2025 Global Health Research Convening at Stanford
Pillar · Engagement
Convening and coordination at the highest levels.
The Stanford Geopolitical Human Impact Research Lab convenes high-level international virtual panels — free and widely accessible — and builds relationships with diplomatic missions, United Nations agencies, and policymakers to ensure research results reach key decision-makers.
Talks & media
Talks, interviews, and research presentations.
Watch selected talks and interviews from the Lab’s YouTube channel.
CUGH 2025 Children in War Part 1
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CUGH VGHW 2025 Children in War Part 2
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CUGH VGHW 2025 Children in War Part 3
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CUGH VGHW 2025 Children in War Part 4
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Russia's War on Ukraine & US Oil Waivers
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Panel: Stopping the Targeted Killing of Healthcare Workers and First Responders in the Middle East
WatchWho we engage
Diplomatic, multilateral, and national leadership.
Diplomatic missions
Ambassadors and policy leads working on conflict, sanctions, humanitarian access, and foreign assistance.
United Nations agencies
WHO, UNDP, OCHA, and humanitarian leadership engaging on the health impacts of foreign engagement.
National policymakers
Health ministries, foreign ministries, and aid agencies in donor and partner countries alike.
Academic & civil society
Universities, research institutes, and civil society coalitions advancing safeguards and protections.
Faculty expertise
Convening strength across law, modeling, and maritime intelligence.
Advocacy on global child health
Prof. Gary Darmstadt
Stanford Faculty, Associate Dean — long-standing advocacy on child survival, humanitarian protection, and global health.
Testimony before the European Parliament
Prof. Davide Rasella
ISGlobal — quantitative health-impact modeling of foreign engagement; testimony before the European Parliament.
Law of blockades and starvation
Prof. Tom Dannenbaum
Stanford Faculty — international humanitarian law, with particular expertise in the law of blockades and starvation.
Maritime intelligence leadership
Col. Raymond M. Powell
SeaLight — maritime blockades and security; chokepoint analysis, including the Straits of Hormuz and Malacca.