International Business Times – A Geisel study has found that a single-celled parasite called Toxoplasma gondii (T gondii), which is found inside cats’ intestines, could be a new cure for cancer, International Business Times reports.
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How Family Game Night Makes Kids Into Better Students
The Atlantic – The Atlantic spotlights the research projects of Bill Hudenko, child psychologist and an assistant professor of psychiatry at Geisel, who uses board games to diagnose and strengthen cognitive and executive function skills among children.
Student Voices: City of Contradictions
Navigating the health-care system in Nigeria isn’t easy for an outsider, says medical student Peace Eneh. So she has found ways to team up with local partners as she spends the summer conducting research.
Dartmouth Researchers Study Technology to Restore Memory Function
Dartmouth researchers are playing a key role in a multi-center $22.5 million, four-year effort to develop next-generation technologies to restore memory function in individuals who suffer from memory loss.
New Hampshire Ranks No. 3 in Prescriptions for Certain Types of Painkillers, CDC Finds
Concord Monitor – Quotes Seddon Savage on a new report that ranks New Hampshire one of the states with the highest prescription drug abuse of certain types of opioid painkillers. Savage, Geisel ’80, is an associate professor of anesthesiology at Geisel and director of the Dartmouth Center on Addiction Recovery and Education.
Compton Named Interim Dean at Geisel
A distinguished researcher, Duane Compton has been a leader in graduate and medical student education.
Rehabilitation Therapy Can Cut Down Depression Risk Among People With Age-Related Vision Loss
MedIndia – Quotes Associate Professor of Psychiatry Mark Hegel who says “Occupational therapy helps people regain valued activities in their daily lives, and behavior activation capitalizes on this through formal goal setting and reinforcement of progress.”
‘Bleak Picture’ for Mentally Ill: 80% are Jobless
USA Today – Quotes Robert Drake—professor of psychiatry, of community and family medicine, and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice—who says supported employment programs for the mentally ill are rare due to insufficient funding.
Putting a Parasite to Work
From the litter box to the laboratory, a microscopic organism native to cats shows promise in treating cancer. Dartmouth researchers’ mutated strain of T. gondii reprograms the natural power of the immune system to kill cells.
Volunteer Recap: A Bumpy (And Itchy) Ride Through Tanzania
NPR – Nick Stadlberger, Geisel ’14, was interviewed for NPR’s Goats and Soda to discuss his four-week trip to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania as part of Geisel’s global health program.