Press Releases - 2020

News and announcements on our leading research and innovative, world-class care for children and expectant mothers.

• December 18 Tad and Dianne Taube establish Endowed Professorship in Global Health
• November 19 Stanford Children’s Health launches virtual HIV-prevention program
• November 10 Stanford Children’s Health names new Chief Nursing Officer
• October 20 Stanford Children’s Health earns 2020 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired Recognition
• August 20 Stanford Children’s Health appoints new Chief of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology Stem Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine
• August 11 Vaping linked to COVID-19 risk in teens and young adults, Stanford-led study finds
• August 11 Stanford experts recommend strict, costly approaches for reopening schools
• July 28 World’s largest nursing organization to open Stanford chapter
• June 17 Complications of premature birth decline in California, Stanford-led study finds
• June 16 Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford named as a top 10 children’s hospital in the nation by ‘U.S. News & World Report’
• June 1 Brad Geier joins Board of Directors at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford
• May 8 Stanford Children’s Health resumes care delayed by COVID-19
• February 5 Stanford Children’s Health welcomes two new executive leaders in 2020
• January 30 A Silicon Valley approach to treating pediatric obesity