"Lead is one of the most toxic elements on the periodic table" - Dr. Steve Luby, Director of the Stanford Center for Human and Planetary Health and Director of Global Health Research at our center. Thanks to new gifts, a Stanford-led initiative to address this global health threat is growing!

As doubt is cast on the hepatitis B vaccine in the US, countries like Ghana are eager to roll out the birth dose of this vaccine. Nearly one in ten Ghanaians have chronic hepatitis B, which the vaccine helps prevent. Global Health Media Fellow, Michal Ruprecht, reports: www.npr.org/sections/goa...

Warm wishes for the holiday and the new year from the Stanford Global Health Team! We look forward to working together toward a brighter and healthier future for all.

🌀🔥🏥 While the intersection of climate change and health has been studied for decades, it has yet to be broadly incorporated into medical training. We're proud to support an initiative to incorporate climate into medical education at Stanford and beyond: globalhealth.stanford.edu/news/stanfor...

Global Health Faculty Fellows Dr. Bonnie Maldonado and @sethahoffmanmd.bsky.social contributed to this timely report about aluminum salts in childhood vaccines, reviewing nearly a century of evidence about key safety concerns.

We are thrilled to share this video feature and story about the shared learning and inspiring partnerships taking shape through the Stanford African Scholars in Global Health program. They are part of the new 2025 @stanforddeptmed.bsky.social Annual Report. lnkd.in/gVanR-YJ

Interested to know more about the proposed America First Global Health strategy and its potential impact on global health? Read this recent commentary by our director, Michele Barry, and global health core leader. Dr. Ana Crawford.

Sharing a new perspective in @nejm.org, "The AI Frontier in Humanitarian Aid — Embracing Possibilities and Addressing Risks" www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

SHP affiliate & @stanfordcigh.bsky.social faculty fellow Piya Sorcar, CEO of TeachAids, reflects on lessons from His Holiness the Dalai Lama, from their meeting in India. "He reminded me that service is a privilege, transforming a life’s path into one of meaning and contribution beyond the self."

Join us for the Stanford/Yale Global Health Scholars 2025 Overview Session! 📅 Monday, October 13, 2025 🕕 6–7 PM PST 💻 Online via Zoom 🔗 Register here: tinyurl.com/stanfordyale25 @stanfordcigh.bsky.social

Not just about #ClimateChange: Report confirms human health threats from #GHG emissions Michele Barry, MD, a co-author of the report and director of the @StanfordCIGH.bsky.social, boils down the findings in this brief Q&A: globalhealth.stanford.edu/planetary-he... #PublicHealth #FossilFuels

🔥 😷 🌀 New report from @nationalacademies.org details strongest evidence to date that man-made ghg emissions cause significant harm to human health and wellbeing. CIGH Director Michele Barry served as one of the 16 members of the committee that produced the report. ➡️ Read the Q&A: lnkd.in/g_Juysa

Our Global Health Media Fellowship proudly supports #publichealth reporting such as this new @thinkglobalhealth.org article illuminating the critical role of immigrants in the US healthcare system — & how current US policies threaten their contributions: www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/how-...

We're pleased to share this story of global health collaboration that is making a real difference in the lives of premature infants in Ghana. A Stanford team is collaborating with local leaders to screen & treat a growing cause of infant blindness: globalhealth.stanford.edu/research/zer...

🫱🏿‍🫲🏽 🌍️ In this video, SASH Scholar, Dr. Ombeva Malande, and his mentor, Dr. Cybele Renault, discuss their collaborative partnership through the program, which aims to improve antimicrobial stewardship at Moi University/Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Kenya. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8Mc...

🌟 Announcing the 2026-2027 Global Health Emerging Scholars (GHES) Fellowship!⁠ This is a 12-month, NIH-supported, mentored training in global health research designed to address health inequities and improve population health.⁠ Learn more & apply by Oct. 1: globalhealth.stanford.edu/programs/fog...

Refugees are our neighbors, co-workers, and classmates. They enrich our communities, contribute to local economies, and fill unmet workforce needs, including in the healthcare sector.

An important read on the damage #aidsanctions can do to maternal & child health in fragile nations and how to minimize the impacts -- featuring research by Stanford's Ruth Gibson and Paul Wise. #globalhealth www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/civi...

Our colleagues at global surgery nonprofit ReSurge International are participating in the Cannes ACT with Courage exhibition meant to help people understand the realities we often turn away from: violence, difference, & disability. Watch their powerful video & others here: actincannes.org/education/

🚀 We’re proud to announce the 2025 Stanford Global Health Seed Grant Awardees! 🌍 This year, 16 innovative projects address critical global challenges around the world and range from using machine learning to predict Marburg outcomes in Rwanda to asthma screening & education in Kenya.

🌍📢 Calling all recent human and planetary health PhD graduates! We are accepting applications for the Stanford & LSHTM Planetary Health Postdoc Fellowship through June 30 (new extended deadline!)🌲💂 Learn more and apply: globalhealth.stanford.edu/programs/pos...

Join us June 23, 11am PT for a virtual panel event, Timely Topics in Global Health: Measles without Borders. A panel of global experts will share their insights on current global trends and challenges with #measles. Learn more and register: globalhealth.stanford.edu/event/measle...

Our new study in @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social on the population-level impact of novel drugs against schistosomiasis, including drugs with activity against the juvenile form of the parasite. We hope the study can support novel drug development and selection to reduce the burden of schistosomiasis!

Confused by vast amounts of conflicting information currently available about #measles? We spoke with Stanford Global Health Leader Bonnie Maldonado, an expert in pediatric infectious diseases and vaccines, to sort fact from fiction. Here's what you need to know: news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...

