Read article – Erika Moen, an associate professor of biomedical data science, writes an opinion piece about how President Donald Trump’s targeting of DEI programs may negatively impact health equity research. “Research on health equity is a crucial component to scientific research because it ensures that medical innovations and health care improvements benefit all communities,” Moen writes.

Read article – Ben Ross, an assistant professor of microbiology and immunology and orthopaedics at the Geisel School of Medicine, is featured in a story about his study finding that children with cystic fibrosis are missing specific gut bacteria critical to early gastrointestinal development. “We now have a very clear picture of a major difference in the CF infant gut microbiota with important health implications for later in life,” Ross said.

Read article – Cody Meissner, a professor of pediatrics, is quoted in an article about how the Trump administration canceled a federal vaccine advisory committee meeting intended to help select the makeup of next winter’s flu vaccine.

Read article – Steven Bernstein, chief research officer at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and professor of emergency medicine at Geisel, is quoted in an article about the Trump administration’s proposal to slash funding from the National Institutes of Health. “(What) had been proposed to be cut … that would be potentially devastating to the research enterprise here because it would severely hinder our ability to do our work,” Bernstein said.

Read article – Features an interview with Gabriel A. Brooks, an associate professor of medicine, about DPD deficiency in cancer care. “If you have DPD deficiency, it could lead to increased side effects from the chemotherapy,” Brooks said.

Watch video – Stewart Tepper, a professor of neurology, is featured in a video about combination therapies for migraine management.

Read article – David Leib, chair and professor of microbiology and immunology; Katherine Nautiyal, an assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences; Abigail Dutton, MED ’22, Guarini; and Evelyn Turnbaugh, Guarini, are featured in an article about their research into the effects of neonatal exposure to herpes simplex virus in mice on long-term cognitive decline. “What Abby and Evelyn discovered was that mice who had received a miniscule dose of HSV when they were a day old weren’t able to learn as well as those that were in the control group and were uninfected,” Leib said.

Read article – Dean Madden, vice provost for research, and Steven Leach, director of the Dartmouth Cancer Center, are featured in an article about the Trump administration’s proposal to slash funding from the National Institutes of Health. “The result is going to be less science, fewer breakthrough therapies, and less innovations,” Madden said. (Similar coverage in Business NH Journal.)

Read article – Dean Madden, vice provost for research, is quoted in an article about the Trump administration’s proposal to slash funding from the National Institutes of Health. “If the federal government cuts its investment, we will have to scale back on research, and cutting-edge science will be cut short,” Madden said. (Picked up by U.S. News & World Report.)

Read article – Dean Madden, vice provost for research, is featured in an article about the Trump administration proposal to slash funding from the National Institutes of Health.