Dear Colleagues, It is with great sadness that I share news of the death of our colleague Vicki Sayarath, a research scientist and the research director for the Department of Epidemiology. Since joining Geisel in 2006, Vicki’s work touched many lives and her support of Epidemiology’s research programs helped that […]
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One Geisel, Leading Forward! Geisel’s Strategic Plan
Thank you to the many members of our community who joined us this past Friday at the formal launch event for our strategic plan, One Geisel, Leading Forward!. It was wonderful to have so many of us together to celebrate this exciting community kickoff. I wanted to share our finalized strategic plan document with our community and ask that you consider nominating someone to be a Strategic Goal Co-Champions.
Tragic Loss of a MHCDS Student
It is with heavy hearts that we share the news that Richard Ellison, MD, a member of the Class of ’23 in the Master of Health Care Delivery Science (MHCDS) Program at Geisel and Tuck, has died. Richard was in Hanover for the residential portion of the MHCDS program when he passed away Thursday evening.
Dean’s State of the Medical School Address – May 17 at Noon
Please join Dean Compton on Tuesday, May 17 at noon in Kellogg 200 for his annual State of the Medical School Address. He looks forward to providing you with a summary of this past year, and a look ahead to the next year.
New Dean of Faculty Affairs
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Erika T. Brown, PhD, as Geisel’s new Dean of Faculty Affairs, effective December 13. Dr. Brown, who currently serves as the Sr. Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, is a nationally recognized leader in faculty development with nearly 10 years of experience in faculty affairs and professional development and 20 years in academic medicine. I’m excited to have her leadership as we expand our Office of Faculty Affairs to best meet the needs for the advancement and professional development of all our faculty.
Dr. Erick Lansigan Named Interim Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
I am pleased to announce that Frederick “Erick” Lansigan, MD, associate professor of medicine and of dermatology, has agreed to serve as our Interim Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ADDEI). In this role, Dr. Lansigan will oversee Geisel’s Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement (DICE) and will work closely with leadership at the medical school, Dartmouth College, Dartmouth-Hitchcock, the VA Medical Center, and the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies, as well as Geisel’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, to support our school’s continuing efforts to build a diverse and inclusive community of students, residents, postdocs, staff, and faculty.
UPDATE: Policy on Undergraduate Research Activities at Geisel
As Dartmouth welcomes more than half of the undergraduate student body back to campus this week, we want to be clear on Geisel’s policy regarding the resumption of undergraduate research activities in our laboratories.
Standing Together with Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Women in Our Community
We want to echo President Hanlon’s statement condemning the violence in the Atlanta area, which left eight people dead, including seven women, six of whom were of Asian descent. While this tragic event is still being investigated, we do know that throughout the pandemic, there has been a significant increase in violence and racism against Asians and the Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) community in the United States. We must also recognize that violence against women is a serious ongoing problem in this country.
UPDATED: Remembering Dr. Bill Nugent
UPDATE: The Valley News has published an obituary for Dr. Nugent, which you can find here.
Please see the note below regarding the passing of William C. Nugent Jr, MD, Emeritus Professor of Surgery, of Community and Family Medicine, and of The Dartmouth Institute.
Call for Engagement with the Wright Center for the Study of Computation and Just Communities
Dan Rockmore, director of Dartmouth’s Neukom Institute for Computational Science, invites faculty to submit their ideas of what the new Wright Center for the Study of Computation and Just Communities within the Neukom Institute could be and what issues, challenges, questions, connections (internal or external) that they could imagine included within the new center.