{"id":2020,"date":"2017-02-08T13:52:47","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T13:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.dartmouth.edu\/koop\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2024-05-03T19:06:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T19:06:08","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/koop\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The C. Everett Koop Institute led by Director Steven L. Bernstein, MD, is a center committed to advancing health and well-being through research, education, and policy efforts to protect the public health, prevent disease, and promote humanism in the practice of medicine. The Institute seeks to mitigate threats posed by the unhealthy promotion and risky use of consumer products. Our work has historically focused on smoking as a public health issue, education of the public on matters of health promotion, disease prevention, and emerging health threats.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/koop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2024\/05\/20240424-koop-022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1620\" height=\"1080\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/koop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2024\/05\/20240424-koop-022.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/koop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2024\/05\/20240424-koop-022-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/koop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2024\/05\/20240424-koop-022-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/koop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2024\/05\/20240424-koop-022-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/koop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2024\/05\/20240424-koop-022-83x55.jpg 83w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/koop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2024\/05\/20240424-koop-022-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/koop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2024\/05\/20240424-koop-022-1600x1067.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/koop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2024\/05\/20240424-koop-022-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/koop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2024\/05\/20240424-koop-022-580x387.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1620px) 100vw, 1620px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<ul><li class=\"page_item page-item-2889\"><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/koop\/about-us\/our-partners\/\">Our Partners<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-91\"><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/koop\/about-us\/mission\/\">Mission<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-88\"><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/koop\/about-us\/c-everett-koop\/\">C. 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