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Sergiu P. Pasca uses models of the human brain, created through cellular reprogramming technology, to explore the biological underpinnings of brain disease.

CARLA SHATZ, the Sapp Family Provostial Professor and David Starr Jordan Director of Stanford Bio-X and a professor of biology and of neurobiology, has won the 2017 Harvey Prize in Science and Technology in recognition of her discoveries concerning the de

Three Stanford Psychiatry reservhers have been awarded $2.5 million to investigate patients with autism who also have enlarged brains, a condition known as megalencephaly.

Three Stanford psychiatry researchers have been awarded $2.5 million to investigate patients with autism who also have enlarged brains, a condition known as megalencephaly.

Paul Yock is being honored for establishing Stanford Biodesign to help innovators create devices and technologies that improve health care.

Stanford researchers will be digging further into the inner workings of our brains and the tools to do so, thanks to the latest round of grants from the National Institutes of Health’s Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN)

Goldsmith received the 2017 Women in Communications Engineering (WICE) Mentorship Award from the IEEE Communications Society in recognition of her efforts to bring diversity to her field and opportunity to her students.

Five Stanford scientists are among the 86 nationwide who have received awards from the National Institutes of Health’s High-Risk, High-Reward program.

Part of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, the award supports exceptionally creative scientists pursuing new research directions to develop pioneering approaches to major challenges in biomedical and behavioral research.

Stanford Medicine faculty, staff, residents and students were honored for teaching and clinical skills.

The Stanford psychiatrist, neuroscientist and bioengineer will be honored for three distinct contributions to the medical field: optogenetics, hydrogel-tissue chemistry and research into depression.

Karl Deisseroth was honored with the Fresenius Research Prize for three distinct contributions to the medical field: optogenetics, hydrogel-tissue chemistry and research on depression.

The winners of the individual awards are Ben Barres, a professor at Stanford Medicine, and James Jordan, a senior manager at the Stanford Alumni Association. The winner of the program award is the Diversity and First-Gen Office.

MICHAEL FRANK, associate professor of psychology, was recently awarded the 2017 Early Career Impact Award for Cognitive Science Society by the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences (FABBS).

The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub has announced 19 Stanford faculty among its first cohort of 47 investigators from Bay Area university collaborators. These investigators will work toward curing, preventing and managing every disease.

The Stanford institute’s grant program funds projects that support innovative clinical and translational research on maternal and child health.

Karl Deisseroth is one of two recipients of the 2016 Harvey Prize in Human Health, which is being awarded for the development of optogenetics.

Congratulations are in order for entrepreneur/philanthropist Sean Parker, founder of the Parker Foundation; Ann Arvin, MD, who has dedicated her career to understanding infectious diseases in children; and attorney John Levin, chair of the Stanford Health

Stanford Neurosciences Institute member Xiaoke Chen is first recipient of the Firmenich Next Generation Fund to support his work to study the way our body's sense of self motivates behavior.

The Stanford recipients are among 88 scientists nationwide to receive Pioneer, New Innovator, Transformative Research and Early Independence awards through the NIH’s High-Risk, High-Reward program. The awards total about $127 million and are supported by