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DHHS updates pilot design for Merrimack cancer feasibility study; adds blood and toenail sampling
Summary
Whitney Hammond, deputy director for the Division of Public Health Services at DHHS, told the commission that the Merrimack cancer feasibility study has moved to a pilot phase and that Dartmouth has amended its IRB protocol to include at‑home finger‑prick blood and toenail sample collection for enrolled pilot participants.
Whitney Hammond, deputy director for the Division of Public Health Services at the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, updated the commission on June 13 on the Merrimack cancer feasibility study. The study’s steering committee completed its regular monthly schedule and the research team is moving to pilot activities designed to test the feasibility of a larger study.
Hammond said the feasibility work has four components: community engagement studios and an online feedback form, cancer‑registry data analysis, a University of New Hampshire…
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