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It’s been nearly four decades since the discovery of HIV. From developing impactful therapies to building more effective education, our world has made great strides in tackling this problem. We will continue the battle together till it is won. In commemoration of this World AIDS Day (Dec. 1st), TeachAids brings you individual stories from around…
It is undeniable. Girls are powerful catalysts of change. Each year on October 11th, the world celebrates the International Day of the Girl Child to amplify the voices, stories and challenges of girls everywhere. The journey of every girl is uniquely etched but the terrain is universally rough. Girls face many instances of discrimination on…
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…
This winter quarter, students in three courses across Stanford University worked on projects to address the issue of concussions. Forty-eight undergraduate and graduate students across disciplines ranging from medicine, human biology, public health, education, engineering and computer science collectively poured more than a thousand hours into conducting primary and secondary research. Together, they worked to…
The Sustainable Health Summit, held at CoWrks in February 2020, was a day-long conference with a multidisciplinary audience comprising startups, investors, healthcare professionals, enterprises, government, academia, and policymakers. The conference featured masterclasses, panel discussions, case studies, startup pitches and keynotes from leaders in India’s healthcare ecosystem. There were pertinent discussions on entrepreneurship and technology adoption…
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…
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…
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…
Shelley Goldman is a professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Education who has taught and served the Stanford community since 2001. This past spring, Goldman took on a new role as the Associate Dean of Students & Faculty Affairs, and she is now kicking off her first full year in this new role. Goldman’s…
Every year, TeachAids has welcomed numerous incredible interns and fellows to our family from institutions across the world to work on some of our leading projects. This year, we had the pleasure of hosting a cohort of exceptional fellows who immersed themselves in our research and product design efforts specific to concussion education. As the summer…
State of the epidemic Gains have been made against the HIV epidemic but these are becoming progressively smaller. There has been a modest 9% decline in the annual number of new HIV infections in Asia and the Pacific since 2010, and only 13% in Western and Central Africa during the same period. (UNAIDS Data 2019)….
We are so pleased to welcome a special cohort of new TeachAids fellows into our office this summer! Our students bring a diverse set of skills and interests, coming together to create a driven and impactful team, passionate about TeachAids’ mission. The team will work on various projects from conducting research through immersing themselves…
