A team of researchers led by Dr. Saeed Hassanpour at Geisel School of Medicine has developed a model that uses artificial intelligence for automated classification of colorectal polyps. The model was first developed using 326 slides from Dartmouth-Hitchcock for training, 157 slides for an internal data set, and 25 slides […]
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New report finds causal relationship between alcohol ads and youth drinking
In a report completed by investigators at Geisel School of Medicine and the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, researchers find that underage drinking is directly linked to exposure to alcohol marketing, marking the first time that public health experts have unequivocally determined that exposure to alcohol advertising is one […]
NIH awards $3 million to CTBH Deputy Director Catherine Stanger for diabetes research
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) has awarded Catherine Stanger, PhD, CTBH Deputy Director, a 5-year grant for a study to test the effectiveness of innovative behavioral health intervention tools for high-risk patients who suffer from Type 1 diabetes. The aim of the study is […]
Research Brief: Dartmouth researchers study impact of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders on Google search behavior in the US related to mental health symptoms
Research Summary: Nicholas Jacobson, PhD, leads a study on the impact of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders on Google search behavior in the US related to mental health symptoms to gain insight into acute mental health consequences associated with the pandemic. Methods: The current manuscript evaluates the impact of stay-at-home orders on […]
Research Spotlight: Center for Quantitative Biology led by Dr. Michael Whitfield at Geisel School of Medicine
In 2019, the Center for Quantitative Biology was established at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth under the leadership of Michael Whitfield, PhD, Chair and Professor of Biomedical Data Science. This new initiative is part of an exciting opportunity to make precision medicine technologies more broadly accessible to Dartmouth’s diverse […]
Saeed Hassanpour, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biomedical Data Science at Geisel, awarded an NIH R01 Grant to Build New AI Approaches to Lung Cancer
PROJECT TITLE: Clinicopathologic and Genetic Profiling through Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing for Precision Lung Cancer Management FUNDING SOURCENational Institutes of Health (NIH)National Cancer Institute (NCI) PROJECT PERIOD9/25-2019-8/31/2023 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORSaeed Hassanpour, PhD OTHER PROJECT STAFFLaura Tafe, MD, Associate Professor of Pathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock; […]
NIH Awards $12.5 Million COBRE Grant to Establish Center for Quantitative Biology at Geisel School of Medicine
Geisel School of Medicine has been awarded a $12.5 Million COBRE Grant to establish a Center for Quantitative Biology, to be led by Michael Whitfield, PhD, chair and professor of Biomedical Data Science. Read the full press release here: https://geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/news/2019/geisel-receives-12-5-million-n…
Dr. Saeed Hassanpour Wins 2019 Agilent Early Career Professor Award
Saeed Hassanpour, PhD, an assistant professor of biomedical data science at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, and an adjunct assistant professor of epidemiology at Geisel and of computer science at Dartmouth College, is the winner of the 2019 Agilent Early Career Professor Award. This year’s award focused on “contributions to […]
Novel scale correlates children’s snacking behaviors with external food cues
Dartmouth researchers develop and validate a brief, parent-reported scale to measure external food cue responsiveness and conditioned eating behaviors for preschool-age children. Preliminary evidence from a new Dartmouth study suggests that external food cue responsiveness is measurable by parental report in preschool-age children. Responsiveness was greater among children with, versus […]
Dartmouth Study Links State Tax Spending to Middle-Aged Mortality Rates
Todd MacKenzie, PhD, leads a study on longevity in the U.S. in relation to state social welfare commitment. There is a strong association between the amount that U.S. states spend on their residents through statewide taxation and state government expenditures and middle-aged mortality rates, according to a new Dartmouth study […]