Read article — Tara Cunningham, associate dean for student life at the Geisel School of Medicine, is quoted in an article about the benefits and challenges of going to medical school later than average. “What I also appreciate about those of older age is that they have more experience collaborating and can support others to find their voice—they’re more willing to share and don’t have the need to compete,” Cunningham said. “They’re just here to do something great.”
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Experts Discuss Potential Benefits, Harms, Safeguards of Using AI Chatbots for Mental Health — American Academy of Pediatrics
Read Article — Nicholas Jacobson, an associate professor of biomedical data science and psychiatry, is quoted in an article about the Nov. 6 FDA advisory committee meeting on regulating AI chatbots for psychotherapy. “A product-centric approval process that could be too slow and can be rigid for the field could guarantee that a product that is approved would be obsolete by the time it’s really deployed,” said Jacobson, who told the committee about his work on Therabot, the first generative AI chatbot to undergo a clinical trial.
Kidney Cancer Cases Spiked in a New Hampshire Town. Will Residents Find Out Why? — The Boston Globe
Read article — Megan Romano, an associate professor of epidemiology, is featured in an article about her co-authored research into higher rates of kidney cancer in Merrimack compared to the rest of New Hampshire. “We’re seeing a really big shift in the way that many different aspects of biomedical research are prioritized,” Romano said of funding the next phase of research.
Celebrating Our National Academy of Medicine Members
On Monday, November 17, faculty and staff at the Geisel school of Medicine gathered to celebrate the Dartmouth’s newest members of the prestigious National Academy of Medicine: President Sian Leah Beilock and Professor Carrie Colla D’01. One of the top honors in the field of health and medicine, there are currently 13 members of NAM at Dartmouth, of which nine gathered for the celebratory event.
A Pill for Women’s Libido Meets a Cultural Moment — New York Times
Read article — Steven Woloshin, MED ’96, a professor of medicine and community and family medicine, is quoted in an article commenting on the women’s libido drug Addyi, made by Sprout Pharmaceuticals. “There’s lots of things that can affect sexual desire, and the way to help people isn’t necessarily to give this particular chemical,” Woloshin said.
Opinion: Too Much Psychiatric Medicine for Kids — Concord Monitor
Read article—Erin Barnett, an associate professor of psychiatry, writes an opinion piece about prescriptions of psychiatric medicine for children. “Deprescribing psych medications among kids is building momentum and can be done safely while improving the lives of kids,” Barnett writes.
Researchers Weigh the Use of AI for Mental Health Undark
Read article – Michael Heinz, an assistant professor of psychiatry and research psychiatrist, and Nicholas Jacobson, an associate professor of biomedical data science and psychiatry, are featured in a story about the use of chatbots for psychotherapy, with mention of the Therabot platform developed at Dartmouth. “Ultimately these models are generative, and you can’t guarantee in any particular situation how it’s going to respond,” Heinz said. “I think that’s why we need human oversight.”
Are A.I. Therapy Chatbots Safe to Use? New York Times
Read article – Nicholas Jacobson, an associate professor of biomedical data science and psychiatry, is quoted in an article about the use of generative AI in providing therapy, including a reference to the Therabot platform developed in Jacobson’s lab. “The evidence for its effectiveness is strong,” Jacobson said. “Our focus now is on a highly careful, safety-conscious, and evidence-based approach to making it available.”
Scientists find brain chemical tied to trauma and depression Economic Times: Health World
Read article– Research co-authored by professors emeriti of physiology and neurobiology Aniko Naray-Fejes-Toth and Geza Fejes-Toth identified SGKI, a brain chemical, as a key chemical connecting childhood trauma to depression and suicidal behaviour.
Kidney cancer rates are higher in Merrimack. Scientists say more research is warranted — NHPR
Read article – Dartmouth led research shows kidney cancer rates are higher in the town of Merrimack compared to the rest of New Hampshire. State officials and researchers from Dartmouth say more research is needed to determine the cause.