Health
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King Center supports undergraduate student research in infectious disease lab
Current and former students share their experience studying mosquito-borne viruses in the lab of Professor A. Desiree LaBeaud.
September 25, 2023
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Students devote their summer to combating human trafficking in Brazil
King Center undergraduate research assistant Thay Graciano spent her summer in Brazil with faculty members and researchers of the Stanford Human Trafficking Data Lab.
September 18, 2023
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Stanford researchers investigate human trafficking alongside Brazilian partners in the Amazon rainforest
Members of a King Center initiative investigate possible trafficking sites in Brazil while working to expand an AI database designed to find illegal camps more efficiently.
September 18, 2023
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Malnutrition early in life sets stage for poor growth and death
A study co-authored by Jade Benjamin-Chung reveals better nutrition during pregnancy and childbearing years is critical to protect children in their first 1,000 days.
September 13, 2023
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Stanford research exposes toxic lead used to enhance color of turmeric
A King Center-supported initiative successfully reduced lead adulteration in turmeric in Bangladesh from 47% to 0% in two years.
September 13, 2023
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They got the lead out of turmeric!
Affiliated researcher Jenna Forsyth and Faculty Affiliate Stephen Luby worked with the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority to eliminate lead-contaminated turmeric in the country.
September 13, 2023
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Q&A with King Center Predoctoral Fellow Ei Thandar Myint
Former predoctoral fellow Myint discusses her research with King Center faculty affiliates and her overall experience as part of the inaugural cohort in the program.
September 05, 2023
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Growing solutions to childhood stunting
King Center undergraduate research assistant Claire Morton and Faculty Affiliate David Lobell investigated how adding minerals to farmland soil affects children's health.
August 30, 2023
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Benefits of electric stoves on health and environment in Ecuador
Faculty Affiliate Marshall Burke and former Postdoctoral Fellow Brandon de la Cuesta studied the impacts of a program in Ecuador that put induction stoves in 750,000 households.
August 15, 2023
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Experts discuss how environmental changes are altering the risk for mosquito-borne diseases
In Stanford News, Faculty Affiliates Erin Mordecai and Desiree LaBeaud discuss what we know and how communities can protect themselves from these changing disease threats.
August 08, 2023
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Tuberculosis in prisons poses broader problems
Faculty Affiliate Jason Andrews, who has been researching tuberculosis in Brazilian prisons, discusses why treating TB in prison is critical to combatting the disease worldwide.
July 20, 2023
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The vice of spice: Confronting lead-tainted turmeric
A King Center-supported initiative focused on reducing lead exposure was featured in Undark for their research in Bangladesh, which resulted in government intervention.
July 19, 2023
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Rosenkranz Prize winners: Helping children grow in Bangladesh and preventing blindness in West Africa
Faculty Affiliate Jade Benjamin-Chung was awarded the Dr. George Rosenkranz Prize by the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Stanford Health Policy.
June 30, 2023
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Pain, no gain: Healthcare gender gaps still remain, especially in India
Faculty Director Pascaline Dupas shares insights from her recent working paper analyzing the state health insurance program in Rajasthan, India.
June 15, 2023
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Beyond climate dread
Faculty Affiliates Stephen Luby, Desiree LaBeaud, and Jade Benjamin-Chung discuss their work in finding solutions to the urgent problems of planetary and human health.
June 02, 2023
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The spice seller's secret
Faculty Affiliate Stephen Luby and affiliated researcher Jenna Forysth discuss their research on hunting for the sources of lead poisoning in Bangladesh.
June 02, 2023
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Just add prawns
Faculty Affiliate Giulio De Leo's research on schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease, takes him to the Senegal River, where introducing prawns may help combat the parasite.
May 08, 2023
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Empowering patients with information to improve hospital accountability
In a new study in Rajasthan, Faculty Director Pascaline Dupas investigates whether informing patients of their benefits helps hold hospitals accountable.
April 24, 2023
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The future of mosquito-borne diseases
Faculty Affiliate Erin Mordecai explains why warmer and wetter weather will mean more tropical illnesses far beyond the tropics.
April 07, 2023
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Study finds trash, household crowding increase risk for three dangerous, mosquito-borne illnesses in Kenya
With the risk of mosquito-borne disease expected to grow with climate change, Faculty Affiliate Desiree LaBeaud reveals the factors that put communities at risk for such illnesses.
April 03, 2023