Read article – Quotes New Hampshire state epidemiologist Benjamin Chan, Geisel ’13, from his appearance on Dartmouth’s virtual Community Conversation. Chan commented on how the state is preparing for the infectious COVID-19 variants from the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Brazil.

Read article – Features an interview with Clancy “Si” France, Tuck ’08, MED ’08. In the interview, France discusses his company WelbeHealth, which is on the front lines of COVID-19 helping the elderly in California get access to care. The article mentions that during his time at Dartmouth, France took classes with professors who were working on both how to change the healthcare system and fix what was broken.

Read article – Quotes Anne Sosin, program director for the Center for Global Health Equity at Dartmouth, in an article about how Black, Latino, and other minority communities are falling behind in COVID-19 vaccination. Sosin comments on the connection between the low vaccination rates and vaccine hesitancy. “Vaccine hesitancy is a real concern, but I worry that focus on vaccine hesitancy is a way to deflect responsibility for equitable distribution on the front end,” says Sosin. (Picked up by MSN. Similar coverage in Becker’s Hospital Review.)

Read article – Quotes Anne Sosin, program director for the Center for Global Health Equity at Dartmouth, in an article about vaccine hesitancy in underserved communities. “Vaccine hesitancy is a real concern, but I worry that focus on vaccine hesitancy is a way to deflect responsibility for equitable distribution on the front end,” said Sosin.

Read article – A feature story about a study led by Matthew Friedman, professor of psychiatry, that revealed changes in the brains of those afflicted with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The research—which found marked differences in the brains of males and females diagnosed with PTSD—could have important treatment implications. “We’re beginning to be able to understand how traumatic experiences affect gene expression and therefore how that affects different people,” says Friedman.

Read article – An article referencing a recent joint study between the Geisel School of Medicine and the University of Washington that is raising awareness about the possible link between sunlight exposure and kidney disease in people with Lupus.

Read article – Cites comments by Amber Barnato, professor of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in an opinion piece about end-of-life decision-making. Barnato notes that mainstream medicine has only recently begun to recognize the power of palliative care. Palliative and hospice care are already wrongly linked with “giving up,” Barnato says, and practitioners are wary of anything that could further that misconception.

Read article – A feature story about former Geisel School of Medicine faculty member Jason McLellan, whose research contributed a critical piece to the most promising candidates for COVID-19 vaccines. McLellan conducted the research during his time at Geisel.

Read article – Quotes Sladjana Skopelja-Gardner, assistant professor of medicine, in an article about a study she co-authored with researchers from the University of Washington, which found that certain white blood cells not only infiltrate skin that is exposed to UV-light, the cells also migrate to the kidney. “That’s a bit unusual—we normally think of neutrophils as short-lived cells that sort of zoom to where the inflammation is and then die off there,” explained Skopelja-Gardner.

Listen now – As a guest on VPR, Anne Sosin, program director for the Center for Global Health Equity at Dartmouth, discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Vermont’s most marginalized community members. (Similar coverage appeared in a separate article on VPR.)