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June 10, 2015
"Gold-Standard" Clinical Trials Fail to Capture How Personal Behavior Changes Influence Treatment
Double-blind clinical trials for new drugs are considered the "gold standard" of medical research because they're designed to determine the efficacy…
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May 11, 2015
Video Chat Highlights Ebola Response, Lessons Learned
Raphael Frankfurter, a 2013 Princeton graduate and executive director of the nonprofit group Wellbody Alliance, participated in a live video chat…
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May 07, 2015
A Deadly Shadow: Measles May Weaken Immune System Up to Three Years
The measles virus can cause serious disease in children by temporarily suppressing their immune systems. This vulnerability was previously thought to…
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May 05, 2015
WooCast: The History of Plagues
Epidemics. Throughout history, they have obliterated populations and shattered economies. Crippling the public with fear, epidemics have disrupted…
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April 30, 2015
Creating a Network of "Builders"
"Making government work."On the surface, the phrase seems simple. For a government to run efficiently, it needs to take the right steps — a strategic…
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April 28, 2015
Class Snapshot: 'Ebola in 2014: The Science, Society and Politics of a Modern Epidemic'
Class: "Ebola in 2014: The Science, Society and Politics of a Modern Epidemic" Description: This course, offered primarily to juniors and…
The senior thesis of Princeton student Hanna Kim examines the civil society response to earthquakes in China and Japan over the last decade. Kim is a major in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs who is interested in pursuing a career in U.S.-East Asia relations.
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April 20, 2015
Breaking Ground in East Asian Earthquake Disaster Relief
In 2008, a magnitude-7.9 earthquake struck China's Sichuan province, leaving more than 87,000 people dead or missing, and millions homeless.
The senior thesis of Princeton student Hanna Kim examines the civil society response to earthquakes in China and Japan over the last decade. Kim is a major in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs who is interested in pursuing a career in U.S.-East Asia relations.
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April 02, 2015
Alumna Kate Grant Gives a Voice to the World’s Poorest Women
Fatima went into labor with her first child at the age of 16. As is custom in her nomadic community in western Sudan, she planned to deliver the baby…
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March 30, 2015
Wailoo Serves on IOM Committee Focused on Mitochondrial Gene Therapy
The United Kingdom's House of Commons recently voted to allow British researchers to pursue a controversial new fertility treatment intended to help…
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March 23, 2015
Alumni Join Ebola Intervention in West Africa
Ebola is difficult to contract. The disease is not airborne like influenza or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) – a healthy person must come…