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Sometimes Data Can Get You Only So Far

VT Digger – In this opinion piece, Paul Manganiello, emeritus professor of obstetrics and gynecology and current student at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice at Geisel, discusses his internship experience working with a gun safety advocacy group in Vermont.

Are Super Bowl beer ads a bad idea?

Are Super Bowl beer ads a bad idea?

In an opinion piece at CNN.com, Dr. James D. Sargent, theStuart Professor of Pediatric Oncology, says that parents should approach ads for alcoholic beverages with great caution in light of a new study led by Dr. Sargent and his colleagues, which showed that youths’ exposure to alcohol advertisements influenced their drinking behaviors.

Student Voices: “The Tide is Turning in Nigeria”

Student Voices: “The Tide is Turning in Nigeria”

Despite the recent tragic violence and kidnappings in Nigeria, medical student Ayobami “Ayo” Olufadeji is determined to improve conditions in his home country. “The tide is turning in Nigeria and I believe we are on the brink of change—I am working to make sure that I am ready to do my part,” he writes.

Inyang Udo-Inyang (center) with his fellow medical students Chris Navas and Khushboo Jhala.

Student Voices: It’s 5:00 a.m.

On the day he and his 86 classmates choose the order in which they will rotate through their third-year clinical clerkships, Geisel medical student Inyang Udo-Inyang (center) reflects on his first two years of medical school and realizes a simple truth.