Read article – An opinion piece by Steven C. Schlozman, associate professor of psychiatry, reminiscing about a visit to Kauffman Stadium, formerly the Royals Stadium.
Articles by: Geisel Communications
$25M Donation a Boost to New Research Arm at Norris Cotton Cancer Center – Valley News
Read article – Steven Leach, the Preston T. and Virginia R. Kelsey Distinguished Chair in Cancer and director of the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, is quoted in an article about a donation to Dartmouth and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health to launch a new research institute at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center. Dorothy Byrne has given $25 million in the $50 million campaign to create the Byrne Family Cancer Research Institute.
What Types of Mental Health Apps Actually Work? A Sweeping New Analysis Takes Stock of the Evidence – STAT
Read article – Cites comments by Lisa Marsch, director of the Dartmouth Center for Technology and Behavioral Health, and the Andrew G. Wallace Professor of Psychiatry, in an article about a meta-review of mental health interventions. Marsch noted that meta-analyses tend to group together interventions that can be quite different from one another.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Study Sets Sights on Eradicating Polio Worldwide – Valley News
Read article – Quotes Sirey Zhang ’20, Geisel ’24, and Peter Wright, professor of pediatrics, in an article about how researchers from the Geisel School of Medicine and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center are partnering with the University of Vermont and the University of North Carolina to test a polio vaccine that has high hopes of leading to polio’s complete eradication.
Halting Progress and Happy Accidents: How mRNA Vaccines Were Made – The New York Times
Read article – Jason McLellan, a former faculty member at the Geisel School of Medicine, and Nianshuang Wang, a former postdoctoral scholar, are featured in an article about McLellan’s lab research in vaccine design that led to the development of the COVID-19 vaccines.
Five Things to Know About IBS – AARP
Read article – Eric Shah, assistant professor of medicine, is cited in an article about IBS.
How Severe Corona Courses Can Be Better Recognized at Home – The Germany Eye
Read article – Quotes Richard Levitan, clinical professor of medicine, in an article about the importance of using home pulse oximeters to help detect the severity of disease progression in COVID-19 patients.
Imaging Among the Costliest, Most Prevalent Low-Value Services Delivered at Children’s Hospitals – Radiology Business
Read article – Quotes Samantha House, assistant professor of pediatrics and of The Dartmouth Institute, in an article about her co-authored study that found that imaging is among the most expensive and most common low-value health care services at children’s hospitals in the U.S. “As efforts increase to alleviate measurement burden in healthcare, data identifying measures that might be deprioritized are also useful,” the authors said.
Turning Toxoplasma Against Cancer – The Scientist
Read article – Quotes David Bzik and Steven Fiering, professors of microbiology and immunology, in an article about the potential of tackling cancer with a brain parasite.
Amid Nerve-Racking Return to School, Child Care Families Feel Left Out of State Response – VTDigger
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.)