Global Health

Interdisciplinary research on global health problems through the lenses of economics, nutrition and politics.

Research Spotlight

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Tackling the Health of Women and Children in Global Conflict Settings

A new four-paper series in The Lancet exposes the far-reaching effects of modern warfare on women’s and children’s health. Stanford researchers, including SHP's Paul Wise and Eran Bendavid, have joined other academics and health-care experts in calling for an international commitment from humanitarian actors and donors to confront political and security challenges.

Ethics and Governance of Digital Epidemiology

Many countries have taken digital epidemiology to the next level in responding to COVID-19. Focusing on core public health functions of case detection, contact tracing, and isolation and quarantine, the authors explore ethical concerns raised by digital technologies and new data sources in public health surveillance during epidemics.

Does Diversity Matter for Health? Experimental Evidence from Oakland

African-American men have the lowest life expectancy of any major demographic group in the United States and live on average 4.5 fewer years than non-Hispanic white men. This paper finds that the mortality disparity is partly related to underutilized preventive healthcare services.

Featured Scholars

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Michelle Mello

Professor of Medicine

Professor of Law

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Doug Owens

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Professor of Medicine

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Maya Rossin-Slater

Assistant Professor, Medicine

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Paul Wise

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Professor of Child Health and Society

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Publications

Policy Briefs

Downs and Ups of Salmon in the Pacific Northwest, The

Stanford Fisheries Project, Stanford Law School, 2002

Journal Articles

Gender Differences in Help-Utilization and the Eight-Year Course of Alcohol Abuse

Addiction, 2002

Working Papers

Lessons on the Japanese Constitution

2002

Journal Articles

C-Reactive Protein, Helicobacter pylori, Chlamydia pneumonia, Cytomegalovirus and Risk for Myocardial Infarction: A Prospective Study

Annals of Epidemiology, 2002

Journal Articles

Efforts to Improve Nuclear Material and Facility Security

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, 2002

Journal Articles

Controlled Trial of Inpatient and Outpatient Geriatric Evaluation and Management, A

New England Journal of Medicine, 2002

Books

Russia's Transformation and American Policy

Prentice Hall, in "Eagle Rules? Foreign Policy and American Primacy in the Twenty-First Century", 2002

Books

Financial Problems of the Elderly: Holistic View, The

Johns Hopkins Press in "Policies for an Aging Society: Confronting the Economic and Political Challenges", edited by Stuart B Altman and David Shactman, 2002