Amanda Woodward

May is Mental Health Awareness Month

Dedicate some time this month to your mental health and the mental health of your community. Lane Library’s collection includes resources to support your well being and stress management. Explore these ebooks: Physician well-being: cases and solutions. ByPeter Yellowlees, MBBS, M.D. (2020) Medical student well-being: an essential guide. Edited by Dana Zappetti & Jonathan D.… Read more May is Mental Health Awareness Month

Women in Data Science @ Lane Medical Library Virtual Conference

WiDS Stanford @ Lane Medical Library is an independent event that is organized by Lane Medical Library as part of the annual WiDS Worldwide conference organized by Stanford University and an estimated 150+ locations worldwide, which features outstanding women doing outstanding work in the field of data science. All genders are invited to attend all… Read more Women in Data Science @ Lane Medical Library Virtual Conference

Celebrate Women’s History Month with our Online Exhibit on Adelaide Brown

Learn more about one of the first women to graduate from Cooper Medical College (the school that later became Stanford Medicine) by exploring our online exhibit. Adelaide Brown (1868-1939) received her MD degree in 1892. A public health advocate for California women, she had a lasting impact at Stanford and throughout the state. Her personal… Read more Celebrate Women’s History Month with our Online Exhibit on Adelaide Brown

Attend the 2021 Katherine D. McCormick Distinguished Lecture

Register for the webinar “mRNA as Medicine” with Melissa Moore, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, Platform Research at Moderna Therapeutics on International Women’s Day, Monday, March 8, 2021 at 11:00PM via Zoom. A new class of drugs wherein cells are programmed with synthetic messenger RNAs (mRNAs) to make any desired protein (e.g., cytoplasmic, intraorganelle, membrane-bound, secreted)… Read more Attend the 2021 Katherine D. McCormick Distinguished Lecture

Stanford Faculty Senate Approves an Open Access Policy

On November 19th, Stanford’s Faculty Senate approved an Open Access Policy for the university. The adoption of this policy demonstrates Stanford’s commitment to openness in research. The policy relates to self-archiving of scholarly work and does not dictate where authors can choose to publish their work. The policy includes three items, which we have summarized… Read more Stanford Faculty Senate Approves an Open Access Policy

November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month

Throughout the month of November, Lane Library is joining Stanford Palliative Care Center of Excellence and organizations across the nation to raise awareness of the benefits of palliative care. Palliative care (pronounced pal-lee-uh-tiv) is both a philosophy of care and a type of medical care for people living with a serious illness. This type of… Read more November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month

Celebrating National Nurse Practitioner (NP) Week

From November 8th-14th, we are joining the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) in honoring the NP’s role in strengthening patient health amid the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. The theme for this year’s celebration of NP Week is “NPs Moving Forward: Today. Tomorrow. Together.” The 2020 commemoration occurs as NPs combat COVID-19 and the… Read more Celebrating National Nurse Practitioner (NP) Week

New Online Exhibits from the Medical History Center

In celebration of Diversity Week, the Medical History Center is launching two new online exhibits. These are based on the physical exhibits you may have seen in the library foyer, and they highlight two nineteenth-century graduates of Cooper Medical College, the school that became Stanford Medicine. Adelaide Brown was one of the first women to… Read more New Online Exhibits from the Medical History Center

Meet Your Lane Library Staff: Chris Stave

For National Medical Librarians Month, we are spotlighting a few of the amazing members of our library staff. This week meet Chris Stave, our Graduate Medical Education Librarian. What do you do at the library? As Lane’s Graduate Medical Education Librarian, much of my work focuses on supporting the educational and research efforts of our… Read more Meet Your Lane Library Staff: Chris Stave

Celebrating Diversity & Promoting Antiracism

Stanford Medicine is celebrating Diversity Week October 5th-9th with a week of programming and events. Lane Library is joining in with events and curated resources devoted to diversity. Participate in Diversity Week by registering for one of our events or exploring our curated diversity resources: Take our PubMed, Power & Privilege classOctober 8th, 11:00 am… Read more Celebrating Diversity & Promoting Antiracism