Published Research
To date, Stanford faculty have published the following health and healthcare-related research papers in 2013. Interesting papers from 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, and 2007 are also available.
2013 Research
Analyzing Policies for Childhood Obesity
Management Science, April 2013, 59:782-795
Authors: Yang, Yan; Goldhaber-Fiebert, Jeremy D.; Wein, Lawrence M.
In this paper, the authors formulate and numerically solve—separately for boys and girls—a dynamic programming problem for the optimal biennial (i.e., at ages 2,4,…,16) obesity screening thresholds.
A Tall Order for Medicare
Hoover Digest, 2013, No. 1
Author: Kessler, Daniel P. .
This article outlines why Medicare needs to cut costs, escape political interference, and stay in business and how it can do all three.
Professors Brinton, Zenios, and Yock (from left)
The Discipline of Medtech Innovation
"We appear to have reached a political consensus that innovation is the key to 'winning the future,'" begins the paper Teaching Biomedical Innovation as a Discipline. As it continues, "This focus raises a central question for educators: What is the role of our schools and universities in producing innovative thinkers and doers?"
In their commentary for Science Translational Medicine, Professors Paul Yock, Todd Brinton, and Stefanos Zenios discuss the two major streams of educational theory and practice that have informed emerging programs in life science technology innovation: design thinking and entrepreneurship education. They also make the case that the process of innovation for new medical technologies is different from that for biopharmaceuticals, and they outline the challenges and opportunities associated with developing a discipline of medtech innovation.
Read the paper here.