Category: Lecture
Women in Data Science (WiDS) 2020
For the past 5 years, the Global Women in Data Science Initiative hosts an annual conference here at Stanford that consists of speakers and seminars from industry to academia. It is a gathering place to support women in data science as there are gender disparities in the larger narrative of the field. At Stanford Video,… Read more Women in Data Science (WiDS) 2020
US Sec of Defense James Mattis on Uncommon Knowledge
In his first televised interview in almost a year, Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis sits down with Peter Robinson to discuss a wide range of issues facing the United States Armed Forces at home and across the globe. Earlier this year, Secretary Mattis published the National Defense Strategy, the first such document in a… Read more US Sec of Defense James Mattis on Uncommon Knowledge
School of Medicine's Dean's Lecture Series - Michael Specter
Michael Specter, Staff Writer, The New Yorker | Dean’s Lecture Series 2017 Michael Specter has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1998 and focuses on science, technology, and public health. Since joining the magazine, he has written about the global AIDS epidemic, avian influenza, malaria, the world’s diminishing freshwater resources, synthetic biology,… Read more School of Medicine's Dean's Lecture Series - Michael Specter
Cafe Scientifique: The Rise and Fall of Cigarette Smoking
While tobacco use remains the number one killer of Americans, smoking prevalence is at a modern low. Learn how and why this happened, best practices for smoking cessation, the vaping alternative, how smoking has become a social justice issue, and whether there are relevant lessons for the obesity epidemic. Café Scientifique is an international network… Read more Cafe Scientifique: The Rise and Fall of Cigarette Smoking
Big Data in Biomedicine: Sumbul Desai
Bringing together thought leaders in large-scale data analysis and technology to transform the way we diagnose, treat and prevent disease. Visit our website at http://bigdata.stanford.edu/.
YCHU - Binge Eating in Teens
In honor of National Eating Disorders Week, the Divisions of Adolescent Medicine and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, together with the Comprehensive Eating Disorders Program at Stanford is hosting their annual community lecture for families, physicians, teachers and other practitioners caring for those with eating disorders. Dr. Kara Fitzpatrick will provide an update on Bulimia Nervosa… Read more YCHU - Binge Eating in Teens
CWOQ: Tony Wyss-Coray “Young Blood for Old Brains”
Every culture and civilization had its dreams about eternal youth, but what if there was something to it? Professor Wyss-Coray will share an amazing development in aging research that could revolutionize how we understand aging and treat age-related diseases. Tony Wyss-Coray is a professor of neurology and neurological sciences. Classes Without Quizzes are presented by… Read more CWOQ: Tony Wyss-Coray “Young Blood for Old Brains”
