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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.”
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.
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.
The palpable weight of the day’s topic hung in the room when six former U.S. Surgeons General took the stage at Dartmouth on Monday in front of an audience of hundreds. The topic at hand? The global youth mental health crisis.
Watch video – In partnership with the United Nations Development Programme, six former U.S. surgeons general came together at Dartmouth to focus on the growing crisis of youth mental health. President SianLeah Beilock has made mental health and well-being a priority since arriving on campus in 2023 with her Commitment to Care initiative.
Watch video – Six former U.S. surgeons general gathered Monday at Dartmouth to discuss the mental health issues facing the nation’s youth.
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