For the second consecutive year, a team from the Quantitative Biomedical Sciences (QBS) program at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine has finished in the top five (out of 30 teams) at the National Big Data Health Science Student Case Competition.
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Conversations That Matter – Joseph T. Okimoto D’60, MED’61: “A Physician’s Journey of Hope and Healing”
On the 82nd anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066, Dr. Joseph T. Okimoto D’60, MED’61 returned to Dartmouth’s campus to share his personal account about the Japanese American incarceration during World War II and his ongoing journey of healing, as part of the “Conversations That Matter” speaker series.
Match Day 2024 Livestream
Congratulations to our Geisel Class of 2024 on their Match Day on Friday, March 15! We can’t wait to see the incredible things you do in the next chapter of your medical careers. You can watch the full event video here.
Dartmouth Pilot Study Maps Resilience in Medical Students
A Geisel-Thayer team at Dartmouth is investigating the individual and structural factors that promote resilience and allow medical students to flourish with the hope of finding ways to make medical school a less stressful experience.
Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine Appoints Craig Westling as Associate Dean for Health Sciences Education
Craig Westling, DrPH, MPH, MS, has been appointed the inaugural Associate Dean for Health Sciences Education at Geisel. In this new role, Westling will lead and oversee the school’s diverse portfolio of health professions degree and non-degree granting programs.
Dartmouth Researchers Offer New Insights into How Antibodies Function Against HSV
Findings from a new study from researchers at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and Thayer School of Engineering and published in Cell Reports Medicine, offer new insights into how antibodies function in combating herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections. Their research may lead to possible new treatments for neonatal herpes.
Geisel School of Medicine Student Seeks to Curb Widespread Stigma Toward Diabetes
Mariana Henry, a fourth-year medical student at Geisel, addresses in her Medical Student Grand Rounds presentation the pervasive stigma and bias towards diabetes patients, highlighting the detrimental impact on mental health and emphasizing the need for physicians to play a crucial role in dispelling misconceptions and fostering compassionate care.
Richard J. Powell, MD, Appointed to Anna Gundlach Huber Professorship at Geisel School of Medicine
Richard Powell, MD, a professor of surgery and of radiology at Geisel School of Medicine, and director of the Dartmouth Health Heart and Vascular Center, has been named the Anna Gundlach Huber Professor in Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth for a five-year term that began in January 2024.
David A. Leib Reappointed Chair of the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine
Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine Dean Duane Compton, PhD, has announced that virologist David A. Leib, PhD, has been reappointed to a second term as chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology.
Yasmath Ahmed, MD, PhD, Appointed to Cohn Professorship at Geisel School of Medicine
Yasmath (Yashi) Ahmed, MD, PhD, a professor of molecular and systems biology, has been appointed to the Oscar M. Cohn 1934 Professorship for a five-year term that began in December 2023.