Read article – Quotes Anne Hoen, associate professor of epidemiology, and Anne Sosin ’02, a policy fellow at the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy, in an article about the return to school for children following the winter break amid the pandemic. “Childcare centers were often flying blind during the Delta surge,” Sosin said. “There wasn’t clear and comprehensive guidance that was put out for them, and many struggled to make decisions. Omicron is just going to make it even more difficult for childcare centers to function.” (Picked up by NewsBreak.)

Read article – Commentary by Frederick Lansigan, associate professor of medicine and dermatology, and Charles R. Thomas Jr., professor of medicine, is quoted in an article about the lack of growth in diversity among Black, Hispanic, and indigenous people considered to be underrepresented in medicine (URM). “For every individual URM student who enters the pipeline, support at all levels of training pathways and gateways is needed to achieve equity compared with their peer groups,” they wrote.

Read article – Over the course of 2021, more than 20 peer-reviewed articles have been published by Contemporary OB/GYN. Quotes lana Cass, MD, chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, and professor of obstetrics and gynecology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire

Read article – A poem by Micah Trautwein, Geisel ’25, reflects on visitors not being allowed into the hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Watch video – Andrew J. Schuman, MD, FAAP, clinical assistant professor of pediatrics, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, discusses how he mentors pre-med and medical students by allowing them to shadow him as a pediatrician throughout the day, and how it can offer not only a tonic from burnout, but pay it forward to future health care workers.

Read article – A profile of orthopedic surgeon Freddie Fu ’74, Geisel ’75, who was named Pittsburgh Magazine’s 2021 Pittsburgher of the Year.

Read article – Features comments by Geisel’s Alan Buddy, PhD, professor of psychiatry and biomedical data science, about a community forum about a proposal for  retail sale of recreational marijuana in Hartford, Vermont.

Listen now – An interview with co-directors of the Media and Health Behaviors Lab Jennifer Emond, assistant professor of biomedical data science and pediatrics, and Diane Gilbert-Diamond, associate professor of epidemiology, medicine, and pediatrics, about their ongoing research into the impact of watching TV and viewing stimuli on the reward regions of children’s brains. “We’re primarily interested in behaviors that are related to healthy lifestyle and obesity risk,” Emond said. “So we look at sleep, physical activity, and overeating as well.”

Read article – Quotes Jeremiah Brown, professor of epidemiology, biomedical data science, and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in an article about how medical centers that used team-based coaching interventions saw reductions in acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease.