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.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) Board of Trustees has elected Joanne M. Conroy, MD, chief executive officer and president of Dartmouth Health, as its chair-elect designate.
Reflecting the strength of his interdisciplinary training, Ze Zhang, a PhD candidate in the Graduate Program in Quantitative Biomedical Sciences (QBS) and the Department of Epidemiology at Geisel, recently earned second prize for Outstanding Graduate Research in Computational Science in the Neukom Institute’s 2022 Research Awards.
Amanda J. Bassett, director of Alumni Engagement and Strategic Events for the Office of Development & Alumni Engagement at Dartmouth Health and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, was recognized by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), for her service as a steering committee member and as the chair-elect for the Group on Institutional Advancement (GIA).
During July and August, Robert Santulli, MD and Geisel M2 Marisa Diiorio will be offering a one-hour educational session about the Dartmouth Dementia Directive (DDD).
Furthering his research interests, Geisel School of Medicine student Drew Bergman ’24 has a newly published paper in Nature and has received a research grant.
Thirty-five Dartmouth teams have participated in the accelerator over the past two years. Their research could save and prolong patients’ lives, and may even cure cancer.
Amber Barnato, MD, MPH, MS, the John E. Wennberg Distinguished Professor in Health Policy and Clinical Practice and director of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice at the Geisel School of Medicine, has been accepted into the 2022-2023 class of fellows in the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) program for women.
Jeremiah Brown, PhD, a professor of epidemiology, of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and of biomedical data science at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, has been named Chair of the Science of Implementation in Health and Healthcare Study Section (SIHH), a standing study section in the Center for Scientific Review at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He begins his two-year term effective July 1, 2022.
Findings from a new study published in PLOS ONE, led by investigators at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and Muhimibili University of Health and Allied Sciences, show high rates of new tuberculosis (TB) infection among adolescents in Tanzania—highlighting the importance of developing TB control measures for this high-risk age group.
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