New antibody injection may eradicate cancer Tristan Vanech May 10, 2015 0 Comments A research team at the the School of Medicine has published a study of a new antibody injection that could eradicate advanced cancer. Read More »
Cullen named director of Center for Population Health Sciences Michael Gioia April 14, 2015 0 Comments Professor Mark Cullen will serve as the first director of the Stanford Center for Population Health Sciences, the School of Medicine announced on Monday. Cullen will oversee research funding,... Read More »
Graduate student charged with poisoning labmates’ drinks Kylie Jue March 30, 2015 22 Comments A graduate student at Stanford’s School of Medicine has been charged with four felony counts of “poisoning any food, drink or medicine” for putting paraformaldehyde (PFA) in labmates’ water... Read More »
Stanford neurosurgeon and writer Paul Kalanithi dies at 37 Catherine Zaw March 21, 2015 1 Comment Stanford neurosurgeon and writer Paul Kalanithi '99 '00 died of lung cancer March 9 at the age of 37. Read More »
Mary Hawn appointed new chair of the School of Medicine’s Department of Surgery Batuhan Balci March 9, 2015 0 Comments Starting July 1st 2015, Mary Hawn, the current director of gastrointestinal surgery and vice chair for quality and clinical effectiveness at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, will be serving as... Read More »
Autism cases may be linked to the corpus callosum, School of Medicine researchers find Abigail Schott-Rosenfield January 5, 2015 2 Comments Faulty communication between the halves of the brain could be the cause of some cases of autism, according to a Stanford School of Medicine study that points autism research in a new direction. Read More »
Researchers find new method to predict contraction of age-related macular degeneration Abigail Schott-Rosenfield November 10, 2014 0 Comments Stanford University School of Medicine scientists have found a new, smarter method of predicting if and when patients with age-related macular degeneration will contract the most damaging form of the... Read More »
Eugene Bleck, prominent figure in pediatric orthopedics, dies at 91 Kylie Jue November 5, 2014 0 Comments On Sept. 14, Eugene Bleck, founder of the School of Medicine’s pediatric orthopedics department, died of respiratory failure at the Mills-Peninsula Hospital in San Mateo. He was 91. Read More »