Visiting Junior Scholar Fellowships

My visit to Stanford provides an opportunity to develop collaborative research between Stanford and the Sorbonne in the field of Art History and Chinese Art studies. My…

My PhD dissertation, “Visual Agency in Euclid’s Elements: A study of the transmission of visual knowledge,” explores the ways diagram makers have reproduced and translated…

The aim of the project would be to offer a new reading of Spinoza’s Hebrew Grammar. Through an analysis of not only the grammatical rules written in Latin, but also the…

Skin cancer is the most prevalent form of cancer, with more than 3.5 million new cases diagnosed annually in the United States alone. The gold standard method for skin…

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has an estimated incidence of 1:68 in the United States and is among the most common and pervasive neurodevelopmental disorders. Difficulties…

The striatum is a brain structure that is highly involved in motor action and reward-based behaviors, and its dysfunction is associated with many important neurological and…

Advancement in the field of cancer treatment is critically tied to the human immune system. For example, a healthy individual’s immune system can eliminate cells that become…

My research examines how economic concepts diffused beyond debates about the economy itself to shape discussions about the arts in eighteenth-century France. In an age not…

During the past decades, our environment has been critically polluted owing to the widening of the industrial processes and human actions. The result is the vast presence of…

Your circadian rhythm is a “body clock” that controls 24-hour cycles and is crucial to obtaining regular and restful sleep. Over the course of evolution, input to this…

Dr Owen Phillips’ project for the France-Stanford Center Visiting Junior Fellowship focused on the negative affects degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson…

In March 1981, Carlos La Sombra, a prisoner at the Federal prison in San Juan, was killed by other inmates. His death marked the beginning of Los Ñetas, alias La Asociación…

In my project, I study the modes of production of agronomic knowledge within research programs that were established by the U.S. philanthropic foundations in the Global…

Malaria is an infectious disease caused by a parasite of the type Plasmodium. It is widely distributed throughout sub-tropical regions and is still a leading cause of child…

Term and preterm newborns undergo a significant number of painful procedures during mechanical ventilation and intensive care. Exposures to repetitive pain are associated…