by Oct. 1: globalhealth.stanford.edu/programs/fog...
Global Health Emerging Scholars (GHES) Fellowship
The Global Health Equity Scholars (GHES) Fellowship is a 12-month, NIH-supported, mentored training in global health research designed to address health inequities and improve population health.
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July 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
🌟 Announcing the 2026-2027 Global Health Emerging Scholars (GHES) Fellowship! This is a 12-month, NIH-supported, mentored training in global health research designed to address health inequities and improve population health. Learn more & apply by Oct. 1: globalhealth.stanford.edu/programs/fog...
Refugees are our neighbors, co-workers, and classmates. They enrich our communities, contribute to local economies, and fill unmet workforce needs, including in the healthcare sector.
June 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Refugees are our neighbors, co-workers, and classmates. They enrich our communities, contribute to local economies, and fill unmet workforce needs, including in the healthcare sector.
An important read on the damage #aidsanctions can do to maternal & child health in fragile nations and how to minimize the impacts -- featuring research by Stanford's Ruth Gibson and Paul Wise. #globalhealth www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/civi...
The Civilian Health Costs of Aid Sanctions | Think Global Health
A new study examines how aid sanctions deepen global health inequality
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June 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
An important read on the damage #aidsanctions can do to maternal & child health in fragile nations and how to minimize the impacts -- featuring research by Stanford's Ruth Gibson and Paul Wise. #globalhealth www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/civi...
Our colleagues at global surgery nonprofit ReSurge International are participating in the Cannes ACT with Courage exhibition meant to help people understand the realities we often turn away from: violence, difference, & disability. Watch their powerful video & others here: actincannes.org/education/
Closing the Gap - ACT in Cannes
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June 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Our colleagues at global surgery nonprofit ReSurge International are participating in the Cannes ACT with Courage exhibition meant to help people understand the realities we often turn away from: violence, difference, & disability. Watch their powerful video & others here: actincannes.org/education/
🚀 We’re proud to announce the 2025 Stanford Global Health Seed Grant Awardees! 🌍 This year, 16 innovative projects address critical global challenges around the world and range from using machine learning to predict Marburg outcomes in Rwanda to asthma screening & education in Kenya.
Innovative Solutions for a Healthier World: Announcing 16 new Stanford Global Health Seed Grant
In the face of pressing global health challenges—ranging from air […]
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June 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
🚀 We’re proud to announce the 2025 Stanford Global Health Seed Grant Awardees! 🌍 This year, 16 innovative projects address critical global challenges around the world and range from using machine learning to predict Marburg outcomes in Rwanda to asthma screening & education in Kenya.
🌍📢 Calling all recent human and planetary health PhD graduates! We are accepting applications for the Stanford & LSHTM Planetary Health Postdoc Fellowship through June 30 (new extended deadline!)🌲💂
Learn more and apply: globalhealth.stanford.edu/programs/pos...
Learn more and apply: globalhealth.stanford.edu/programs/pos...
June 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
🌍📢 Calling all recent human and planetary health PhD graduates! We are accepting applications for the Stanford & LSHTM Planetary Health Postdoc Fellowship through June 30 (new extended deadline!)🌲💂
Learn more and apply: globalhealth.stanford.edu/programs/pos...
Learn more and apply: globalhealth.stanford.edu/programs/pos...
Join us June 23, 11am PT for a virtual panel event, Timely Topics in Global Health: Measles without Borders. A panel of global experts will share their insights on current global trends and challenges with #measles.
Learn more and register: globalhealth.stanford.edu/event/measle...
Learn more and register: globalhealth.stanford.edu/event/measle...
May 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Join us June 23, 11am PT for a virtual panel event, Timely Topics in Global Health: Measles without Borders. A panel of global experts will share their insights on current global trends and challenges with #measles.
Learn more and register: globalhealth.stanford.edu/event/measle...
Learn more and register: globalhealth.stanford.edu/event/measle...
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Our new study in @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social on the population-level impact of novel drugs against schistosomiasis, including drugs with activity against the juvenile form of the parasite. We hope the study can support novel drug development and selection to reduce the burden of schistosomiasis!
New research article
Population-level impact of mass drug administration against #schistosomiasis with anthelmintic drugs targeting juvenile schistosomes: a modelling study
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#IDSky #ClinMicro #Schistosoma #MDA #OpenAccess #OA
Population-level impact of mass drug administration against #schistosomiasis with anthelmintic drugs targeting juvenile schistosomes: a modelling study
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#IDSky #ClinMicro #Schistosoma #MDA #OpenAccess #OA
May 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Our new study in @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social on the population-level impact of novel drugs against schistosomiasis, including drugs with activity against the juvenile form of the parasite. We hope the study can support novel drug development and selection to reduce the burden of schistosomiasis!
