Innovative research led by a team of investigators from Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medine—in collaboration with national and local organizations across the U.S.—is showing promise in helping to improve the health and wellness of emergency medical services clinicians.
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Dean Compton Highlights Year of Accomplishments at State of the Medical School Address
In his annual State of the Medical School address, Dean Duane Compton, PhD, delivered an overview of the Geisel School of Medicine’s achievements over the past year. Dean Compton expressed his excitement at the collective accomplishments within the school’s mission areas.
Dartmouth-led Research Team Receives $13 Million PCORI Funding Award to Test the Impact of Video on Visit Communication for People with ALS
A research group led by investigators at Dartmouth and Massachusetts General Hospital, and including seven other institutions across the U.S., have received a five-year, $13 million funding award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). Their project will test the effectiveness of video as a communication tool during patient visits for people living with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and their caregivers.
New Geisel Proteomics Shared Resource Now Available to Researchers Across Dartmouth
The new Biological Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Shared Resource at the Geisel School of Medicine provides investigators across Dartmouth’s research community new tools and resources for studying the molecular components of the human cell. This capability helps researchers to make disease diagnoses, identify new biomarkers and drug targets, and gain a deeper understanding of biological processes and the causes of diseases such as cancer.
New Research Shows Neonatal HSV Infections May Lead to Long-Term Cognitive Impairment
Very early exposure to even a very small dose of herpes simplex virus (HSV) in infant mice can lead to cognitive decline later in life, according to findings from a new Dartmouth-led study, published in the journal PLoS Pathogens. This is significant because of emerging data in human studies showing an association between HSV and Alzheimer’s disease in humans.
Stalled Microbiomes: Dartmouth-led Study Reveals That Cystic Fibrosis Disrupts Early Gut Development in Infants
Findings from a new Dartmouth-led study, published in the journal mBio, highlight key differences in the gut microbiome of infants with cystic fibrosis (CF) compared to that of healthy infants, and how these alterations may adversely affect their health.
Q&A With Paul Barr—Using AI and Amplifying the Voices of Patients
Geisel researcher Paul Barr, PhD, MSc, discusses his work to improve patient outcomes through the development of new tools to enhance communications between patients and their healthcare providers.
Dartmouth-led Study Shows E-Cigarette Switching Can Ease Respiratory Symptoms
Findings from a new study, conducted by a team of researchers at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and collaborating institutions and published in the journal e-clinical Medicine, a member of the Lancet family of journals, show beneficial effects on functionally important respiratory symptoms when persons who smoke switch completely to e-cigarettes.
Dartmouth Hosts Third Annual Digital Health Summit
On October 29, nearly 200 members of the local, national, and international digital health community—including researchers, clinicians, healthcare administrators, payors, investors, experts from government and industry, and students and trainees—gathered for a daylong meeting at Dartmouth College to discuss the expanding field of digital therapeutics.
Dartmouth’s Center for Technology and Behavioral Health Launches Collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim to Develop Digital Health Tools to Help Patients and Providers
The Center for Technology and Behavioral Health (CTBH) at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth has announced an innovative collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim with the goal of advancing prescription digital therapeutics that specifically target serious mental illness.