A $1 million gift from John Flatley and his wife, Kate, to a team of investigators at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine will provide essential funding to develop new and more effective therapies for people with Cystic Fibrosis.
Articles by: Timothy Dean
Study Reveals Mechanisms that Bacteria Use in Surface Sensing
Findings from a new Dartmouth-led study published in mBio, involving researchers from Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, the University of California Los Angeles, and Catholic University in Belgium, reveal key mechanisms that allow bacteria to sense contact with surfaces and begin biofilm formation.
Geisel Study Finds Higher Death Rates in Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment During the Pandemic
Findings from a new study, led by researchers at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and published in JAMA Neurology, show that higher death rates have been associated with the COVID-19 pandemic among older adults with cognitive impairment—especially in racial and ethnic minority populations and those living in nursing homes.
Geisel Professors Dunlap and Loros Receive Pioneer Awards from Society for Research on Biological Rhythms
Jennifer Loros, PhD, a professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology and of Molecular Systems Biology, and Jay Dunlap, PhD, the Nathan Smith Professor of Molecular and Systems Biology and of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine have both received the Pioneer Program Award from the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms.
Dartmouth-led Study Offers New Insights into How Metal Exposures Can Impact Fetal Growth
A new Dartmouth-led study, published in the journal Environment International, reveals how prenatal exposure to mixtures of commonly found metals can adversely affect fetal growth.
James O’Malley Named to Endowed Professorship
James O’Malley, MS, PhD, a professor of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and of Biomedical Data Science at the Geisel School of Medicine, has been named to the Peggy Y. Thomson Professorship in the Evaluative Clinical Sciences.
Dartmouth Study Assesses How Consumers Interpret and Act on Results from At-Home COVID-19 Self Tests
A new study by researchers at Dartmouth, Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh, and the Lisa Schwartz Foundation for Truth in Medicine, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, shows that people using COVID home test kits may fail to self-quarantine or may quarantine unnecessarily because they misinterpret the implications of test results.
Geisel Researcher Receives Grants to Improve News Media Reporting on Medical Research
Steven Woloshin, MD, MS, a professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of The Dartmouth Institute, has received grants from the Arnold Foundation and the National Institute for Health Care Management to continue his work to train journalists for more reliable reporting on medical research.
Dartmouth Study Reveals Flaws in Statistical Modeling Approach Used in Health Services Research
Findings from a new study conducted jointly at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School, and published in Health Services Research, highlight the statistical drawbacks of one form of analysis commonly used in health services research while demonstrating the benefits of another.
Dartmouth Study Reveals New Insights into How the Infant Microbiome Impacts Early Childhood Behavior in Boys and Girls
A new Dartmouth-led study published in Pediatric Research has found a direct and sex-specific association between the composition of infant microbiome and early childhood behavioral health.
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