Why are women at a greater risk for autoimmune diseases? | Ep. 4: Health Compass Podcast @StanfordMedicine
Why are women at a greater risk for autoimmune diseases? | Ep. 4: Health Compass Podcast  @StanfordMedicine
Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
While the immune system is normally the body’s sworn protector, it can sometimes turn against us. Maya Adam hosts Howard Chang, MD, PhD, professor of dermatology and of genetics, and Diana Dou, PhD, former Stanford Medicine postdoctoral scholar and current assistant professor of immunology at Duke University, to discuss autoimmune diseases and why women are at an increased risk. Chang and Dou share their respective journeys into medicine, what motivates them to research the autoimmunity imbalance between genders, and findings from their latest research that point to why women experience a sex bias.
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