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Leveraging University Research into Medical Innovations with Social Impact: Biotechnology Entrepreneurship in Japan's New Startup Ecosystem
January 21, 2022
This event will offer simultaneous translation between Japanese and English. 当イベントは日本語と英語の同時通訳がついています。 This is a virtual event.
Tapping the Untapped Human Resource Potential with Social Tech: Diversity, Globalization, and the Future of Work
January 21, 2022
This event will offer simultaneous translation between Japanese and English. 当イベントは日本語と英語の同時通訳がついています。 This is a virtual event.
Rebooting Business after COVID-19: A View from China
May 22, 2020
看微信网页：https://bit.ly/3gRDy8Q View this page on WeChat: https://bit.ly/3gRDy8Q This is a virtual event.
CANCELED: The Social and Economic Impact of COVID-19 in Asia and Beyond
February 25, 2020
IMPORTANT EVENT UPDATE: In keeping with Stanford University's March 3 message to the campus community on COVID-19 and current recommendations of the CDC, the Asia-Pacific Research Center is...
Region-based v. Distance-based Information in Emergency Health Risk Communication: Evidence from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster
October 9, 2013
A tremendous amount of radioactive products were discharged as a result of the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in March 2011, which resulted in radioactive contamination of the plant...
Advancing Science to Reduce Premature Mortality Worldwide
October 1, 2013
Co-sponsored by the Center for South Asia, Stanford University Human life expectancy improved more in the last 50 years than in the preceding 5000 years.
The United Nations and a World in Transition
January 18, 2013
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon presented a free public talk at Stanford on Thursday, Jan. 17.
Battle Against HIV/AIDS in Cambodia: Successes and Challenges
May 21, 2012
More than two decades have passed since the first case of HIV infection was detected in Cambodia in 1991.
The Growth of Private Hospitals and Public-Private Partnerships in Asia: Good or Bad for Health?
February 13, 2012
This colloquium will discuss the state of evidence, challenges, and research agenda regarding the growth of private hospitals and public-private hospital partnerships in developing Asia.
Cigarette Citadels, Remapping Theory and Policy, Cigarette Factories in and Outside of China
January 30, 2012
At present, the tobacco industry produces some six trillion cigarettes worldwide every year.
Japan’s Public Universal Health Insurance System Reform: Lessons for Achieving and Maintaining Universal Health Care Coverage
January 19, 2012
The global health community has been aiming at ensuring health coverage for all. To achieve universal health care coverage, the German Social Health Insurance model is one solution.
Comparative Policy Responses to Demographic Change in East Asia: Defining a Research Agenda
January 20, 2011
Demographic changes are profoundly shaping the political, economic, and social landscape of the Asia-Pacific region. How have individuals, families, communities, and policymakers responded?
Economic and Social Implications of Population Aging in Asia
October 12, 2010
How will population aging impact the economies and social protection systems of Japan, South Korea, China, and India?
Prescribing Cultures and Pharmaceutical Policy in the Asia-Pacific: A Book Launch Event
September 23, 2009
Pharmaceutical policies are interlinked globally, yet deeply rooted in local culture.
Health Care Reform Under Progressive Governments in Korea; and Late Life Inequality in Health, Work, and Economic Resources in Korea
May 7, 2009
This talk will combine presentations on the health and economic well-being of the elderly in Korea, and an attempt to evaluate the impact of health policy under a decade of progressive governments...
When Prevention Fails: Cross-cultural Considerations from the U.S. and China for Shaping Healthy Decisions in the Heat of the Adolescent Brain
February 25, 2009
Why do community-based education and social persuasion programs for promoting healthy lifestyle and preventing chronic disease sometimes fall short of our expectations?
Workshop on Comparative Health Policy: Asia and the Global Governance of Epidemics
April 20, 2006
The seminar will examine critically the current state of the art in global health crisis management with particular reference to HIV/AIDS, SARS, and Avian Influenza.
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