Read article – An opinion piece co-authored by Jonathan Skinner, the James O. Freedman Presidential Professor in Economics, professor of community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice; about how innovations in health care diffuse unevenly across geographic regions — not unlike the spread of a contagious disease. And even when studies show a new technology is overused, retrenchment is very slow and seemingly haphazard.
Articles by: Geisel Communications
Dr. Norman Snow Passes
It is with great sadness that the Department of Medical Education announces the death of our friend and colleague, Professor Norman Snow.
Having Business Know-How Opens Up New Career Opportunities for Physicians – AAMC News
Read article – Article highlights the growing MD-MBA programs across the US. Michael Zubkoff, PhD, director of Geisel’s MD-MBA program is quoted about the Medical Care and the Corporation elective course. “It’s become a very popular course because it mixes together students from medical school and business school in an environment where they work together and learn from each other,” said Zubkoff.
Dartmouth Student’s Yoga Program Helps Injured Brains Heal – Valley News
Read article – A feature story about TDI student Kyla Donnelly Pearce who started a program to study how practicing gentle yoga regularly might help patients with brain injuries cope. Pearce found that patients who took the yoga classes reported feeling “less bothered by negative emotions, including feeling lonely, bored, anxious, sad or depressed and/or angry or aggressive.”
HHS Nominee Tom Price Targeted Panel That Urged Fewer Cancer Screenings – NPR
Read article – Quotes H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in an article about how Rep. Tom Price, President Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has criticized a task force of medical experts whose recommendations guide health screening and disease prevention. Price pushed HHS to quash the task force’s recommendations to limit widely used cancer screenings. “The dirty underbelly of screening is that it’s a great way to get more patients,” says Welch, a close observer of the task force’s work. “The financial underpinnings are huge.”
EVENT: Never Give Up: The Battle and Defeat of Anorexia Nervosa
This event will give you an in depth and personal perspective on what the “Battle and Defeat of Anorexia” looks like. Hear from a recovering medical student who is courageously willing to share her touching story, as well as Dr. Pouneh Fazeli, a renowned physician-researcher on eating disorders.
Bio-MT Pilot Project Program – Call for Letters of Intent
Letters of Intent for the COBRE Institute for Biomolecular Targeting (Bio-MT) Pilot Project Program are now being accepted. Bio-MT is requesting proposals for pilot projects relating to its theme: the identification, validation, or development of molecular targets associated with human disease.
Upper Valley Reacts to Trump Order – Valley News
Read article – Photo of Geisel students at vigil in support of the Affordable Care Act along with quotes from Amer Al-Nimr, assistant professor of pediatrics and of medicine; Susannah Heschel, the Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies; and President Phil Hanlon in an article that examines reactions to President Donald Trump’s immigration executive order in the Upper Valley.
Geisel Students and Faculty Protest ACA Repeal – The Dartmouth
Read article – The Dartmouth covered the “Dartmouth Protect Our Patients Vigil” event focused on patient-centered advocacy efforts against the repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, engaging medical students, clinicians and staff in tandem with larger hospital organizations.
EVENT: “Walking Into the Unknown,” Native American Health Film & Discussion on Jan. 30
On Monday, January 30th at 5:30 PM, at Chilcott auditorium, please join the Dartmouth Native American Program and Beyond the Books at the Geisel School of Medicine for a screening and discussion of “Walking into the Unknown”, which traces the “intimate journey of a middle aged American Indian male through the health care system as he gains a deeper understanding of himself and the health risks he faces.”