We want to welcome Prasoona Karra, PhD, as a postdoctoral fellow in the Lucas Salas lab. Prasoona completed her PhD at the University of Utah with Dr. Mary Playdon. Prasoona received an F99/K00 award from the NCI (K00CA264400) to study “Metabolic health phenotype, accelerated aging and obesity-related cancer risk and […]
News
Geisel QBS Student Awarded Neukom Prize for Innovative Tumor Cell Project
This news article, written by Timothy Dean, highlights an important achievement for an Epidemiology Trainee. Congratulations, Ze!
Department Professors Move Through Dartmouth Innovations Accelerator for Cancer (DIAC)
In May, the teams were awarded a total of $450,000 in grant funding. For researchers like Brock Christensen, Professor of Epidemiology at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, the funds will accelerate the pace of research. Christensen is working with Assistant Professor of Epidemiology Lucas Salas on technology that will use […]
Professor Jeremiah Brown Appointed Chair of NIH Study Section
Please join us in congratulating our own Dr. Brown on his role as Chair of an NIH Study Section. You can read the article here.
Publication Selected as Editor’s Choice Article of Toxics Journal
Department postdoctoral fellow, Gyeyoon Yim and graduate student Yuting Wang had a publication selected to be highlighted on the Editor’s Choice list. You can see the list of publications, including theirs, on the website. Join us in congratulating them!
Department Chair Dr. Karagas Leads IARC Meeting
In March, 2022, a Working Group of 31 scientists from 13 countries met remotely at the invitation of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) to finalise their evaluation of the carcinogenicity of nine agents: cobalt metal (without tungsten carbide or other metal alloys), soluble cobalt(II) salts, cobalt(II) oxide, […]
Ze Zhang Receives Neukom Award
Help us congratulate Ze on his award! The complete excerpt on Ze is below, with the full list of award winners here. 2nd Prize: Hierarchical Tumor Immune Microenvironment Epigentic Deconvolution Ze Zhang (Quantitative Biomedical Science, Epidemology) Advisor: Salas & Christensen The complexity of the tumor microenvironment (TME) impedes the cost-effective deconvolution […]
Dartmouth College & King’s College London Professors Published in JAMA
Dartmouth Epidemiology Professor Janet Peacock, along with King’s College London colleagues, have a new paper published in JAMA on home-based walking exercise for Peripheral Artery Disease. You can read the paper here and the accompanying JAMA editorial here. Congratulations!
Dr. Howe featured in Geisel Insider
Epidemiology faculty Dr. Howe was featured in a recent issue of Geisel Insider focusing on her research. The article is originally written by Timothy Dean and you can read it here.
Media Attention for New Paper
A new paper from Dr. Salas is gaining media attention for its impact. You can learn more about this on the AACR website.