Prevention – Tracy Onega, associate professor of data science, epidemiology, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice at Geisel, is quoted in an article about how mammograms for women under 40 can be more harmful to your health than helpful.
In the News
The Downside of Medical Screening
The Atlantic – This article quotes H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, from a panel discussion at the Aspen Ideas Festival Spotlight Health session last week. Welch notes that although medical screening sometimes saves lives, it can also lead to overdiagnosis, overtreatment and medical harm.
Hidden Dangers of Smoking on Hookahs
The Post and Courier – Cites a recent Geisel School of Medicine study, which surveyed 1,050 young smokers, age 15-23, and found that within two years, 39 percent who had smoked a hookah had graduated to cigarettes. The study notes that the young and impressionable get hooked at a more than 30 percent rate.
Building Baby From the Genes Up
Genius – In this opinion piece, Ronald Green, professor of religion and ethics at Dartmouth and adjunct professor of community and family medicine at Geisel, discusses the future of genetic engineering and reproductive medicine. Green notes that during a discussion with Geisel medical students, he asked the students whether they thought that we should move in the direction of human genetic engineering, and more than 80 percent said no. “This squares with public opinion polls that show a similar degree of opposition,” says Green. “Nevertheless, ‘babies by design’ are probably in our future — but I think that the critics’ concerns may be less troublesome than they first appear.”
No Matter the Language, Disease Risk Is Hard to Communicate
Science News – This article quotes Lisa Schwartz and Steve Woloshin, both professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice at Geisel, on effective disease risk communication and how it’s not just about communicating the numbers of infected and quarantined, but how it’s also about admitting when you don’t have all the answers.
Dartmouth Institute Leader Honored
Valley News – Elliott Fisher, director and professor of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice at Geisel, has received the Richard L. Clarke Board of Directors Award in recognition of his leadership in advancing the science of health care delivery and in developing new models of health care delivery and payment. The award is the Healthcare Financial Management Association’s highest individual achievement award.
Why This Doctor Dropped Everything to Go to Culinary School
Yahoo News – Features Julia Nordgren, MED ’99, who maintains a personal health and diet practice, consults with companies on how to keep employees healthy, and offers cooking classes in order to transform the way the medical field approaches healthy eating with patients, and educate people on how diet affects health.
Your New Liver Is Only a Learjet Away: First of Three Parts
Forbes – David Axelrod, assistant professor of surgery and of community and family medicine, who conducts research on transplant allocation, comments that a medical program’s ability to move through its transplant list is more important than the size of its list.
How Good Is Your Doctor?
The Hill – In this opinion piece for The Hill, Scott Wallace, visiting professor of community and family medicine, argues that patients should be able to obtain outcome data for every condition a doctor treats. “Outcome data allows consumers to find the best services and prompts underperformers to improve,” Wallace writes.
Dartmouth Named Health Care National Center of Excellence
Boston Globe via Associated Press – Continued coverage on the $17.5 million awarded to Dartmouth from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to study how well, and how quickly, hospitals learn from their successes. Quotes Elliott Fisher, director and professor of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice at Geisel, who will lead the work of nine researchers from Geisel joined by others from Harvard University, the University of California at Berkeley, Intermountain Health Care in Salt Lake City and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
Upcoming Events
- Pediatric Grand Rounds April 30, 2025
- Advanced PubMed for Geisel Students April 30, 2025
- Medicine Grand Rounds May 2, 2025
- Neurology Grand Rounds May 2, 2025
- CTBH Seminar Series May 2, 2025
- Candidate Seminar for the Paul Batalden Distinguished Chair in Healthcare Improvement by: Dr. Kristen Miller May 5, 2025
- Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds May 6, 2025
- DCC Grand Rounds with Loren Saulsberry, PhD May 6, 2025
- Pediatric Grand Rounds May 7, 2025
- Rural Health Symposium May 8, 2025
- CTBH Seminar Series May 9, 2025
- Class of 2025 Student and Faculty Awards Ceremony May 9, 2025
- Class of 2025 Medical Student Class Day May 10, 2025
- Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Series - Katharina Ribbeck, Ph.D. May 12, 2025