Research News

Philanthropy-Backed Accelerator Advances Cancer Therapies
Three teams receive awards from the Dartmouth Innovations Accelerator for Cancer

Therapeutic Drug Studied at DHMC Proven Effective at Treating COVID-19
DHMC Only Hospital in New England to Take Part in Trial

Is “Dr. Google” Stressing You Out? DHMC Seeking Participants for Study on Causes of, and Relief From, Health Anxiety
DHMC is currently recruiting local participants for a health anxiety study, aimed at helping identify what thoughts, behavior, , and physical sensations lead to health anxiety and how better to respond to these triggers.

NH Cancer Researchers Find Cellular Evidence Behind Lasting Immune Response in Some Cancer Survivors
Researchers have found that a certain subpopulation of cells that enters a patient’s skin and blood during immunotherapy is behind the excellent and long-lasting immune responses to cancer that some survivors develop.

New Pathways to Understanding Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Discovered by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Psychiatrist
Brain tissue study co-senior authored by Matthew J. Friedman, MD, PhD, founding executive director of VA National Center for PTSD.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock and Geisel School of Medicine Name Steven L. Bernstein, MD, as Chief Research Officer and Associate Dean of Clinical Research
Steven L. Bernstein, MD, has been named as the inaugural Chief Research Officer for Dartmouth-Hitchcock (D-H), Associate Dean of Clinical Research at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, and Director of the C. Everett Koop Institute at Geisel.

New Vice Chair of Research in Anesthesiology Named at Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Dartmouth-Hitchcock has named Stacie Deiner, MD, as the Vice Chair for Research for the Department of Anesthesiology.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Female-led Leadership Team is the Glue Behind Research Operations
World-class clinical research is being performed in the Granite State and the team that underpins the endeavor shares one thing in common: they are all women.

Predicting Coronavirus Outbreaks from the Clues in Our Sewage
Testing for the presence of coronavirus in community and institutional wastewater collections can be a useful early indicator of an upcoming spike of the virus.