When Medicine Meets Culture – Reflections from a Global Health Elective in Tanzania Muhimbili National Hospital/Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – April 2025 Adina Harri, Geisel School of Medicine, Class of 2025 I wish there were a way to wrap up this experience in a neat bow. The […]
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How Can We Add Value?
Sarah Matsunaga, MED’25, Explores HIV-Related Health-Seeking Behaviors in Fiji: “How Can We Add Value?” By Dr. Sarah Matsunaga, MED’25 Ni Sa Bula (Hello), Through Dartmouth’s Center for Global Health Equity (CGHE) Co-designed, Community-based Internship (CCI), I had the opportunity to travel to Suva, Fiji, in March, to support research on […]
Nearly 30 Years After the Devastating Genocide…
Khaldoon Rashid, MD, a PGY-3 Internal Medicine Resident at Dartmouth Health, recently traveled to Rwanda this past April to assist with training Rwandan healthcare professionals in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS). The Center for Global Health Equity provided support for this Global Health experience as part of the Global Health […]
MD Class of 2025 Celebrates at CGHE Reception
Graduating members of the MD Class of 2025, along with their fellow classmates, families, and friends, gathered on May 8th for a special reception hosted by the Center for Global Health Equity at the Rope Ferry Admissions Lounge. The event was a celebration of their global health journeys during their time at Dartmouth – highlighted through shared stories, photos, and reflections on their experiences around the world.
I Leave with Immense Gratitude…
Carly Ratekin MED ’25 recounts the profoundly transformative six weeks she spent in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – completing the James Strickler Clinical Elective in Global Health.
DarDar Bilateral Medical Exchange Program Continues
Clara Fredy and Brendan Shayo, Tanzanian medical students from Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in Dar es Salaam, spent six weeks at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, learning about clinical practices in Infectious Disease and Emergency Medicine.
CGHE at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan
Tecla Coleman MPH’21, CGHE Program Manager, attended the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, last November. Ms. Coleman participated in a stakeholder dinner series with high-level leaders from around the world focused on climate change, regenerative agriculture, and land use.
Alexandra (Alex) Conway MED’25 Shares Clinical Elective Experience in Chongqing, China
Geisel student Alexandra (Alex) Conway MED’25, shares about her clinical elective this past November in Chongqing, China.
Alyssa Fayerman MED’27 Looks at Inter-Staff Communication in Primary Care
Alyssa Fayerman MED’27 explores inter-staff communication at at Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics in Concord, New Hampshire as part of a global health equity project funded by the Center for Global Health Equity.
Omar Sajjad MED’27 Presents CCI-funded Project at Geisel and Dartmouth Health Inaugural Research Day
Geisel medical student Omar Sajjad MED ’27 presented a poster at the first-ever annual Geisel School of Medicine and Dartmouth Health Biomedical Research Day, held September 18, 2024, at Dartmouth Health in Lebanon, New Hampshire.









