40th Prouty Raises $4 Million 

The 40th Prouty concluded with record-breaking success, raising more than $4 million in support of cancer research and patient and family services at Dartmouth’s and Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center. Read more…

Research Collaborative Focuses on Improving Responses to COVID-19 and Pandemics of the Future 

Research teams from The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, East Carolina University, and Dartmouth-Hitchcock are partnering to address the negative impacts of the current pandemic and those that may occur in the future. Read more…

Investigators at Dartmouth Discover Cutting-Edge Approach to Fighting a Form of Deadly Cancer  

Researchers at Dartmouth’s and Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center have developed a way to predict chemotherapy response to tailor treatments for pancreatic patients. Read more… 

Dartmouth-led Study Finds Overemphasis on Toy Giveaways in TV Ads Unfairly Promotes Fast-Food to Children 

A new Dartmouth-led study, published in the journal Pediatrics, has found that the disproportionate use of premiums within child-targeted TV advertising for children’s fast-food meals is deceptive, violating the industry’s own self-regulatory guidelines. Read more… 

Philanthropy Backed Accelerator Advances Cancer Therapies 

Three teams of Dartmouth researchers have been selected to receive the first awards from the Dartmouth Innovations Accelerator for Cancer—a philanthropy funded initiative launched by Norris Cotton Cancer Center and the Magnuson Center for Entrepreneurship to bring new cancer treatments to patients more quickly. Read more… 

Dartmouth Researchers Target Drug–Resistant Breast Cancer with Estrogen 

An innovative research effort by investigators at Dartmouth’s and Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center, suggests that adding short-term estrogen treatment to standard anti-estrogen therapy may better control tumor growth long term in patients with advanced breast cancer. Read more…