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VENTURE INTO THE FUTURE

Trends, research and innovation

Sept. 27-28, 2004
James H. Clark Center
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, Calif.

Print and broadcast journalists from around the country heard from Stanford experts on topics ranging from the newest frontiers in stem cell research to strategies for preventing childhood obesity. Links to summaries of the various presentations are provided below, along with brief biographical details about the speakers. Some of the experts have also made their presentation slides available.

Topic Biographies Slides
"Cultivating Students' Passion for Medicine" Julie Parsonnet  
Cancer/Stem Cell Biology Irving Weissman
Seung Kim
Judy Shizuru		  
Cardiovascular Medicine Robert Robbins
Thomas Quertermous
Michael McConnell
Philip Tsao		  
Neurosciences William Mobley
Jaimie Henderson
Sean Mackey
Larry Recht
Mark Schnitzer
Krishna Shenoy		 Mobley slides
Immunity, Transplantation and Infection Mark Davis
John Boothroyd
C. Garrison Fathman
Carlos Esquivel

Boothroyd slides

Fathman slides
"Healing Cancer: Life Imitating Art" David Spiegel  
California Proposition 71 Robert Klein  
"Childhood Obesity: Stemming the Epidemic" Thomas Robinson  
"Will the Health-Care Bubble Burst? Challenges for the Next President" Laurence Baker
Kate Bundorf		  
"Resilience to Stress: Lessons from 9/11 and Cancer" David Spiegel  
"Baby Boomers and Satisfying Sex" and "Diminishing Fertility: Finding the Culprits" Mary Lake Polan
Linda Giudice		  
"Climbing to Mars: Expedition to the World's Highest Lake to Test NASA's Newest Medical Instruments" Greg Kovacs  
"Challenges of New Technology on Human Identity: A Bioethics Approach" Mildred Cho
Judy Illes
Maren Grainger-Monsen		 Monsen flier
"High-Tech Healing: The Marriage of Technology and Medicine" Charles Taylor  

 

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