Stanford Prevention Research Center (SPRC) has a long tradition of excellence that spans a history of almost half a century. We want to continue and strengthen this tradition with the adoption of new expertise, research methods, cutting-edge technologies, and interdisciplinary collaborations. Fields where SPRC already has strength and would like to grow further include, but are not limited to, int
ervention research, chronic disease prevention, global health, delivery of preventive services, health promotion, behavior change, physical activity, energy balance, obesity, aging, women's health, tobacco control, workplace health, community medicine, correction of health inequalities, genomics and personalized health, evidence-based medicine, research synthesis, empirical evaluation of biases in biomedical research, sociology of science, and translational research with population impact. The Center has a rich tradition of teaching and training undergraduates, doctoral/graduate students, medical students, and post-docs, including the post-doctoral fellows supported by our NIH-sponsored fellowship program. Our aim is to help our fellows become accomplished, independent investigators. SPRC faculty also give numerous invited lectures at other divisions, departments and schools at Stanford, and high profile lectures nationally and internationally. Finally, we are proud to serve the Stanford community through initiatives such as our Health Improvement Program and BeWell. The Center is strongly committed to community outreach and engagement and to moving research from the lab to the community at-large.
