Read article – Quotes Bill Hudenko, assistant professor of psychiatry and adjunct assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences, in an article about how researchers are now developing ways to use artificial intelligence to map out the relationship between factors that lead to suicide. Hudenko is working with researchers from the University of Vermont to develop a system for both suicide risk assessment and prevention by using an app he and his Dartmouth colleagues developed called Proxi, which aims to improve well-being for people with depression and other conditions.
Articles by: Geisel Communications
Charles Barlowe Named to the James C. Chilcott 1920 Professorship
Charles Barlowe, PhD, chair and professor of biochemistry and cell biology at the Geisel School of Medicine, has been named the James C. Chilcott 1920 Professor.
Finding Joy in Practice: Cocreation in Palliative Care – JAMA
Read article – An opinion piece by Kathy Kirkland, Geisel ’86, professor of medicine and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, regarding her experiences working in palliative care. “It’s funny how the world of palliative care, which each day brings us face-to-face with illness, with mortality, with heartbreak, is not a place of overwhelming sadness,” says Kirkland. “Each day, instead, we find (or perhaps we cocreate) meaning, and even joy in our work.”
Healthcare Reforms Are Real Prescription for American Economic Growth – The Hill
Read article – Cites findings from The Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare that show regions that spend more on treatment do not have better outcomes.
Dr Mariétou Ouayogodé Outlines Medicare’s Shift From Treatment to Prevention – AJMC.com
Read article – A video featuring Mariétou Ouayogodé, post-doctoral fellow at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, where she discusses how the provision in the Affordable Care Act to remove cost sharing for preventive care visits created a shift in how Medicare pays, with a greater emphasis on prevention and managing chronic diseases, and less on treatment of acute illness.
Big Pharma’s Newest Marketing Tactic: Infiltrating Soap Operas Like General Hospital – Vox
Read article – Quotes Lisa Schwartz, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about a new study published in JAMA that found the rare cancer polycythemia vera got a mention on America’s oldest soap opera, “General Hospital,” because the drug company Incyte asked it to. Incyte’s only FDA-approved drug, ruxolitinib, happens to treat the cancer, and the “General Hospital” appearance was the company’s attempt to raise awareness about the rare disease — and possibly to sell more of its drug. With a message this subtle, “there’s no way you would ever know it was connected to the drug company,” says Schwartz, who was not involved in the study. “Your natural skepticism that comes up when you see advertising is totally down because you don’t know the drug company has any role in the message you’re getting.”
Louise Davies Named 2017-2018 Fulbright Scholar
Louise Davies, MD, MS, an associate professor of surgery and of The Dartmouth Institute, is one of two Dartmouth faculty to have been named Fulbright Scholars for the 2017-2018 academic year, enabling their planned teaching and research activities abroad.
Tick Season Precautions – WPTZ
Read article – A segment that features comments by Elizabeth Talbot, associate professor of medicine, where she shares tips on how to be prepared for tick season. “Long pants, wearing closed shoes, wearing tall socks, even some inconvenient measures like tucking your pants into your socks,” says Talbot.
Alumnus Applies Nanotechnology to Study and Treat the Brain
Dartmouth medical alumnus Russell Andrews (MED ’78)—a neurosurgeon in California—has been part of a collaboration between NASA and the Mayo Clinic to develop a new wireless nanoelectrode that could help people with Parkinson’s disease.
Nine Geisel Students Named 2017-2018 NH/VT Schweitzer Fellows
Nine first-year medical students at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth have been selected as 2017-18 New Hampshire/Vermont Schweitzer Fellows by the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship.