As director of the Clinical Research Center, Dr. Stacpoole is responsible for much of the clinical and translational research that occurs at SHANDS. Most of the translational research is focused on the agents of disease and production of new medical devices. Clinical research is mostly hypothesis driven and takes a mechanistic approach to treatment schemes. [...]
Archive for November, 2006
Stacpoole’s Presentation
27 November 2006Dr. Peter Stacpoole Speaking This Week
13 November 2006Dr. Peter Stacpoole will be speaking at 6pm this Thursday, November 16th, in Reitz Union Room 276. Dr. Stacpoole is the Director of the Clinical Research Center and will be talking about several research trials (examples 1, 2, 3) being performed at SHANDS on orphan diseases. He will conclude with information on summer [...]
Global Lessons from Health Policy in Mexico
6 November 2006This month’s journal club will be discussing Mexico’s Popular Health Insurance in reducing health disparities, at 6pm Thursday, November 9th in the Reitz Union Room 288. Here is an excerpt of the article by Julio Frenk:
Mexico is a microcosm of the range of problems that affect countries at all levels of development. Its health [...]