Year: 2019
The latest news from our team, partners, and supporters.
DECEMBER 27, 2019 | for HIV/AIDS, for CONCUSSIONS
TeachAids: Celebrating 10 Years
Ten years ago, TeachAids was founded with a dream of tackling the world’s most pressing health topics. We specifically wanted to focus on the hardest, worthiest problems: stigma-ridden topics and regions of the world with challenges so great that the odds were stacked against us. For the first seven years, we were laser focused on building...
DECEMBER 23, 2019 | for CONCUSSIONS
TeachAids Advisor Kevin Hambly Leads Stanford Women’s Volleyball to 2nd Consecutive NCAA Championship
Photo Credit: Illinois Athletics The Stanford Cardinal swept Wisconsin at the NCAA Women’s Volleyball Championships on Saturday. We warmly congratulate our advisor Kevin Hambly for leading the Stanford Women’s Volleyball team to this title! With this victory, Kevin Hambly became the seventh coach in Stanford history to lead his team to back-to-back titles. Prior to entering The Farm,...
DECEMBER 20, 2019 | for CONCUSSIONS
Speedskating Olympic Medalist Carlijn Schoutens Becomes CrashCourse Ambassador
TeachAids is proud to announce that Speedskating Olympic Medalist Carlijn Schoutens has joined the CrashCourse Ambassador team. Schoutens was born in the United States, but was predominantly raised in the Netherlands. When she was 7, her family spent a year in the US, where she began playing soccer. However, when she moved back to the Netherlands,...
DECEMBER 16, 2019 | for CONCUSSIONS
TeachAids Wishes Ambassador Katie Ledecky Our Best in Preparation for the 2020 Olympics
Katie Ledecky is a five-time Olympic gold medalist and 14-time World Champion, breaking the record for female swimmers. We are so proud to welcome her to our CrashCourse ambassador team. Ledecky began swimming when she was 6 years old, following the footsteps of her older brother. She quickly established herself as a powerhouse in the water....
DECEMBER 10, 2019 | for CONCUSSIONS
Stanford Women’s Soccer Wins 2019 NCAA Championship, Under Direction of TeachAids Advisor Paul Ratcliffe
After a fierce overtime shootout, the Stanford Cardinal beat North Carolina at the Women’s NCAA Soccer Championship yesterday. We are so proud of our advisor Paul Ratcliffe for coaching the Stanford Women’s Soccer team to this NCAA Championship win! This is the third NCAA title for Stanford’s winningest soccer coach, who also brought the Stanford Women’s...
DECEMBER 9, 2019 | for CONCUSSIONS
TeachAids Advisor John Vargas Leads Stanford to Victory at 2019 Men’s NCAA Water Polo Championship
Yesterday, the Stanford Cardinals team beat the University of the Pacific to take the 2019 Men’s NCAA Water Polo championship title. We extend warm congratulations to TeachAids advisor John Vargas for leading his team to victory. This is the 11th NCAA title in program history, and a second NCAA title for Vargas, who had guided Stanford...
NOVEMBER 25, 2019 | for CONCUSSIONS
TeachAids Advisor Ted Robinson in Pac-12 Announcer’s Booth
This Pac-12 football season has been a fun one to watch, with Oregon and Utah leading ranks going into Week 14. Through it all, TeachAids advisor Ted Robinson has provided us all with insightful and entertaining coverage of the games as part of the Pac-12 Network. Ted Robinson has been with the Pac-12 Networks since its...
NOVEMBER 18, 2019 | for HIV/AIDS, for CONCUSSIONS
TeachAids Advisor Dr. Kamran Naim Begins New Role as Head of Open Science at CERN
Earlier this month, TeachAids advisor Kamran Naim began a new leadership role in Geneva, Switzerland. As the Head of Open Science for CERN, he will lead a portfolio of activities that aim to set the standards of the future open science ecosystem. This includes working to increase greater transparency of the research process, and ensuring...
NOVEMBER 14, 2019 | for CONCUSSIONS
California State University, Northridge Athletic Director Michael Izzi Joins TeachAids Advisory Team
Photo Credit: Joshua Pacheco TeachAids welcomes Michael Izzi, Athletic Director of California State University, Northridge, to the CrashCourse advisor team. As an experienced athletics leader with more than 20 years of experience in NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletics and sports administration, Izzi provides key expertise in developing concussion education for youth athletes and coaches. As the athletic...
NOVEMBER 8, 2019 | for CONCUSSIONS
Good Luck to CrashCourse Advisor Rob Poulos and the Sequoia Ravens team
Tonight, CrashCourse advisor Rob Poulos and his Sequoia Ravens football team face off against their rival Carlmont High School. As the head football coach for Sequoia High School since 2009, Poulos is constantly thinking of ways to make the game better and safer for his athletes. Coach Poulos has over two decades of high school coaching...
OCTOBER 29, 2019 | for HIV/AIDS, for CONCUSSIONS
TeachAids Receives 2019 Stanford Community Partnership Award
This past week, Stanford University announced TeachAids as one of three recipients of the 2019 Community Partnership Award, alongside Children’s Health Council and Future Advancers of Science and Technology. For the fifteenth year, this award recognizes organizations that have collaborated with Stanford University to create a positive impact in the community Collaborative partnership and commitment to...
OCTOBER 25, 2019 | for CONCUSSIONS
Highlighting TeachAids Ambassador and Super Bowl MVP Steve Young
Halfway through this power-packed NFL football season, we’d like to highlight the career of Monday Night Countdown analyst, former 49ers quarterback, and TeachAids ambassador Steve Young. Since 2013, Young has starred on ESPN’s Monday Night Countdown, where he and other great players and analysts come together to discuss the week’s highs and lows of the game,...
