The Department of Epidemiology is proud to announce that Ahlam Abuawad is the recipient of The Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies Travel Award! The award is intended to advance the studies of postdocs so that they may attend workshops and other professional growth conferences. Only a very limited […]
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Brock Christensen named new Associate Director for Strategic Initiatives
Brock Christensen has been named the new Associate Director for Strategic Initiatives at the Dartmouth Cancer Center. Brock is a Professor of Epidemiology, Community & Family Medicine, and Molecular & Systems Biology. He holds a PhD from Harvard University. This new leadership role will benefit from Brock’s broad leadership experience […]
Dartmouth College Announces Ze Zhang as the Recipient of the John W. Strohbehn Medal for Excellence in Biomedical Research
Hanover, NH – June 10, 2024 – The Department of Epidemiology at Dartmouth College is proud to announce that Dr. Ze Zhang is the 2024 recipient of the prestigious John W. Strohbehn Award. This distinguished honor is awarded to a graduating Ph.D. candidate who exemplifies the highest qualities of scientific […]
Early Childhood Exposure to Metal Mixtures Associated with Higher Levels of LDL Cholesterol
Epi’s Research Fellow, Gyeyoon Yim, is making waves as she splashes into print in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology! Full article here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38698271/
Zen Masters’ Visit Will Have Something for Everyone
Epi’s Diane Gilbert Diamond quoted in an article on the much-anticipated Zen Master’s visit! Check it out here: Zen Masters’ Visit Will Have Something for Everyone | Dartmouth
PFAS Exposure From High Seafood Diets May Be Underestimated
New findings from our very own Megan Romano & Celia Chen suggests that people who frequently consume seafood may face an increased risk of exposure to PFAS, human-made toxins known as “forever chemicals.” Their study and findings were referenced by many local and national media outlets! Full story here: PFAS […]
Newly launched environmental health educational resources
New training videos and resources have been added to the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Environmental Health Program website. The training videos address how people are exposed to environmental contaminants and ways to reduce exposure. An accompanying factsheet and resource guide are also available. These materials were produced by […]
Quantified retrospective biomonitoring of fetal and infant elemental exposure using LA-ICP-MS analysis of deciduous dentin in three contrasting human cohorts
BACKGROUND: Spatial elemental analysis of deciduous tooth dentin combined with odontochronological estimates can provide an early life (in utero to ~2 years of age) history of inorganic element exposure and status. OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the importance of data normalization to a certified reference material to enable between-study comparisons, using populations […]
How immune cells shape our body’s true age.
“New research by Dartmouth Cancer Center scientists has taken the first step to change that. The team, led by Ze Zhang, PhD, Lucas Salas, MD, MPH, PhD, and Brock Christensen, PhD, is diving deep into the immune system to learn how different immune cells affect epigenetic clocks, to make them […]
Deciphering the role of immune cell composition in epigenetic age acceleration: Insights from cell-type deconvolution applied to human blood epigenetic clocks
“Deciphering the role of immune cell composition in epigenetic age acceleration: Insights from cell-type deconvolution applied to human blood epigenetic clocks,” recently published in Aging Cell. The Dartmouth Cancer Center Scientist team led by Ze Zhang, Ph.D., Lucas Salas, MD, MPH, Ph.D., and Brock Christensen, Ph.D., determined how our body’s biological age […]