Dr. Michele Barry hosts small gatherings in her home to give track residents the opportunity to present cutting-edge research on a topic of their choice. Residents identify a paper or series of papers to discuss and invite the principal investigator to co-present and lead the discussion with the group. These informal dinners are multi-disciplinary and have led to longstanding collaborations among residents and Stanford faculty. 

 

Recent Journal Club Presentations

May, 2026 – Current global collaborations in medical training and health research education, and pathways for the future

Facilitators: Candice Hwang, MD and Savannah Karmen-Tuohy, MD

Faculty Lead: Brooke Cotter, MD

Articles: 

• Educational priorities of low-and middle-income country medical diaspora organisations: A critical discourse analysis
• Educational Perspectives from the Field: Pathways to the Future. In: Stewart Ibarra, A., LaBeaud, A.D. (eds) Transforming Global Health Partnerships. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Springer, Cham.

February, 2026 – Emerging technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa

Facilitator: Marilyn Ndukwe, MD

Co-Lead: Emmanuel Egyam, Stanford Business School

Articles: 

• Evaluating the digital health technology landscape in sub-Saharan Africa and its implications for cardiovascular health
• Scoping review of artificial intelligence via mobile technology and social media for health in Africa
• Commentary: Health care in Africa: Emerging technologies at play

October, 2025 – The treatment of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in Sub-Saharan Africa and the use of catheter-directed therapies

Facilitator: Taylor Brashear, MD

Faculty Lead: Christine Ngaruiya, MD

Articles: 

• Acute Coronary Syndromes in Sub-Saharan Africa: A 10-Year Systematic Review
• Starting and Operating a Public Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory in a Low Resource Setting: The Eight-Year Story of the Uganda Heart Institute Catheter Laboratory

September, 2025 – Henipavirus emergence/vaccine 

Facilitator: Vicky Avanzato, MD

Faculty Lead: John Openshaw, MD

Articles: 

• Nipah Vaccines Set to Enter Human Trials
• Henipavirus Vaccine Study
• Supplementary Materials: Henipavirus Vaccine Study

Previous Presentations

• May, 2025 – Malaria Vaccines
• February, 2025 – Cost-effectiveness of cardiac surgery in low- and middle-income settings
• September, 2024 – Climate Change and Global Health
• June, 2024 – Global Climate Change and NCDs
• January 2024 – Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Global Health
• February, 2023 – Pandemic Pathogen Policy
• October, 2022 – Management of Acute Stroke in LMICs
• July, 2022 – Nipah Virus 
• January, 2022 – Arboviruses
• October, 2020 – Using video teaching in the global health environment
• August, 2020 – Yellow Fever
• May, 2020 – Prevention of COVID-Transmission in high-risk, lower-resource settings
• February, 2020 – Attacks on healthcare facilities in conflict settings
• November, 2019 
• August, 2019 – Risk and Response to Biological Catastrophes
• April, 2019 – Venezuela’s Humanitarian/Public Health Crisis
• January, 2019 – TB
• September, 2018 – Mobile health and noncommunicable disease care in refugee populations in Lebanon
• June, 2018 – The Millenium Villages Project
• November, 2017 – mHealth CVD LMICs, Burden of RHD, Capacity for HF in SSA
• June, 2017 – Renal Diseases in the Developing World
• March, 2017 – Refugee Health
• October, 2016 – Viral Hepatitis
• February, 2016 – Zika Virus
• 2015 – Antimicrobial Resistance
• 2014 – Community Health

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