Read article – Hanover-born Victor Ambros, a former professor at Dartmouth and  the Geisel School of Medicine, received a Nobel Prize for the discovery of microRNA. Ambros’ spouse and longtime collaborator, Rosalind “Candy” Lee, was a research assistant in his Geisel lab and is the first author of the paper that reported the discovery that garnered the Nobel.

Read article – The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was awarded Monday to Americans Victor Ambros, a former professor at the Geisel School of Medicine, and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA, tiny pieces of genetic material that alter how genes work at the cellular level and could lead to new ways of treating cancer.

Read article – Victor Ambros, a former professor at Dartmouth and the Geisel School of Medicine, has received a Nobel Prize for the discovery of microRNA. The article mentions that Ambros’ spouse and longtime collaborator, Rosalind “Candy” Lee, was a research assistant in his Geisel lab.

Read article – Steven Woloshin, MED ’96, a professor of The Dartmouth Institute, is quoted in an article about influencer marketing of weight loss drugs. “Marketing drugs through influencers is not really different from marketing drugs through traditional advertising,” Woloshin said. “The difference is that there is so much more of it, and they’re so much more creative and engaging, so they may be more effective.”

Read article – Bruce Stanton, a professor of microbiology and immunology, is featured in an article about efforts to teach children how to test wells for arsenic and other contamination. “A lot of kids get turned off by science,” Stanton said. “It’s kind of boring to read in a book. But if you actually do it, even if you don’t turn out to be a scientist, it gives you an appreciation of the scientific method.” (Picked up by CT Public.)

Read article – Lynn E. Fiellin, a professor of biomedical data science, and Lisa Marsch, a professor of psychiatry and biomedical data science, are featured in an article about Fiellin’s company, Playbl, that offers five games about how to navigate opioids, tobacco use, sexual health, and mental health. The company was awarded $75,000 from the Dartmouth Innovation Accelerator for Digital Health. “We’ve seen that you can get really big clinical effects with these types of tools, not only in helping people with changing self-defeating patterns of drug use, but also lots of mental health applications, helping depression and anxiety disorders,” Marsch said.

Read article – Ilana Cass, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology, is quoted in an article about a self-swab HPV test for cervical cancer screening. “If we are able to invite more people in for testing through these expanded technologies, who would have previously been uncomfortable or would have been uninterested, this is really great. This is progress,” Cass said.

Read article – Heiko Pohl, a professor of medicine and The Dartmouth Institute, is featured in an article about improving colonoscopy performance. “When we think about improving colonoscopy performance, the goal is to prevent colon cancer death, but when we expand that, we have to apply sustainable practices as a domain of quality,” Pohl said.

Read article – Features an interview with Anna N. A. Tosteson, a professor of the Dartmouth Institute, about her research comparing mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis for cancer screening. “We did this study because the limitations of mammography screening for women with mammographically dense breast tissue have been recognized,” Tosteson said.

Read article – Charles R. Thomas, a professor of medicine, is mentioned in an article for contributing to a study into the rise of gun deaths in the U.S. The study found that the prevalence of firearms in the country is the primary reason for the increase in deaths, not mental illness.