In April, Aislinn Gilmour represented the Department of Epidemiology at the AAAS CASE Conference in Washington, D.C. (Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering). Aislinn is a first-year doctoral student in the Quantitative Biomedical Sciences program (QBS) at Geisel and the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies at Dartmouth. Aislinn traveled […]
Articles by: Melanie Sayarath
Diane Gilbert-Diamond Appointed House Professor of Allen House
Dr. Diane Gilbert-Diamond ’98 has been appointed as the new house professor of Allen House, one of Dartmouth’s six undergraduate house communities on campus. A professor of epidemiology and faculty member within our department, Gilbert-Diamond’s appointment will help shape the co-curricular experience for today’s undergrad students. Her initial term began […]
Announcement: Brock Christensen Awarded NIDCR Grant
Announcement – Brock Christensen, PhD has been awarded a new U01 grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) for his project, “Validating Immune and Epigenetic Biomarkers.” Congratulations to Brock and the team on this outstanding achievement! Dr. Christensen’s research is focused on combining advances in molecular biology, genomics and bioinformatics with the […]
Welcoming Dr. Anne Nigra
Announcement – Dr. Anne (Annie) Nigra is an internationally recognized environmental epidemiologist and environmental health scientist whose research advances our understanding of how environmental exposures shape human health and health equity. As the founder and leader of the WATer Exposure Research for Epidemiology, Policy, and Intervention (WATER EPI) Lab and […]
Reimagining Care with Dr. Annie Hoen: An ‘UNLEASHED’ Podcast Discussion
In this episode, Professor Anne (Annie) Hoen shares a deeply personal perspective on caring for a child with medical complexity while navigating the healthcare system as both a parent and a scientist. Drawing on her experiences as an epidemiologist and caregiver, she explores the realities families face beyond medical treatment […]
Welcoming Emily Craig, PhD
Announcement – Emily Craig is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Epidemiology at Dartmouth. She earned her B.S. in Marine Science from the University of Maine and her Ph.D. in Environment from Duke University, where her research examined the effects of air pollution exposure on the placenta. Emily is […]
Research Study on Recreational Shellfish Harvesting Selected as NIEHS Extramural Paper of the Month
The Department of Epidemiology is pleased to announce that a recent study on PFAS exposure related to recreational shellfish harvesting has been selected as an Extramural Paper of the Month by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). The research, led by Kathryn Crawford, former postdoctoral researcher in our […]

