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Stanford was recently awarded both the Leadership Center grant and a site grant for what is officially named the Accelerating Medicines Partnership in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lupus Network.

Dr. Hlatky is being recognized for his work in the broad fields of comparative effectiveness research with the 2014 Distinguished Scientist Award.

Sumbul Desai, MD (clinical assistant professor, general medical disciplines) took a road less traveled on her way from an undergraduate degree in computer science to her latest venture, vice chair of strategy and innovation for the Department of Medicine.

On November 18, Yuan received the Cournand and Comroe Young Investigator Award for her work on pulmonary hypertension. Her research examines the Wnt/PCP signaling in endololethial cell and pericyte interactions during pulmonary blood vessel formation.

In a recent interview, Edward Sheen shared his experience as a fellow, discussed his commitment to public service and offered advice to prospective applicants.

Stanford University’s Women’s Heart Health Program have awarded seed grants for promising new research in the study of sex differences in cardiovascular disease.

A scientist’s advice to young investigators, a new group of physicians who are leading the charge to teach quality improvement, a doctor’s response to Typhoon Haiyan. These are just some of the year’s top stories – the most read, the most shared, and the most talked about.

21 Stanford residents traveled to San Francisco to attend and present at this year’s American College of Physicians Scientific Meeting.

It is a bit unusual to read that a young faculty member has won an award from an entity called The Stanford Medicine & the Muse Program to create a narrative medicine group for internal medicine residents. Knowing nothing about narrative medicine, we approached Lauren Edwards, MD, winner of the competitive award, to learn more.

Richard Lafayette, MD, FACP, associate professor of medicine (nephrology) and director of the Stanford Glomerular Disease Center, has been appointed the next Editor-in-Chief of ASN Kidney News.

Aida Habtezion, MD, focuses her research in gastroenterology. Her clinical interest is immune-mediated diseases of the intestine; in North America the disease that fits this description is typically inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

FH, or familial hypercholesterolemia, is a genetic predisposition to very high levels of LDL cholesterol (the bad cholesterol) that may first manifest itself as a fatal heart attack at a premature age.

The deadline for the 2015 round of granting is fast approaching: Monday, January 26. You may apply for a one-year grant of up to $100,000, potentially renewable for a second year, to pay for operating supplies, minor equipment, reagents, prototyping expenses, imaging time, preclinical costs, and travel.

Get to know the three Department of Medicine physicians who will serve as internal medicine chief residents for 2016-2017.

On March 20, thousands of fourth-year medical students across the country simultaneously opened envelopes containing the name of the program where they will spend the next few years of their lives training as resident physicians.

“I remember being in your shoes,” resident program director Ronald Witteles, MD, told prospective residents and the interested public during last week’s Google+ Hangout with the Stanford Internal Medicine Residency program.

Ginna Laport, MD has been elected president-elect of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (ASBMT), following a national vote among the society’s membership.

As the grants manager for the Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Henry Kuo oversees the Division’s extensive financial portfolio, handling awards, grants, contracts and faculty finances. He is also an “irreplaceable asset,” colleagues said, and brings enthusiasm and a positive attitude to work each day.

Jeanette Cowan, senior finance analyst for the Center for Health Policy (CHP) and the Center for Primary Care Outcomes Research (PCOR), received the Department of Medicine’s Employee of the Month Award, which honors exceptionally dedicated and passionate staff.

Sarah S. Donaldson, MD, loves coming to work in the morning. It’s one thing that hasn’t changed throughout her more than forty years at Stanford.