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Stanford ChildX 2018: Big ideas for little patients
Linda Nevin | April 20, 2018 Stanford faculty are striking for their willingness to stroll across a quad, skirt a construction site or wade through a fountain to share ideas with colleagues and visitors. |
Using big data to understand the disappearing American dream at Childx
Erin Digitale | April 16, 2018 Stanford economist Raj Chetty, PhD, delivered his keynote session at last week's Childx conference on the American dream of children growing up to earn more than their parents is harder to achieve than it used to be. |
Precision health and growth mindsets at Childx
Erin Digitale | April 13, 2018 The third Childx conference was held last week at Stanford, hosted by the Child Health Research Institute. Hundreds of pediatricians, educators, scientists and policy experts attended the TED-style event to address challenges and solutions in child health. |
Tackling childhood obesity at Childx
Erin Digitale | April 13, 2018 Speakers at Childx, including Stanford Medicine pediatrician Tom Robinson, MD, explore novel approaches to tackling the challenging issues in childhood obesity. |
Stanford’s Childx conference starts today. Jump in!
Erin Digitale | April 12, 2018 Today marks the start of Stanford's third Childx conference, a TED-style event addressing challenges and solutions in child health. |
Countdown to Childx: Medical device innovation for kids with chronic disease
Erin Digitale | April 9, 2018 Pediatric cardiologist and biomedical innovator Bronwyn Harris talks about the challenge of translating data into better outcomes for kids with chronic diseases. Dr. Harris will speak at the upcomiong Childx conference. |
Countdown to Childx: Bioethics in pediatrics
Erin Digitale | April 3, 2018 The Childx conference, a TED-style event happening next week at Stanford, will feature a keynote session by bioethicist Jeffrey Kahn, PhD, director of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. |
Countdown to Childx: What doctors can do to improve health literacy
Erin Digitale | March 26, 2018 Health literacy means doctors explaining health care tasks - such as giving a child medication - in doable steps that don’t make you feel like you’re overwhelmed, says health-literacy expert Ruth Parker, a guest at next month's Childx conference. |
Upcoming Childx conference will highlight collaborative solutions in child health
Erin Digitale | March 20, 2018 Next month, experts from many fields will convene at Stanford's third Childx conference to discuss challenges and solutions in child health. Heidi Feldman, MD and David Cornfield, MD, co-chairs of the conference share insights on this year's event. |