Despite professional guidelines recommending early serious illness conversations for all patients with advanced cancer, many times these conversations occur, late or not at all. A collaborative research initiative at Dartmouth Cancer Center shows promise in improving patient–clinician communication by increasing the conduct and documentation of these important conversations in two medical oncology clinics.
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Norris Cotton Cancer Center Researchers Find Immune Cells That Guard Frequent Site of Cancer Spread
Researchers in the laboratory of Mary Jo Turk, PhD, Co-Director of the Immunology and Cancer Immunotherapy Research Program at Dartmouth’s and Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center have spent the past year studying immunity to metastatic cancer within lymph nodes.
Geisel School of Medicine Appoints New Dean of Faculty Affairs
Erika T. Brown, PhD, has been appointed Dean of Faculty Affairs at the Geisel School of Medicine. Brown, who comes to Dartmouth from the Morehouse School of Medicine, is a nationally recognized expert with nearly 10 years of experience in faculty affairs and professional development and 20 years in academic medicine.
Geisel and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Receive Grant to Monitor COVID-19 Variants in the Region
A team of researchers and clinicians at Geisel and Dartmouth-Hitchcock has begun working together on a National Institutes of Health grant to track the development and spread of COVID-19 variants that are detected in the Upper Valley.
Geisel Researchers Receive $6.2 Million Grant to Address COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Long-Term Care Workers
A team of researchers at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, led by Glyn Elwyn, MD, PhD, MSc, and Marie-Anne Durand, PhD, has received a $6.2 million funding award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to test approaches that may increase confidence in the COVID-19 vaccine among those working in long-term care facilities.
Laura Tafe Elected President of the Association for Molecular Pathology
Laura J. Tafe, MD, associate professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Geisel has been elected the president-elect of the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP).
Amber Barnato Named Director of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
Physician-researcher Amber Barnato, MD, MPH, MS, has been named the new director of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice (TDI).
Dartmouth and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Cancer Researchers Discover Cutting-Edge Approach to Fighting a Form of Deadly Cancer
Researchers at Norris Cotton Cancer Center have developed a way to predict chemotherapy response to tailor treatments for pancreatic cancer patients.
Dartmouth-led Study Finds Overemphasis on Toy Giveaways in TV Ads Unfairly Promotes Fast-Food to Children
A new Dartmouth-led study, published this week in the journal Pediatrics, has found that the disproportionate use of premiums within child-targeted TV advertising for children’s fast-food meals is deceptive, violating the industry’s own self-regulatory guidelines.
Geisel Professor Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Ta-Yuan (T.Y.) Chang, PhD, a professor of biochemistry and cell biology at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), considered to be one of the country’s premier scientific societies.