Archive for 2015

Dartmouth Study: More Babies Receive Intensive Care

Valley News via St. Louis Post-Dispatch – Continued coverage of comments by David Goodman, professor of pediatrics, community and family medicine, and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about how Dartmouth researchers recently found that NICU admissions increased by 23 percent in just five years; and by 2012, over half of all admissions were for normal birth weight infants or those born after 37 weeks gestation.

FDA Repeatedly Approved Cancer Drug Afinitor Without Proof it Extended Life

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – Cites research conducted by Lisa Schwartz and Steven Woloshin, both professors of medicine, community and family medicine, and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about the effects of the drug Afinitor. Despite serious side effects, the drug has been OK’d five times in the last six years, including for a common type of advanced breast cancer.

Dartmouth Institute researchers and physicians  Steven Woloshin and Lisa Schwartz. (photo by Dartmouth-Hitchcock)

Giving Context to Cancer Risk

In an effort to give the public a more broad-based view of cancer risk, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) collaborated with Dartmouth Institute researchers and physicians Lisa Schwartz and Steven Woloshin to create the “Know Your Chances” website.

The 2015-16 Syvertsen Scholars include, from left to right, Wade Harrison, Emily Atwood, Bryan Pyfer, and Cynthia Hahn, in addition to Katerina Byanova and Aaron Steen, who are not pictured. (Photo by Tom McNeill.)

MD-PhD Student Cynthia Hahn Named 2015-16 Syvertsen Fellow

Cynthia Hahn has been named this year’s Rolf C. Syvertsen Fellow. Earlier this month, Hahn and five of her classmates were chosen as the 2015-16 Syvertsen Scholars. These merit awards honor the memory of Dr. Rolf C. Syvertsen, a former professor of anatomy, long-time dean, and beloved mentor to Dartmouth medical students from 1923 to 1960.