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Daniel George
Title Assistant Professor
Institution College of Medicine
Department Humanities
Address 500 University Drive Hershey PA 17033
Mailbox: H134
Telephone 7175318779
Email
Background
PREFERRED TITLE/ROLE:

Assistant Professor in Medical Humanities

EDUCATION:

Ph.D, (2009) M.Sc (2006) Oxford University
BA from The College of Wooster (2004)

NARRATIVE:

Daniel George, is Assistant Professor in the Humanities Department in the College of Medicine at Penn State University. He earned his Ph.D (2009) and M.Sc (2006) in Medical Anthropology at Oxford University in England, and his B.A. (2004) from The College of Wooster (OH), where he majored in English and graduated summa cum laude and phi beta kappa. He is co-author of The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (St. Martin's Press, 2008), which has been translated into German, French, Italian, and Japanese. Dr. George is an aspiring artist, and plays the guitar, piano, and ukulele.
Publications
1. George DR, Dreibelbis TD, Aumiller B. Google Docs and SurveyMonkey™: lecture-based active learning tools. Med Educ. 2013 May; 47(5):518.
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2. George DR. Artist's Statement: Flux and Efflux of the Aging Brain. Acad Med. 2013 Jan; 88(1):15.
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3. George DR, Whitehouse PJ, D'Alton S, Ballenger J. Through the amyloid gateway. Lancet. 2012 Dec 8; 380(9858):1986-7.
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4. George DR, Dellasega C, Whitehead M. Facebook stress management group for Year 1 medical students. Med Educ. 2012 Nov; 46(11):1118.
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5. George DR. Evolving from wireless terminals to mobile card readers at farmers' markets. Am J Public Health. 2012 Nov; 102(11):e1; author reply e2.
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6. George DR, Whitehouse PJ, Harris D. "Occupy nature": passing activism across generations. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012 Sep; 60(9):1770-1.
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7. George DR, Qualls SH, Camp CJ, Whitehouse PJ. Renovating Alzheimer's: "Constructive" Reflections on the New Clinical and Research Diagnostic Guidelines. Gerontologist. 2013 Jun; 53(3):378-87.
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8. Myers KR, George DR. Humanities mini-course curricula for midcareer health professionals at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Acad Med. 2012 Aug; 87(8):1132-7.
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9. George DR, Yang C, Stuckey HL, Whitehead MM. Evaluating an arts-based intervention to improve medical student attitudes toward persons with dementia using the dementia attitudes scale. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012 Aug; 60(8):1583-5.
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10. George DR. Using Google Docs to enhance medical student reflection. Med Educ. 2012 May; 46(5):504-5.
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11. Young MA, Larson DE, Sun CW, George DR, Ding L, Miller CA, Lin L, Pawlik KM, Chen K, Fan X, Schmidt H, Kalicki-Veizer J, Cook LL, Swift GW, Demeter RT, Wendl MC, Sands MS, Mardis ER, Wilson RK, Townes TM, Ley TJ. Background mutations in parental cells account for most of the genetic heterogeneity of induced pluripotent stem cells. Cell Stem Cell. 2012 May 4; 10(5):570-82.
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12. George DR. Making "social" safer: are Facebook and other online networks becoming less hazardous for health professionals? J Clin Ethics. 2012; 23(4):348-52.
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13. George DR. A role for medical anthropology in complex systems approaches to health disparities? Am J Public Health. 2011 Dec; 101(12):2197.
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14. George DR, Kraschnewski JL, Rovniak LS. Public health potential of farmers' markets on medical center campuses: a case study from Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Am J Public Health. 2011 Dec; 101(12):2226-32.
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15. George DR. Handing down memories of Jesse Owens. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011 Oct; 59(10):1960-1.
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16. George DR, Dellasega C. Social media in medical education: two innovative pilot studies. Med Educ. 2011 Nov; 45(11):1158-9.
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17. George DR, Whitehouse PJ, Ballenger J. The evolving classification of dementia: placing the DSM-V in a meaningful historical and cultural context and pondering the future of "Alzheimer's". Cult Med Psychiatry. 2011 Sep; 35(3):417-35.
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18. George DR, Stuckey HL, Dillon CF, Whitehead MM. Impact of participation in TimeSlips, a creative group-based storytelling program, on medical student attitudes toward persons with dementia: a qualitative study. Gerontologist. 2011 Oct; 51(5):699-703.
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19. George DR, Whitehouse PJ. Marketplace of memory: what the brain fitness technology industry says about us and how we can do better. Gerontologist. 2011 Oct; 51(5):590-6.
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20. George DR, Singer ME. Intergenerational volunteering and quality of life for persons with mild to moderate dementia: results from a 5-month intervention study in the United States. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2011 Apr; 19(4):392-6.
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21. George DR. Intergenerational volunteering and quality of life: mixed methods evaluation of a randomized control trial involving persons with mild to moderate dementia. Qual Life Res. 2011 Sep; 20(7):987-95.
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22. George DR. "Friending Facebook?" A minicourse on the use of social media by health professionals. J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2011; 31(3):215-9.
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23. Whitehouse PJ, George DR. Uncertain progress on the fuzzy boundaries of Alzheimer's disease: reading between the guidelines. J Alzheimers Dis. 2011; 26(1):1-5.
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24. George DR, Dellasega C. Use of social media in graduate-level medical humanities education: two pilot studies from Penn State College of Medicine. Med Teach. 2011; 33(8):e429-34.
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25. D'Alton S, George DR. Changing perspectives on Alzheimer's disease: thinking outside the amyloid box. J Alzheimers Dis. 2011; 25(4):571-81.
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26. Whitehouse PJ, George DR, D'Alton S. Describing the dying days of "Alzheimer's disease". J Alzheimers Dis. 2011; 24(1):11-3.
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27. George DR. Overcoming the social death of dementia through language. Lancet. 2010 Aug 21; 376(9741):586-7.
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28. George DR. "Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness". J Am Geriatr Soc. 2010 Apr; 58(4):788-9.
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29. George DR, Whitehouse PJ. Intergenerational volunteering and quality of life for persons with mild-to-moderate dementia: results from a 5-month intervention study in the United States. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2010 Apr; 58(4):796-7.
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30. George DR, Dangour AD, Smith L, Ruddick J, Vellas B, Whitehouse PJ. The role of nutrients in the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease: methodology for a systematic review. Eur J Neurol. 2009 Sep; 16 Suppl 1:8-11.
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31. Whitehouse PJ, Rajcan JL, Sami SA, Patterson MB, Smyth KA, Edland SD, George DR. ADCS Prevention Instrument Project: pilot testing of a book club as a psychosocial intervention and recruitment and retention strategy. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2006 Oct-Dec; 20(4 Suppl 3):S203-8.
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Keywords   
Alzheimer Disease
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Intergenerational Relations
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Co-Authors  
Dellasega, Cheryl
Kraschnewski, Jennifer
Myers, Kimberly
Rovniak, Liza
Stuckey, Heather
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