Closing the gap
Addressing racial inequity in medicine
This issue of Stanford Medicine magazine examines racial inequity and inequality in medicine and explores initiatives to close the gaps in care.
Righting decades of wrong
Countering the impact of racism on health
Childbirth’s unequal burden
Going beyond statistics to end life-threatening racism in maternal care
It’s not rocket science — it’s harder
Stanford Medicine ramps up efforts to increase racial diversity and end disparities
Unequal treatment
How considering race sabotages care — and why change is imperative
Broken trust: A history of atrocities
A conversation with emergency physician Italo Brown
‘It makes you a little proud to be a human’
As his disability progressed, Eric Sibley’s compassion for patients and will to champion diversity grew stronger
A voice for the incarcerated
A conversation with Shaka Senghor
Desegregating hospitals
How Medicare’s architect forced hospitals to admit Black people
Infants at risk
Race inequities in care follow the most vulnerable babies for years
Pay it forward
Including social justice in the curriculum
Letter from the Dean
Eradicating racism in medicine
Stanford Medicine must make social determinants in health care a research priority and enhance recruitment and training of a more diverse workforce
Plus
Adventures of the mind
Barbecue with Dad, dementia and how our senses contribute to cognition
Resistance is futile
Closing cancer cells’ escape route
Meet Carmen, your new trainer
She’s a virtual coach with a winning track record and bilingual advantage
Grounded by family
Stories of Indigenous Mixtec ancestors help med student persevere in college
Seasonal shifts
Bodies divide the year in two — at least in parts of California
Upfront
COVID focus
A quick look at pandemic-related news
Upfront
Upfront is a quick look at the latest developments from Stanford Medicine
Coaxing cartilage growth.
Keeping joint movement pain-free
Twilight surgery
Using conscious sedation improve results for spinal canal surgery
Double agent
Anti-CD47 cancer treatment has been found to help atherosclerosis
Schizophrenia secret solved
Brain tissue research points to link between genetic condition and schizophrenia
One-way fear signals
Cues make it tough for anxious kids to regulate emotions
Explore issues
Reimagining cancer
Innovation-driven exploration and care
The majestic cell
How the smallest units of life determine our health
Psychiatry’s new frontiers
Hope amid crisis
AI explodes
Taking the pulse of artificial intelligence in medicine