Stanford King Center on Global Development

Present at the Global Health Research Convening on Jan. 29, 2025! Submit an abstract now! ?? ??

?? Announcing the results of the 2024 Global Development Photo Contest! ?? We're excited to share the winning photos of this year's contest, which capture the stories of everyday resilience and creativity around the world. Congratulations to the winners and genuine thanks to all the participants, as well as Stanford Live and Stanford Athletics for their generous donation of prizes. ?? Explore the winning images and the stories behind them! Photos from #Colombia #Chile #Ghana #Indonesia #Peru #SierraLeone "Two fishermen moving their boat upstream as the current was too strong to navigate with the motor. I was traveling with them to see their fish and see how they interact with their nearby wetland ecosystem. Behind them are the iconic Mavicure mountains." (El Remanso, Guainia, Colombia) ??: Sergio Sánchez López, PhD '26, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability "As part of Wellness Week, teachers and pupils at Beacon College International, Ghana, encouraged acts of kindness." (Tema, Ghana) ??: Jennifer Fortet, Stanford Center on Early Childhood Learning and Evaluation, Associate "Groups of fishermen harvest their daily catch on Lumley Beach on the coast of Sierra Leone. They have no fancy fishing equipment or tools, just a single large net and a dozen of men who employ the most basic technique in an age of modern agriculture and fishery." (Freetown, Sierra Leone) ??: @Linda Z. , MBA '26, Stanford University Graduate School of Business "I was absolutely mesmerized by nature's undisturbed beauty and complete serenity, it felt like time itself stopped. It also made me feel hopeful about the relationship between humans and our planet - there may be no people in this photo but lots of work by activists, climatologists, and policymakers was done to ensure this magical place could be preserved untouched." (Reserva Nacional de Flamencos, Atacama Desert, Chile) ??: Anna Vdovina, PhD '28 "As a sociologist, my curiosity about life in the world’s most remote corners led me to the Matsés, an indigenous tribe nestled deep within the Peruvian Amazon. For ten days, I lived alongside them in one of their most secluded villages, where, despite only making permanent contact with the outside world 55 years ago, they continue to safeguard their ancient traditions, even as the encroaching modern world casts its shadow. In this photo, an elderly woman works with quiet devotion, weaving local plant leaves to craft the door of the Maloca—the ancestral longhouse that has sheltered her people for generations." (Santa Rosa, Yaquerana, Requena, Loreto, Peru) ??: Tianhao Hou, PhD '29, Stanford Sociology "Local population taking advantage of the rising and lowering tide to harvest seaweed as a sustainability project" (Lombok, Indonesia) ??: Agustin V. MBA '25, Stanford University Graduate School of Business

?? Predoc opportunity! The King Center’s Predoctoral Research Fellows Program is a full-time, two-year post-baccalaureate program that prepares individuals for careers in academic research focused on #globaldevelopment topics. This program provides fellows with the opportunity to gain research experience and preparation for applications to PhD programs and doctoral studies. Students from low- and middle-income countries are particularly encouraged to apply! Fellows work with King Center Faculty Affiliates on research projects and can take courses at Stanford University for credit. The fellowship offers tuition, health insurance, and a living stipend. Thinking of applying? See what Besindone Dumi-Leslie had to say about her time with the King Center: https://lnkd.in/gJYKGxnN. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gHRTN8eG Deadline for applications: January 5, 2025 #fellowship #fellow #predoc #multidisciplinary #Stanford

Stanford health experts call for eliminating a “remarkably harmful toxin.” Stephen Luby and Jenna Forsyth (with Erica Plambeck, Grant Miller, Eran Bendavid, among other co-authors) reveal insights from years of research on the hidden dangers of lead in common products, emphasizing the need for stronger food safety policies, public education, and lead-free alternatives. Through research funded in part by the King Center, their new paper highlights the urgent challenge of lead contamination in South Asian turmeric. "The key hurdles include overcoming the pushback from industries that, like tobacco companies, have a financial incentive in continuing to generate a product that kills millions of people every year," says Luby. "This requires a clear-eyed view of the enormous human and environmental health costs of having lead in the economy." Read more: https://bit.ly/4frOqrO Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health Stanford Center for Human and Planetary Health Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability #FoodPolicy #tumeric #southasia #publichealth #health #leadexposure #Leadchromate #Bangladesh

Postdoc fellowship opportunity! Accepting applications for Postdocs in #science #sustainability and global development. ?? The program offers one- or two-year fellowships to new PhD recipients who have a demonstrated ability to generate high-quality, policy-relevant research on issues related to global development. Visas may be sponsored. ?? Deadline: Dec 1, 2024 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gJ9EckKp Fellows will pursue their own research agendas with mentorship from select Stanford faculty across different disciplines. Upon applying, fellows will be asked to select one prospective faculty mentor?? ?? Giulio De Leo, Oceans, Doerr School of Sustainability. Topics of interest:?parasitic disease of poverty in tropical and subtropical countries, the relationship between poverty and diseases, policies for agricultural expansion and intensification that may impact population health outcomes? ?? Erin Mordecai, Department of Biology.???Topics of interest:?environmental drivers of infectious diseases, primarily those that disproportionately affect those in poverty, including malaria, dengue, and leishmaniasis; effects of climate change and land use change on these diseases; ecological levers for health. #globaldevelopment #fellowship #postdoc #postdoctoralfellowship #Stanford #science #sustainability

