Nicholas Jacobson, associate professor of biomedical data science and psychiatry, and Michael Heinz, assistant professor of psychiatry, discuss their recently published NEJM AI manuscript, “Randomized Trial of Generative AI Chatbot for Mental Health Treatment,” with Morgan Kelly of Dartmouth’s Office of Communications. From their AI and Mental Health Laboratory at […]
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BMDS Welcomes Indrani Bhattacharya and Madelyn Frumkin!! The Department of Biomedical Data Science (BMDS) and the Center for Precision Health and Artificial Intelligence (CPHAI) are pleased to welcome Indrani Bhattacharya, PhD, to our faculty as a tenure-track Assistant Professor as of September 15, 2024. Dr. Bhattacharya completed her bachelor’s […]
Dr. Nicholas Jacobson discusses using passive smartphone sensor data to predict mental health on CBS News Streaming!!
Overview: Researchers are investigating new ways to detect mental health problems through AI-powered apps by collecting data on people’s behavior that could help determine shifts in mood in new ways. Dr. Nicholas Jacobson, an assistant professor in the departments of biomedical data science and psychiatry at Dartmouth, joined CBS News […]
TENURE-TRACK FACULTY POSITION IN BIOMEDICAL DATA SCIENCE
The Department of Biomedical Data Science and the Center for Quantitative Biology at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth invite applications for a tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor as part of a targeted expansion of Dartmouth’s Biomedical Data Science Faculty. The Department of Biomedical Data Science […]
Dartmouth Study Reveals Flaws in Statistical Modeling Approach Used in Health Services Research
Findings from a new study conducted jointly at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School, and published in Health Services Research, highlight the statistical drawbacks of one form of analysis commonly used in health services research while demonstrating the benefits of another.
Geisel’s Center for Technology and Behavioral Health Receives $7.1M Grant to Expand Work in Digital Therapeutics
Read the article in Geisel News! The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth’s Center for Technology and Behavioral Health (CTBH) has received a five-year renewal grant of more than $7.1 million from The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), an institute under the National Institutes of Health dedicated to supporting scientific […]
Geisel and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Receive Grant to Monitor COVID-19 Variants in the Region
The NIH has awarded a grant to a team of researchers and clinicians at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) to track the development and spread of COVID-19 variants that are detected in the Upper Valley. The one-year project is part of an initiative by the […]
A new study finds more screen time may mean less nighttime sleep for infants
In a new study published in BMJ Open, Jennifer A. Emond, James O’Malley, and colleagues report on the associations between infant exposure to screen media and sleep as infants aged from 3 to 12 months old. In a collaboration with Sara Benjamin-Neelon (Johns Hopkins), the team utilized data from Dr. […]
Dartmouth-led study finds that fast food companies violated self-stated pledges to make food the primary message of ads
Jennifer Emond et al published a study in Pediatrics in which they quantified the on-screen presentation of meal premiums vs. food in child-directed fast food TV ads. The findings demonstrate that fast food companies violated their self-stated pledges to make food the primary message of ads. Read more here: Dartmouth-led […]
A new Dartmouth-led study finds that fast-food intake among preschoolers leads to weight gain
Jennifer Emond, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Data Science and Pediatrics at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, led a study to show that fast food consumption uniquely contributes to weight gain in children ages 3 to 5 years old. While previous research has established a link between fast-food consumption […]