Articles by: Geisel Communications

New Seminar: Write Winning NIH Grant Proposals

New Seminar: Write Winning NIH Grant Proposals

The Dartmouth Grant Proposal Support initiative (GrantGPS) invites you to attend the Write Winning NIH Grant Proposals seminar on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016. This comprehensive, all-day presentation addresses both practical and conceptual aspects of writing NIH research grant applications.

Blog: Invest in New Hospitals? Really? Modern Healthcare

Read article – Quotes Jonathan Skinner, professor of community and family medicine and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in an article about comments made by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at this week’s presidential debate regarding building new hospitals. “We already have too many small hospitals with low volume, poor outcomes, and ‘hobbyist’ surgeons who do a handful of procedures per year,” says Skinner. “One thing we know is that low-volume is bad for patients.”

Geisel, D-H to Receive Large Grant – Valley News

Read article – Quotes Margaret Karagas, chair and professor of epidemiology, and Paul Palumbo, professor of medicine and pediatrics, about how a research project—that since 2009 has been investigating how various factors such as contaminants in the environment affect the health of pregnant women and their children in New Hampshire and Vermont—will receive up to $40 million in funding over the next seven years to help lead ECHO’s research efforts.

Area VA Leads National Mental Health Efforts – Valley News

Read article – Andrew Pomerantz, associate professor of psychiatry, is quoted about the pioneering effort at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in White River Junction, Vt., to provide same-day care to veterans who come in with mental health issues has spread through the sprawling health system run by the U.S. Veterans Health Administration. “Things that have happened here in White River (Junction) have profoundly affected the entire VA system,” says Pomerantz.