Chemistry, Engineering & Medicine for Human Health
About Stanford ChEM-H
Chemistry, Engineering & Medicine for Human Health
Stanford ChEM-H brings together chemists, engineers, biologists, and clinicians to understand life at a chemical level and apply that knowledge to improving human health.
ChEM-H builds on Stanford’s extraordinary talent in the Schools of Humanities & Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, as well as its proximity to the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, to explore this new frontier at the interface of chemistry and human biology.
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New life for discarded drug
A team of ChEM-H fellows have resurrected a discarded drug that helps human cells in a lab dish fight off two different viruses. Based on what they learned about how the drug works, it might also help fight the viruses that cause Ebola, dengue and Zika, among others.
The powerhouse behind Stanford’s global cancer effort
ChEM-H Faculty Fellow Ami Bhatt is mobilizing Stanford experts to fight the growing threat of cancer in the developing world.
Stanford chemists develop an ultra-sensitive test for cancers and HIV
ChEM-H Faculty Fellow Carolyn Bertozzi has developed a new diagnostics tool with broad applicability.
Researchers create compound that combats drug-resistant malaria parasites
ChEM-H Faculty Fellow Matthew Bogyo has designed a compound that targets the malaria parasite in human cells without harming human tissue.
Work of ChEM-H Faculty Fellow Stanley Qi Profiled in "The Atlantic"
Stanley Qi is gaining attention for his work to modify the popular gene-editing enzyme CRISPR. The modified enzyme is a powerful tool to study and modulate gene function with novel therapeutic potential.
$28 million grant launches Center of Excellence for Translation Research
Jeffrey Glenn will lead a new center to develop new anti-viral therapies that target the host rather than the infection. The center will collaborate with ChEM-H as well as other Stanford institutes.
Stanford ChEM-H: Chemistry, Engineering & Medicine for Human Health
ChEM-H Director Chaitan Khosla discusses ChEM-H, his goals for the institute and the challenge of bridging the worlds of chemistry and biology.
Faculty hires
Lingyin Li
Lingyin Li to join Stanford ChEM-H as assistant professor of biochemistry
Lei Stanley Qi
Lei Stanley Qi joined Stanford ChEM-H as assistant professor of bioengineering and of chemical and systems biology
Polly Fordyce
Polly Fordyce joined Stanford ChEM-H as assistant professor of genetics.
Carolyn Bertozzi
Carolyn Bertozzi joined Stanford ChEM-H as professor of chemistry and, by courtesy, of chemical and systems biology.
Peter Kim
Peter Kim joined Stanford ChEM-H as professor of biochemistry
