Read article – Quotes Erin Barnett, assistant professor of psychiatry and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in an article about how the courthouse in downtown Claremont, New Hampshire will soon be home to the state’s first Family Treatment Court.

Read article – An article about the seventh edition of the book Habif’s Clinical Dermatology, a textbook by the late Thomas Habif, a former professor at the Geisel School of Medicine. The book is used around the world to help diagnose skin conditions. The seventh edition was completed by Habif’s colleague James Dinulos after Habif died in 2018.

Read article – Barbara Jobst, professor of neurology, has been named the 2020 Tech Professional of the Year at the NH Tech Alliance’s TechWomen/TechGirls awards luncheon. The award acknowledges the accomplishments of New Hampshire women who advance STEM education and professional STEM opportunities for women throughout the state. “I am honored to be recognized by the NH Tech Alliance, and applaud their efforts to illuminate the work of women in STEM fields and in promoting STEM opportunities to girls and young women throughout the state,” Jobst said.

Read article – Quotes Jonathan Skinner, the James O. Freedman Presidential Professor in Economics, professor of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and professor of community and family medicine, in an article about a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that found COVID-19 mortality figures might be dramatically underestimating the real death toll of the pandemic in the U.S. “The absolute mortality rates are one hundred times higher for the 75 to 84-year-olds compared to younger folks. That to me is still the take-away finding,” said Skinner.

Read article – Recalls comments by Elizabeth Talbot, professor of medicine, in an article that examines the importance of hairdressers to nursing homes. The article recounts how public health officials grappled with demand for hair service during the pandemic. “To me, I would weigh the risk-benefit not favorably to bring someone who is, by profession, in contact with the public, in to do something that feels not essential,” Talbot is quoted as saying during earlier virtual meetings on the subject. “But the fact that you are all asking, and so repeatedly, makes me think I don’t understand something about this,” she continued.

Read article – Quotes John Birkmeyer, adjunct professor of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Process, and Jonathan Skinner, the James O. Freedman Presidential Professor in Economics, about a study they conducted in which they examined admissions data from more than 200 hospitals in 36 states. The research team compared differences in patient characteristics, diagnoses, and mortality rates between February and July of this year with the same time period last year. Birkmeyer, Skinner, and their colleagues found that by mid-April, non-COVID admissions to hospitals had dropped by almost half. “We found it staggering that such a high number of patients who might have been hospitalized for serious issues just kind of disappeared,” said Birkmeyer. “You have to wonder, ‘Where did they all go?'”

Read article – A video featuring Cornel Stanciu, assistant professor of psychiatry, in which he shares tips with physicians on how to advocate for personal and patient safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Read article – Cites research by Gregory Tsongalis, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, whose lab is working to develop a molecular laboratory developed test (SARAS-CoV-2 LDT) for COVID-19. Tsongalis expressed concern that the FDA’s emergency use authorization standards have been too lax.

Read article – Quotes Fiona McEnany, MPH ’19, Guarini ’25, and JoAnna Leyenaar, associate professor of pediatrics and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about a study they led that offers new details about pediatric mental health boarding in emergency departments across the country, a problem that has steadily increased in the last 10 years.

Read article – Cites research by Gregory Tsongalis, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, and director of clinical genomics and advanced technology, whose lab is working to develop a SARAS-CoV-2 LDT. He has been concerned that the FDA’s emergency use authorization standards have been too lax.