Read article – Quotes Jonathan Skinner, the James O. Freedman Presidential Professor in Economics and professor of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, and Carrie Colla, associate professor of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, in an article about how job growth in the health care sector is leading to higher costs. “It is unlikely that health care cost growth will moderate without a corresponding moderation in the growth of health care employment,” said Skinner and Colla. (The quote comes from Skinner and Colla’s new book, titled The Trillion Dollar Revolution.)

Read article – Cites comments by Alison Volpe Holmes, associate professor of pediatrics, medical education, and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in an article about Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, which encourages hospitals and birthing centers to promote breastfeeding in response to plunging breastfeeding rates worldwide.

Read article – Features a study co-authored by Karen Schifferdecker, director of the Center for Program Design and Evaluation and assistant professor at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice (TDI) that explored women’s knowledge of breast density and its correlation with cancer risk.

Read article – Quotes Alison Volpe Holmes, associate professor of pediatrics, medical education, and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in an article about the effectiveness of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, which encourages hospitals and birthing centers to promote breastfeeding in response to plunging breastfeeding rates worldwide.

Read article – Quotes Catherine Pipas, professor of medical education, community and family medicine, and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in an article about how students and doctors can learn to practice gratitude to ward off burnout and rekindle their love of medicine. Pipas encourages medical students and physicians to practice gratitude by building quiet time into their daily routines, regularly calling out people at meetings for things they did well, forming coffee groups with colleagues to share appreciations, and looking for opportunities to practice kindness to others. “We need to have the time, the tools, and the permission to use these,” says Pipas.

Read article – Quotes Jack Turco, professor of medicine, in an article about the current debate in New Hampshire school districts surrounding policies to prevent discrimination and promote inclusion of transgender students.

Read article – Jocelyn Chertoff, professor and chair of radiology, was named the 2019 Outstanding Educator of the Year by the Radiological Society of North America. The annual award recognizes those who have demonstrated a commitment to the field of radiology, are pioneers in their specialty and have made significant contributions to radiological education over the past 15 years.

Read article – Features a study led by Karen Schifferdecker, director of the Center for Program Design and Evaluation and assistant professor at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice (TDI), and Anna Tosteson, interim director and professor of TDI, that explored women’s knowledge of breast density and its correlation with cancer risk.

Read article – Quotes William Kinlaw, active emeritus professor of medicine, and Leslie Lupien, Guarini ’19, in a feature story about research they co-authored that examined how an enzyme called Lipoprotein Lipase, or LPL, was present when cancer cells consumed fats from the bloodstream. (Similar coverage in MyLondon.)

Read article – Barbara Jobst, the Louis and Ruth Frank Professor in Neuroscience, has been named the 2019 recipient of the J. Kiffin Penry Award from the American Epilepsy Society.