Read article – Karen Fortuna, an assistant professor of psychiatry, is quoted in an article about co-working sessions on TikTok. “TikTok has the potential to enhance the remote work experience by tapping into the psychological aspect of accountability,” Fortuna said.

Read article – Alison Volpe Holmes, an associate professor of pediatrics and The Dartmouth Institute, writes an opinion piece about residency application requirements. “When academic medicine is not primarily focused on meeting the needs of the patients, families, and communities we serve, it is time to make some changes,” Holmes writes.

Read article – Elijah Stommel, a professor of neurology, is cited in an article about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS. Stommel notes that in the same way that cancers and infectious diseases have environmental risk factors and are tracked in registries, scientists are learning neurodegenerative diseases have similar risk factors, so a state registry makes sense for ALS.

Read article – Megan Romano, an associate professor of epidemiology, is featured in an article about her study into the risks to breastfeeding duration associated with exposure to PFAS. “For all women who are exposed, there’s a little bit of a decrease in the amount of time they breastfeed beyond delivery,” Romano said.

Read article – Susan Roberts, the senior associate dean of foundational research at the Geisel School of Medicine, is quoted in an article about the aches and pains associated with aging. Roberts notes that biological changes start to occur in midlife that can affect the body’s composition and metabolism. “I don’t think the brain is the only piece of this, but I think it’s an important piece that is not really recognized,” Roberts said.

Read article – Paul Holtzheimer, a professor of psychiatry and surgery, is quoted in an article about MDMA therapy. “The difference between the active and the placebo group is statistically significant by (the authors’) analyses, but relatively small enough that I think the role of expectation bias cannot at all be discounted as potentially accounting for a lot of that difference,” Holtzheimer said.

Read article – Nicholas Jacobson, an assistant professor of biomedical data science and psychiatry, is featured in an article about Therabot, a text-based AI app in development at Dartmouth designed to improve access to mental health care. “We’ve heard ‘I love you, Therabot’ multiple times already,” Jacobson said. “People are engaging with it at times that I would never respond if I were engaging with clients. They’re engaging with it at 3 a.m. when they can’t sleep, and it responds immediately.”

Read article – Elijah Stommel, a professor of neurology, is cited in an article about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS. Stommel notes that in the same way that cancers and infectious diseases have environmental risk factors and are tracked in registries, scientists are learning neurodegenerative diseases have similar risk factors, so a state registry makes sense for ALS.

Read article – Daniel Lucey ’77, Geisel ’82, a clinical professor of medicine, is quoted in an article about a Reuters investigation that found that the U.S. military launched a secret campaign to counter what it perceived as China’s growing influence in the Philippines. It aimed to sow doubt about the safety and efficacy of vaccines and other life-saving aid that was being supplied by China. “I don’t think it’s defensible,” Lucey said. “I’m extremely dismayed, disappointed and disillusioned to hear that the U.S. government would do that.”