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B.S. in Biology and Masters Student in
Community Health and Research Prevention
Stanford Department of Biology and School of Medicine
Hospitalization can be seen as a key moment of potential intervention to educate patients around the significant impact of diet on health. This team will evaluate the carbon footprint of the food that is served to inpatients and evaluate opportunities to further reduce environmental impacts and the carbon footprint of patient meals.
Stanford Health Care Food Services department employs climate-smart best practices such as shifting the center of the plate to focus recipes on grains and vegetables instead of meat, and by providing plant-based alternatives. In addition, Food Services sets local and sustainable food purchase targets, achieving a 12% spend on local food purchases and a 30% spend on sustainable food and beverage in 2022. This project will use LCA data to evaluate the carbon footprint of patient menus and evaluate potential opportunities for improvement such as ingredient or process changes.
Awarded the Plant-Based Diet Initiative 2022 Seed Funding grant
Student leader for the Stanford Healthcare Consulting Group
Working with Community-Academic Partnerships for Clean Air in Stockton
Biophilic Design for Psychological and
Physiological Health Outcomes
Quality Improvement Waste Audits:
An Opportunity to Increase Environmental Stewardship in Healthcare
Building Sustainable Clinical Supply Chain,
Materials Management, and Nursing Leadership
Engaging Nurses in Qaste Sorting Quality: Liquids Reduction in Waste and Waste Sorting Guide. Training, Education, and Feedback
Supporting the Stanford Health Care Food System: Demonstrating the Benefits of
Healthy Food on Patient Outcomes
Reducing Hand Surgery’s Impact on the
Planet by Implementing Initiatives that
Decrease Disposable Waste
Leading Sustainability
Changes in Anesthesiology
Integrating the Nurses’ Voice in the Sustainable Guidelines from the Design & Construction Workgroup
Redistribution of Unused and
Clean Surgical Supplies
Returning Unused and Unopened Medical Supplies
Reduce Staff Commute by Single Occupancy Vehicle: Reductions Campaign & Commute Information
Evaluating the Emergency Department’s
Utilization of Biohazardous
(Red-Bag) Waste Bins
Mentoring and Coaching Healthcare
Professionals to Deliver
Climate Smart Healthcare
Quantifying the Pro-Environmental Impacts
of Telehealth Tobacco Treatments
Addressing the Environmental Impacts
of Orthopaedic Surgery
Standardizing Carbon Footprint
Calculations of Clinical Care Delivery
Empowering and Educating Healthcare
Professionals to Help Reduce the Environmental Footprint of Healthcare
Increasing Environmental Stewardship in
Healthcare Through Clinical Leadership
Optimizing Energy & Water Use for
Radiation Oncology Treatment
Practice Greenhealth Award Application & Reusable Product Pilot Implementation
Reducing the Carbon Footprint of the
Operating Room through Waste Reduction
