Health
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Inside the race to prepare cities for extreme heat
King Center Faculty Affiliates and other Stanford researchers are working to help cities adapt to extreme weather and keep people and buildings cool during severe heat waves.
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When heat outpaces the human body: A warming, aging world at risk
As the climate warms, understanding where, when, and to what extent human heat tolerance limits will be breached has become increasingly important—particularly for the elderly.
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New publication shines a light on the surprising link between drought and yellow fever risk
In a new publication in Science Advances, Faculty Affiliate Joelle Rosser investigates how drought is linked to yellow fever virus outbreaks in Brazil.
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Health's biggest breakthroughs are happening at the local level
Stanford King Center scholars are tackling issues ranging from air pollution and antibiotic resistance to digital mental health services, harnessing the use of new health technologies.
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New roads: Expressways for disease?
New study by Erin Mordecai links road development to rise in dengue in the Peruvian Amazon.
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Rosenkranz Prize winner Nathan Lo develops new methods to tackle a neglected global infectious disease
Lo is tackling a tropical disease most people have never heard of—yet it infects 300–600 million people worldwide.
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Go behind the science with Rodolfo Dirzo
The Stanford ecologist traces quiet shifts in the natural world, and how they circle back to human health.
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A low-cost, self-driving microscope could speed up infection diagnostics
Faculty Affiliate Manu Prakash helped develop a malaria-finding microscope that works in low-resource settings, improving access to sensitive infectious disease diagnostics.
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AI platform maps disease risk from space
Led by Faculty Affiliate Giulio De Leo, Stanford scientists in Senegal hunting for schistosomiasis—a parasitic disease infecting 250 million people worldwide—used AI to transform local fieldwork into satellite-powered risk analysis.
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Affordable microscope speeds up malaria diagnosis with AI
In order to make malaria diagnosis faster, more accurate, and more accessible, researchers in Manu Prakash's lab have developed a robotic device, called Octopi, that automatically diagnoses malaria in blood smears.
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Researchers work to outrun the risk of ‘river fever’
In Senegal, Faculty Affiliates Giulio De Leo and Rosamond Naylor are tackling schistosomiasis in rice paddies, using fish to cut disease transmission while boosting food security and local economies.
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Launching AI-driven initiatives to combat labor trafficking in Brazil
The Stanford Human Trafficking Data Lab, in partnership with Brazil’s Federal Labor Prosecution Office (FLPO), is developing Chain-Link, a new data-driven technical tool to map exploitative supply chains.
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Training brick manufacturers to reduce emissions in Bangladesh
King Center-supported research trained brick kiln owners and operators in cleaner practices, which reduced coal burning and improved air quality in Bangladesh.
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Global development conference highlights research by postdoctoral fellows
Stanford’s only conference for postdoctoral fellows in global development featured wide-ranging international research on September 19.
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A go-to source in the fight to eradicate infectious diseases
Stanford King Center Faculty Affiliate Dr. Nathan Lo studies neglected tropical diseases in the hopes of informing better prevention and treatment protocols.
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Toward a lead-free future: The case for action now
At UNGA 80, Jenna Forsyth spoke about the King Center’s lead initiative work at a Devex Impact House panel.
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Are there HIV meds in the water? Here’s what the science says
The HIV Wastewater Epidemiology in South Africa Initiative is partnering with the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) to expand wastewater surveillance in rural areas.
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Stanford scientists believe climate change expanding range of disease-carrying mosquitos
Faculty Affiliates Erin Mordecai and Desiree LaBeaud have been tracking mosquito species and the diseases they transmit in Costa Rica and Africa.
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When the waters rise: How climate change is threatening maternal mental health in Bangladesh
Predoctoral Research Fellow Suhi Hanif and Faculty Affiliate Jade Benjamin-Chung reveal the devastating impact of floods on prenatal depression in Bangladesh.
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Swat team
Erin Mordecai is studying how climate change is affecting the spread of mosquito-borne infectious diseases, which will help predict future outbreaks.
