Articles by: Geisel Communications

Physicians Drive Variation in Use of Non-Recommended Medical Services for Cancer Healio

Read article – Quotes Jonathan Skinner, the James O. Freedman Presidential Professor in Economics and professor of community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, from an editorial he co-authored about how despite interventions designed to curb the inappropriate use of medical services, many clinicians have continued using non-recommended services.

Engineers Design Programmable RNA Vaccines – Engineering

Read article – Quotes Joseph Rosen, professor of surgery and adjunct professor and senior lecturer of engineering, about the rapid manufacturing time of a customizable vaccine developed by MIT engineers may be especially effective to fight influenza. “This could not only be applicable to the bugs they talked about, but could also be applicable for something even more important, which is an unknown virus,” noted Rosen. “In response to a pandemic, whether natural, accidental or intentional, they could produce a vaccine in a week.”

Can Virtual Reality Help Astronauts Keep Their Cool? – Discover Magazine

Read article – Quotes Jay Buckey, professor of medicine and adjunct professor of engineering, about how he and additional researchers at Dartmouth are experimenting with virtual reality headsets like the Oculus Rift to see if simulated environments can break the monotony of space. “I wanted to focus on many of the issues that would serve as a barrier to long duration spaceflight,” says Buckey. “The psychosocial adaptation element is crucial to a good mission.”