Drawing faculty and students from across all seven schools of Stanford University, Bio-X pursues breakthrough discoveries advancing our understanding of the human body and educates the next generation of visionary scientific leaders.
Stanford Radiology plays an important role in the development of personalized medicine by moving advances from the laboratories to the clinic for improved patient-centric care.
Throughout its history, the Stanford Department of Radiology has worked continuously to develop the infrastructure necessary to expand interdisciplinary research efforts in anatomic imaging, instrumentation development, molecular imaging, nanotechnology, information sciences, systems biology, and interventional therapeutic advances. Coupling this rich biomedical imaging foundation with an energetic, forward thinking, and creative faculty and staff, the department is able to introduce leading-edge imaging solutions and technology to other research communities and into clinical practice.
The Department is made up of three primary Research Sections with each providing specific areas of focus but all collaborating in a highly interdisciplinary environment. These three Sections (with year established) are:
Stanford Radiology has been among the top ten NIH-funded radiology departments each year since 2005.
Solar cells may be a solution to global energy needs. Stanford News reports on a collaboration of mechanical engineering and physics researchers achieving an innovative crystalline solar cell with a variable band gap that can be set by stretching the lattice. This variable semiconductor could lead to solar cells that absorb more energy from the sun by being sensitive to a broader spectrum of light.