Exciting to see the highly impactful work of Stanford's Luby Lab to address pollution from brick kilns featured in @science.org! #planetaryhealth

🥳 Last week, we celebrated the arrival of our second cohort of Stanford African Scholars in Global Health (SASH) scholars with a warm welcome reception—an evening of connection, purpose, and shared vision.

🧵1/N New study published in @jama.com on re-emergence of vaccine-eliminated infectious diseases under declining vaccination in the US. We model long-term risk and conditions for return to endemicity for measles, rubella, polio, & diphtheria. Collab w/ @Mathewkiang.com jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

🌎️ On this Earth Day, we share this poem of appreciation for the natural world and the lessons it offers us in resilience. 🫱🏾‍🫲🏼 Here's to keeping hope alive, and to working together for a healthier planet and access to good health for people around the globe.

“Measles is like the canary in the coal mine because it is one of the most infectious diseases that we know of,” says Global Health Core Leader Dr. Yvonne Maldonado in a recent article detailing the recent measles outbreak in the United States. www.healio.com/news/pediatr... #measles

🌍️ In February, members of the inaugural cohort of Stanford African Scholars in Global Health (SASH) had led insightful discussions on critical health challenges across Africa in partnership with the Stanford Center for African Studies. ➡️ Full story: globalhealth.stanford.edu/uncategorize...

We are deeply saddened by the devastation and loss of life in #Myanmar caused by the 7.7 earthquake. ⁠If you wish to support the rescue and recovery efforts underway, we highlight some organizations active in the response: globalhealth.stanford.edu/programs/sup...

In addition to driving up egg prices, the #H5N1 bird flu has the potential to spur a major epidemic. We can avert such an outcome by taking key preventive steps now, says Abraar Karan, MD. Learn more: scopeblog.stanford.edu/2025/03/27/b...

Thank you to the outstanding candidates who applied for the 2025-26 Global Health Media Fellowship. We're pleased to announce our next fellow, Michal Ruprecht, a medical student at Wayne State University School of Medicine currently completing his 3rd year. globalhealth.stanford.edu/media-fellow...

Although measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000, it still rages on in many parts of the world. With decreasing vaccination rates in the US, imported cases can have large consequences, reports Global Health Media Fellow Neha Mukherjee for CNN. www.cnn.com/2025/03/24/h...

New Stanford-led study finds foreign aid sanctions set back decades of progress on maternal and child mortality: news.stanford.edu/stories/2025... @stanforddeptmed.bsky.social @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social

Global Health Core Leader Yvonne Maldonado led Stanford Medicine’s COVID-19 response. Now she’s focusing on how to plan for kids’ needs if this type of medical disaster happens again. news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...

Expanding the human gut microbiome atlas of Africa: Stanford researcher Dylan Maghini discusses a new community-engaged research project, recently published in @natureportfolio.nature.com that maps the gut microbiomes of people across six diverse communities in Africa. youtu.be/SNHJ6HNIikk?...

We are proud of the work that Faculty Fellow Dr. Shuchi Anand and colleagues are doing to understand the causes of a mysterious, deadly kidney disease impacting farmworkers from Sri Lanka to California's Central Valley.

“Measles is the most infectious virus we know. However, it’s a harbinger of low vaccination rates, and it is quite likely we will start seeing outbreaks of other diseases that are vaccine preventable as well as these vaccine rates decrease." www.cnn.com/2025/02/26/h...

With the risks of raw milk in the spotlight due to #birdflu, new Stanford research finds that another virus affecting animals and people -- Rift Valley fever virus -- can remain active in raw milk samples for roughly as long as someone might want to drink it. scopeblog.stanford.edu/2025/02/25/m...

New publication studies Brazil's 2016-2018 #YellowFever outbreak, the largest in the country's history, identifying risk factors for severe disease, & underscores the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration in confronting infectious disease threats. globalhealth.stanford.edu/research/und...

Concerned about #healthequity and #planetaryhealth in California? Don't miss this upcoming webinar by our friends @stanfordwoods.bsky.social

Curious to know what's going on with the #measles outbreak in Texas and what it means for public health? Stanford Global Health Media Fellow Neha Mukherjee is reporting on it for @CNN. www.cnn.com/2025/02/18/h...

Deadline alert! The Climate Change & Infectious Disease Threats Keystone Symposium is accepting applications to present until Feb 4. Learn more about this symposium which is co-hosted by Associate Dean of Global Health Desiree LaBeaud and collaborators. www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...

The 2025 #CIGHResearchConvening launched with an informative and inspiring keynote presentation by Dr. @Jonna Mazet, Vice Provost – Grand Challenges at the University of California, Davis, and founder of the One Health Institute at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.

"During these troubled times for global health, it becomes more imperative and impactful to double down and do what we do best - research, science, and collaboration. I look forward to this day to see the fruition of that hope."⁠ —CIGH Director Michele Barry, at our annual Research Convening.

“50 by 50”: A global effort to halve chances of premature death by 2050: Stanford and other global health experts discuss how to halve the chance of premature death globally during the Bay Area launch of The Lancet Commission’s Global Health 2050 Report. globalhealth.stanford.edu/vulnerable-p...

As #climatechange and other factors drive a global rise in #dengue fever, a Stanford-led study shows that cleaning up trash near homes can significantly reduce disease risk. @stanfordwoods.bsky.social Learn more: news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...

🔥Just how bad is wildfire smoke for your health? As wildfires continue to devastate portions of LA, Stanford medical & environmental experts weigh in on the physical & mental health risks of wildfires, from smoke to trauma, and interventions to mitigate these risks. news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...

Medical students, apply now for our Global Health Media Fellowship for a year of journalistic training with @StanfordCIGH, @CNN & #StanfordJournalism, honing your skills to tell global health stories, build health literacy, & combat disinformation. globalhealth.stanford.edu/programs/med...