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Dr. D. Scott Smith is the Chief of the Dept of Infectious Disease at Kaiser Permanente and an internationally recognized expert in infectious disease, parasitology, and travel medicine. More recently he has placed a key role in Kaiser’s response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Dr. D. Scott Smith contributes his expertise to TeachAids’ COVID-19 response as…
Photo Credit: The Education Newspaper, Tokyo TeachAids is proud to welcome Dr. Gary Mukai, the Director of the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education, to the CoviDB advisory team. Dr. Mukai has worked with SPICE for over thirty years to make Stanford global scholarship accessible to students and educators. Prior to joining SPICE in…
As one of our most trusted advisors, we are pleased to announce Jeannette Cox will be joining the TeachAids Executive Team. Jeannette has more than 20 years of professional accounting experience, which adds tremendous value to her position as our lead finance and accounting manager. Above all, it is Jeannette’s vast leadership experience working with…
Long time TeachAids advisor Tina Seelig joins our CoviDB Advisory Board with insights on how to sprint towards our future and not rush back to the past. In her recent article titled Disrupting Education — Let’s not waste this crisis, she advises on ways to optimize learning amidst the pandemic. Seelig has written guidelines for…
Photo Credit: Stanford Health Care TeachAids is proud to welcome the Director of Global Affairs and Strategy for Stanford Medicine, Dr. Mahadevan, to the CoviDB Advisory Team. Dr. Mahadevan’s deep expertise as a leader, professor, and global health authority is invaluable as we build a platform to organize resources relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. After…
At a time of pin-drop silence in the world around us, it has been hustling and bustling at TeachAids. We’ve launched Brain Fly-Through product, built and launched the CoviDB platform, and compiled more than 600 video narratives for the Story Wall database. Behind the research, development and release of all our exciting products are hundreds…
The sports world has been dramatically affected by COVID-19. Not only has there been an absence of events for the spectator in person and on television, but the impact on the participants themselves has been unprecedented. Due to social gathering restrictions, organized youth sports have been almost completely shuttered. High schools and colleges have been…
Photo Credit: DJim Gensheimer, The Chronicle We, at TeachAids, would like to recognize the medical experts working to provide clear and accessible information during the coronavirus pandemic. In particular, we thank Stanford infectious disease expert and TeachAids advisor, Dr. Robert Siegel, who has served as a medical expert for numerous local and national news outlets….
As shelter-in-place orders went into effect in response to the global outbreak of COVID-19, staying home became an act of safety. However, although social distancing has protected a large portion of the world’s population, the isolation and unrest associated with the practice have created dangerous circumstances for many women who are experiencing violence. In “normal”…
An innovator in the fields of technology and education, Dr. Roy Pea has served as a valued member of the CrashCourse advisory committee throughout our curriculum development. We are grateful that he will continue to contribute his expertise as an advisor for CoviDB as we develop information and resources for COVID-19 and its impacts on…
TeachAids is proud to welcome the Chief Medical Officer of Delek Hospital in Dharamsala, India, Dr. Tsetan Dorji Sadutshang, to the CoviDB Advisory Team. Dr. Tsetan provides his deep expertise in evidence-based global public health interventions as we collectively address the COVID-19 pandemic. Since 1988, Dr. Tsetan has served as Personal Physician to His Holiness…
In an era where most people around the world have access to powerful computers at arm’s reach, the tech industry has grappled with the unintended consequences of balancing privacy and security. Conversations in the public eye have ranged from message encryption and device fingerprinting to location data and advertising profiles, all of which pose a…
