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Kathryn M. McDonald, MM
Stanford Health Policy Executive Director and Senior ScholarView Kathryn McDonald's bio, list of research, recent publications and events »
November 20th, 2009
Demography & Aging Center Receives Renewed NIA Funding to Support Series of Workshops on Demography Research
CHP/PCOR Press ReleaseStanford Health Policy has received five years of renewed support for its Center on the Demography and Economics of Health and Aging. The National Institute on Aging funding will help expand the center's initiative to inform the academic community about demography and economic research in the area of health and aging. Read more »
August 17th, 2009
Stanford Health Policy/UCSF team finds inducing labor need not increase cesarean risk
CHP/PCOR Press ReleaseContrary to a belief widely held by obstetricians, inducing labor need not increase a woman's risk for cesarean section delivery in childbirth, scientists at Stanford Health Policy and the University of California, San Francisco have found. 
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May 6th, 2009
Real time swine flu coverage: Stanford health experts regularly weigh in
CHP/PCOR NewsStanford Health Policy experts use this forum to weigh in on the swine flu-- the potential for disaster, the response thus far, what you should be on alert for-- drawing upon their multi-disciplinary backgrounds. Read more »
October 13th, 2008
CHP/PCOR conference brings entrepreneurs, industry leaders together to discuss innovation in health care reform
CHP/PCOR, FSI Stanford NewsOn September 16, 2008, the Center for Health Policy (CHP) and the Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research (PCOR) hosted a unique conference at Stanford University, "Better Health, Lower Cost: Can Innovation Save Health Reform?" in honor of their 10th anniversary. 
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January 1st, 2007
CHP/PCOR and CDDRL: Collaborating to Improve Health and Governance
CDDRL, CHP/PCOR NewsModern medicine has produced interventions that seem almost miraculous in their ability to prevent and treat deadly diseases. The use of chemically treated mosquito nets can drastically reduce malaria infections, for example, while powerful antiretroviral drugs can give HIV/AIDS patients added years of life. Read more »