Discoveries originating in a basic science lab at the Geisel School of Medicine are being used in the newly approved COVID-19 vaccine from the Pfizer/BioNTech partnership.
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Dartmouth Receives $2.4 Million to Aid Healthcare Providers’ COVID-19 Response
Researchers at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine have been awarded $2.4 million in federal funding to support ongoing studies aimed at enhancing American healthcare providers’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
U.S. Hospital Admissions for Non-COVID-19 Have Only Partially Rebounded from Initial Decline
A new Dartmouth study in Health Affairs examines how hospital admissions during the rebound from the initial COVID-19 onset varies by age, insurance coverage and socioeconomic groups.
Team Effort: Restarting Safely
Both first- and second-year Geisel medical students completed their required 14-day quarantines and screening PCR testing per Dartmouth policy. As of this week, we are happy to report that there are no positive tests among our medical or graduate students. Thanks to everyone for their continued commitment to the safety of our community.
New Dartmouth Study Shows That Greater Financial Integration Generally not Associated with Better Healthcare Quality
New findings from a Dartmouth-led study, published in the August issue of Health Affairs, show that larger, more integrated healthcare systems do not generally deliver better quality care, and urge policy makers to ensure that mergers or acquisitions due to pandemic-associated financial stress adhere to current antitrust law.
NCI Funds Cancer Immunologists to Investigate Differing Antibody Responses to Coronavirus
A $328,000 National Cancer Institute (NCI) grant will enable researchers at Dartmouth’s and Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center (NCCC) to investigate one of the mechanisms that may be responsible for the body’s inability to fight COVID-19.
Dartmouth’s Center for Global Health Equity Releases Research on Early Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic on Rural Health Equity
A new study from the Center for Global Health Equity at Dartmouth revealed key strengths in the rural Northern New England response that contributed to low infection rates and mitigated the impacts on the region’s vulnerable populations.
New Report Examines Challenges and Implications of False-Negative COVID-19 Tests
A new Dartmouth-led paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine highlights that more emphasis should be placed on addressing the inaccuracy of COVID-19 diagnostic tests.
Geisel and UNH Share Updates from Statewide COVID-19 Survey
A month ago, as New Hampshire entered the third week of its “stay-at-home” order, 9.8% of New Hampshire residents had experienced any symptoms during the previous seven days; currently, 4.7% have had symptoms in the past seven days. Only 1.5% have experienced cough, shortness of breath or loss of sense of smell or taste in the past seven days, down from 4.2% four weeks ago. Overall, just over one-third (35%) of Granite Staters have experienced any symptoms during the past eight weeks.
Geisel and UNH Share Initial Results from Statewide COVID-19 Survey
Researchers from Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine have published the first data from a COVID-19 community survey launched Friday in collaboration with the University of New Hampshire Survey Center. The survey will track the progress of the COVID-19 outbreak in New Hampshire and factors associated with transmission.
Upcoming Events
- Ph.D. Thesis Presentation “Novel Interactions Among Membrane Fusion Proteins” Thomas L. Torng April 13, 2021
- bioMT Seminar: "How is degeneration myelin cleared from the brain?" Genaro Olveda (Hill Lab) April 13, 2021
- Point of Care Resources April 13, 2021
- Biochemistry & Cell Biology Seminar Series: “Molecular mechanisms underlying the exquisite regulation of neurotransmitter release” Josep Rizo, PhD April 13, 2021
- Pediatric Grand Rounds April 14, 2021
- DartCF Seminar: “Aspergillus fumigatus persistence and infection in Cystic Fibrosis: hypoxia and in-host HOG pathway mutation,” Brandon Ross (Cramer Lab) April 14, 2021
- The Department of Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds: "ED Operations: Fake News!" April 14, 2021
- Medicine Grand Rounds “From the Other Side of the Exam Table: When the Provider becomes the Patient/Caregiver", Lucy Kalanithi, MD, FACP April 16, 2021
- Neurology Grand Rounds April 16, 2021
- Orthopaedic Grand Rounds April 16, 2021
- Psychiatry Grand Rounds April 20, 2021
- bioMT Seminar: “Harnessing virus-specific T cell memory for cancer therapy,” Pamela Rosato, PhD April 20, 2021
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