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Once Scarce, Neonatal Intensive Care Proliferates

Once in short supply, neonatal intensive care units (NICU) are indispensable life savers for critically ill newborns, typically born premature with very low birth weight. But a new Dartmouth report finds that, following a robust national expansion of NICUs over the last two decades, nearly half of all newborns admitted to U.S. NICUs are of normal birth weight.

Laying the Groundwork for Addressing Food Insecurity Among School Children in Vermont and New Hampshire

For his MPH internship, Bryan Gustafson MPH '19 worked with the Public Health Council of the Upper Valley to develop a plan for improving access to affordable food options for children in school.

Helping to Launch a Global Initiative to Improve Health Outcomes for Women, Children, and Adolescents in Humanitarian and Health Fragile Settings

For her MPH internship, Jennifer Milbank MPH '19 worked with the International Center for Migration, Health, and Development to to advocate for the health needs of millions of women and children displaced by humanitarian crises.

Piloting a New Data Analysis Method to Help Advance Patient-Focused Drug Development Research for Alzheimer’s Disease

For her MPH internship at Biogen, Isha Mehta MPH '19 explored how racial and ethnic diversity impacts Alzheimer’s disease, in an effort to help create and deliver medications that are more beneficial to patients.

Dartmouth Study Examines Association Between Care Management and Outcomes Among Patients in Medicare ACOs

A new study from The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, published this week in JAMA Network Open, finds that Accountable Care Organization (ACO)-reported care management and coordination activities were not associated with improved outcomes or lower spending for patients with complex needs. 

Dartmouth Institute Study Finds Downside Risk Contracts Still Less Common for ACOs

The new study, published in Health Affairs, shows that while the number and variety of contracts held by Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) have increased dramatically in recent years, the proportion of those bearing downside risk has seen only modest growth.

MPH and MS Capstones Generate a New Set of Data-Driven Solutions to Transform the Future of Public Health

As part of their capstone work, students design research proposals, conduct health policy reviews and analyses, and design intervention proposals and quality improvement projects.

Jennifer Esposito, MS’98

Natalie Anderson, MPH'20

Shashi Shankar, MPH'13

“I’ll always be grateful for my TDI experience—it honestly changed the course of my life.”