Postdoc fellowship opportunity! Accepting applications for Postdocs in #health and global development. ?? The program offers one- or two-year fellowships to new PhD recipients who have a demonstrated ability to generate high-quality, policy-relevant research on issues related to global development. Visas may be sponsored. ?? Deadline: Dec 1, 2024 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gJ9EckKp Fellows will pursue their own research agendas with mentorship from select Stanford faculty across different disciplines. Upon applying, fellows will be asked to select one prospective faculty mentor: ?? Jade Benjamin-Chung, Epidemiology & Population Health, School of Medicine?. Topics of interest:? child growth, diarrheal disease/gastrointestinal infections, malaria, and climate and health. ?? Pascal Geldsetzer, Primary Care and Population Health, School of Medicine?. Topics of interest:? the use of machine learning in satellite imagery and other publicly accessible geotagged data sources to monitor health and health service coverage indicators. ? ?? A. Desiree LaBeaud, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine. Topics of interest:? global child health, climate change impacts on infectious diseases, vector-borne ?disease epidemiology, arbovirology, community climate resilience, circular economies of waste. ? ?? Nathan Lo, Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine?. Topics of interest:? infectious disease epidemiology and modeling, policy-oriented public health modeling, neglected global infectious diseases (parasitic worm infections and typhoid fever), vaccination, predictive modeling. ?? Ivana Maric, Department of Pediatrics (Neonatology), School of Medicine Topics of interest:? developing machine learning and AI models for early prediction of adverse outcomes of pregnancy including preterm birth, preeclampsia, small-for-gestational age; machine learning analysis of pregnancy and neonatal outcomes from omics and electronic health records data, development of low-cost, point of care diagnostic tools that are applicable worldwide and especially in low-resource settings. ?? Dr. Christine Ngaruiya, Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine. Topics of interest:?addressing global disparities in non-communicable disease (NCD) outcomes, primarily in Africa; NCDs (e.g. hypertension, cardiovascular disease, cancer, mental health) or NCD risk factors (e.g. tobacco, alcohol), focusing on health equity in Africa; translation of public health interventions to policy and community-engaged projects. #globaldevelopment #fellowship #postdoc #postdoctoralfellowship #Stanford #health

As Stanford's hub on global development, we ??delight?? in hosting these critical, solution-oriented conversations between researchers, governments, and international organizations.?? #AI #digitalinclusion #globaldevelopment #refugeeresponse

Seeking support to pursue research that touches on international development and poverty alleviation? ?? We are accepting applications for new PhD recipients—coming from fields such as computer science, earth systems science, health policy, political science, sociology, economics, engineering, and more. This opportunity supports policy-relevant research on multidisciplinary topics related to global development. ?? Fellows will pursue their own research agendas with mentorship from select Stanford researchers who are also King Center Faculty Affiliates: Jade Benjamin-Chung; Pascal Geldsetzer; A. Desiree LaBeaud; Nathan Lo; Ivana Maric; Dr. Christine Ngaruiya; Eran Bendavid; Grant Miller; David Lobell; Alfredo J. Artiles; Patricia Bromley; Philip Fisher; Guilherme Lichand; Giulio De Leo; Erin Mordecai; Katherine Casey; Arun Chandrasekhar; Marcel Fafchamps; Alessandra Voena; Chuck E.; Dan Iancu; Rishee Jain. ? Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gJ9EckKp ? ? Fellowship application deadline: Sunday, Dec 1, 2024 #postdoc #fellowships #internationaldevelopment #poverty

Join me in this Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health / Stanford King Center on Global Development hybrid meeting next week where I’ll present about Children's HeartLink capacity building & advocacy work! An opportunity to learn about global efforts to improve access to pediatric and congenital cardiac care. #CHD #RHD Especially excited to hear from the amazing michele barry! https://lnkd.in/gyvC947q Shaun Setty

?? Digital Technologies for Refugee Support: Opportunities and Risks??? Last week, at Stanford King Center on Global Development, we co-hosted an event together with the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees, to discuss the possibilities of using digital technologies for refugee support. The event explored the intersection of technology and humanitarian aid in a compelling panel discussion on the risks, limitations and opportunities of using digital technologies for refugee support. Experts from UNHCR, Stanford, and the Danish Tech Ambassador’s Office shared their insights on how AI and other digital technologies can improve refugee response, particularly during global crises in Ukraine, Gaza, Lebanon, Sudan and others. The event, moderated by Denmark’s Deputy Tech Ambassador Martine Gram Barbry, highlighted how data-driven AI tools, like GeoMatch developed by Stanford Impact Labs, can help connect refugees with communities where they have the best chance of thriving. But, the conversation also emphasized the ethical and practical challenges these technologies pose, such as data privacy, biases in AI systems, and the need for responsible implementation. Thank you to our esteemed panelists Deputy UNHCR Kelly T. Clements, Professor of Political Science & Faculty Co-Director of the Immigration Policy Lab Jens Hainmueller, Executive Director of the Immigration Policy Lab Adam Lichtenheld, PhD, Techplomacy Team Leader at the Office of Denmark’s Tech Ambassador Christian Mogensen, and Assistant Professor of Statistics at Stanford Dominik Rothenh?usler for their valuable perspectives. It's clear that cross-sector collaboration is vital to leveraging tech for better humanitarian outcomes. ?? #TechForGood #RefugeeSupport #AIInnovation #DigitalInclusion #Techplomacy #HumanitarianTech