Read article – An opinion piece by William C. Torrey, MD, Chair of Psychiatry at Dartmouth Health and Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. Mental Health Awareness Month may be winding down, but every month Dartmouth Health’s Department of Psychiatry (DH Psychiatry) seeks to increase timely access to high-quality care for people who develop mental health and substance use difficulties.

Read article – Features comments by dermatologist Jamie Karch, MED ’24, who led the effort for Dartmouth to become a “Skin Smart” campus committed to not having tanning beds. The recognition, which comes from the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention, also came with sunscreen dispensers that are being strategically placed around campus. The segment also features comments from Matthew Jachim-Gallagher ’25 and Madelyn Goebel ’25. “Vermont and New Hampshire are among the top five states with the highest prevalence of skin cancer,” Karch said.

Read article – An article about the winners of HealthForce NH’s Innovation Challenge competition, which mentions that the Geisel School of Medicine was among the semi-finalists.

Read article – In a May article in JAMA Network highlighting the debate about mammography guidelines, Geisel professor Steven Woloshin, MD, MS, is quoted, “The goal of screening is not to find stuff early. The goal of screening is to find stuff early where treatment improves outcomes.”

Read article – Kenneth Dolkart, a clinical assistant professor of medicine, is quoted in an article about how private equity ownership and consolidation of health care organizations affects patient care and costs. “If a publicly traded private insurance or private equity company is interested in their short-term quarterly profits or stock price, there is little interest in the … effective management of chronic disease, other than that which fulfills a ‘value-based’ metric,” Dolkart said.

Read article – Nicholas Jacobson, an assistant professor of biomedical data science and psychiatry, is featured in a segment about his study in which he developed MoodCapture, in which an AI model can detect depression. “These depression symptoms change really fast,” Jacobson said, “and our traditional treatments are usually very, very slow.”

Read article – Seneca Freyleue, a research programmer and analyst at The Dartmouth Institute, is quoted in an article about her research, which she will present at the Pediatric Academic Societies’ 2024 meeting, that found that children in rural areas were more than six times as likely to check into a hospital without pediatric services compared to children in urban areas. “Children with medical complexities living in rural areas are especially vulnerable when their nearest hospital closes,” Freyleue said. “Expanding access to pediatric hospital services can help children with multiple chronic conditions receive care regardless of where they live.”

Read article – Continued coverage of comments by Debra Monticciolo, a professor of radiology, in an article about her study into breast cancer screening. “Breast cancer is easier to treat if it’s found earlier; we’re able to spare women extra surgeries and chemotherapy. It’s just a better idea to shift to early detection, and that’s what screening does,” Monticciolo said.

Read article – Celia Chen ’78, Guarini ’94, a research professor of biological sciences, and Megan Romano, an associate professor of epidemiology, are featured in an article about their study into the levels of forever chemicals found in seafood. “We hope that this brings attention to the fact that seafood consumption could be an important route of PFAS exposure for high seafood consumers,” Chen said. “We do hope that this study will spur others to look more closely at this issue in their states and regions.”