Confused by vast amounts of conflicting information currently available about #measles? We spoke with Stanford Global Health Leader Bonnie Maldonado, an expert in pediatric infectious diseases and vaccines, to sort fact from fiction. Here's what you need to know:
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
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Five things to know about measles risks and vaccine safety
Stanford pediatrics professor Bonnie Maldonado draws on 15 years of research to clarify key facts about measles outbreaks, vaccine effectiveness, and who’s most at risk.
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May 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Confused by vast amounts of conflicting information currently available about #measles? We spoke with Stanford Global Health Leader Bonnie Maldonado, an expert in pediatric infectious diseases and vaccines, to sort fact from fiction. Here's what you need to know:
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
Exciting to see the highly impactful work of Stanford's Luby Lab to address pollution from brick kilns featured in @science.org!
#planetaryhealth
#planetaryhealth
#LubyLab! So proud of the vital work our lab does for humans and our planet @stanfordcigh.bsky.social @stanforddeptmed.bsky.social
Simple and inexpensive interventions aimed at making changes in how Bangladesh’s informal brink kilns operate could dramatically cut emissions and boost profits for producers, according to a new Science study.
Learn more in this week's issue: scim.ag/3GIqSm6
Learn more in this week's issue: scim.ag/3GIqSm6
May 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Exciting to see the highly impactful work of Stanford's Luby Lab to address pollution from brick kilns featured in @science.org!
#planetaryhealth
#planetaryhealth
🥳 Last week, we celebrated the arrival of our second cohort of Stanford African Scholars in Global Health (SASH) scholars with a warm welcome reception—an evening of connection, purpose, and shared vision.
May 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
🥳 Last week, we celebrated the arrival of our second cohort of Stanford African Scholars in Global Health (SASH) scholars with a warm welcome reception—an evening of connection, purpose, and shared vision.
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🧵1/N New study published in @jama.com on re-emergence of vaccine-eliminated infectious diseases under declining vaccination in the US. We model long-term risk and conditions for return to endemicity for measles, rubella, polio, & diphtheria. Collab w/ @Mathewkiang.com jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
April 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
🧵1/N New study published in @jama.com on re-emergence of vaccine-eliminated infectious diseases under declining vaccination in the US. We model long-term risk and conditions for return to endemicity for measles, rubella, polio, & diphtheria. Collab w/ @Mathewkiang.com jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
🌎️ On this Earth Day, we share this poem of appreciation for the natural world and the lessons it offers us in resilience.
🫱🏾🫲🏼 Here's to keeping hope alive, and to working together for a healthier planet and access to good health for people around the globe.
🫱🏾🫲🏼 Here's to keeping hope alive, and to working together for a healthier planet and access to good health for people around the globe.
April 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
🌎️ On this Earth Day, we share this poem of appreciation for the natural world and the lessons it offers us in resilience.
🫱🏾🫲🏼 Here's to keeping hope alive, and to working together for a healthier planet and access to good health for people around the globe.
🫱🏾🫲🏼 Here's to keeping hope alive, and to working together for a healthier planet and access to good health for people around the globe.
“Measles is like the canary in the coal mine because it is one of the most infectious diseases that we know of,” says Global Health Core Leader Dr. Yvonne Maldonado in a recent article detailing the recent measles outbreak in the United States.
www.healio.com/news/pediatr...
#measles
www.healio.com/news/pediatr...
#measles
‘Canary in the coal mine’: Experts sound alarm about measles
With more than 400 reported cases and at least one death, Texas and New Mexico are in the midst of one of the largest measles outbreaks in the United States in the past 25 years.
Since childhood vacci...
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April 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
“Measles is like the canary in the coal mine because it is one of the most infectious diseases that we know of,” says Global Health Core Leader Dr. Yvonne Maldonado in a recent article detailing the recent measles outbreak in the United States.
www.healio.com/news/pediatr...
#measles
www.healio.com/news/pediatr...
#measles
🌍️ In February, members of the inaugural cohort of Stanford African Scholars in Global Health (SASH) had led insightful discussions on critical health challenges across Africa in partnership with the Stanford Center for African Studies.
➡️ Full story: globalhealth.stanford.edu/uncategorize...
➡️ Full story: globalhealth.stanford.edu/uncategorize...
SASH Scholars share insights on addressing health challenges in Africa
By Bhabna Banerjee and Jamie Hansen In February, members of […]
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April 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
🌍️ In February, members of the inaugural cohort of Stanford African Scholars in Global Health (SASH) had led insightful discussions on critical health challenges across Africa in partnership with the Stanford Center for African Studies.
➡️ Full story: globalhealth.stanford.edu/uncategorize...
➡️ Full story: globalhealth.stanford.edu/uncategorize...