The Geisel School of Medicine highlighted the promotions of the school’s faculty and research scientists for the 2019-2020 academic year.
Latest News
Gift Supports Launch of Healthy Students, Healthy Physicians Program at Geisel
A new program at Geisel aims to address medical students’ mental health needs and spur cultural change within the field of medicine.
Team Effort: Restarting Safely
Both first- and second-year Geisel medical students completed their required 14-day quarantines and screening PCR testing per Dartmouth policy. As of this week, we are happy to report that there are no positive tests among our medical or graduate students. Thanks to everyone for their continued commitment to the safety of our community.
New Geisel Faculty Member Receives National Award for Excellence in Cell Biology
Prachee Avasthi, PhD, an associate professor of biochemistry and cell biology at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and one of the medical school’s newest faculty members, has received the 2020 Women in Cell Biology Junior Award for Excellence in Research from the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB).
New Dartmouth Study Shows That Greater Financial Integration Generally not Associated with Better Healthcare Quality
New findings from a Dartmouth-led study, published in the August issue of Health Affairs, show that larger, more integrated healthcare systems do not generally deliver better quality care, and urge policy makers to ensure that mergers or acquisitions due to pandemic-associated financial stress adhere to current antitrust law.
Geisel Welcomes the Class of 2024
Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine welcomed 92 first-year medical students to the Upper Valley while observing COVID-19 safety protocols and new students got to know each other during a variety of virtual orientation sessions that included an orienteering activity.
Norris Cotton Cancer Center Receives Grant to Improve Rural Patient Access to Cancer Clinical Trials
A newly awarded $820,000 grant from The National Cancer Institute will allow a team of multi-disciplinary investigators to increase clinical trial awareness and participation for rural patients who make up almost half of the area served by Dartmouth’s and Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center.
Researchers Find a New Therapeutic Target in Pancreatic Cancer
A new study uncovers how the most commonly mutated tumor suppressor gene in cancer and the most commonly mutated oncogene in cancer cooperate to drive formation of pancreatic cancer.
NCI Funds Cancer Immunologists to Investigate Differing Antibody Responses to Coronavirus
A $328,000 National Cancer Institute (NCI) grant will enable researchers at Dartmouth’s and Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center (NCCC) to investigate one of the mechanisms that may be responsible for the body’s inability to fight COVID-19.
Shaping Geisel’s Coaching Program
To better help students navigate the challenges of medical school and support their professional development, the Geisel School of Medicine began replacing its longstanding advising system with a new longitudinal coaching program for incoming first-year students at the start of the 2019 academic year with small group and individual coaching sessions.
Upcoming Events
- Cruisin’ 4 Cancer Virtual Motorcycle Ride September 19, 2020
- Harpoon's Virtual Flannel 5k September 19, 2020
- Cruisin’ 4 Cancer Virtual Motorcycle Ride September 20, 2020
- Harpoon's Virtual Flannel 5k September 20, 2020
- Cruisin’ 4 Cancer Virtual Motorcycle Ride September 21, 2020
- Cancer and Aging: Rival Demons? September 21, 2020
- Making the Most of PubMed September 21, 2020
- Metrics: Managing Personal, Journal and Article Impact September 21, 2020
- Cruisin’ 4 Cancer Virtual Motorcycle Ride September 22, 2020
- Cruisin’ 4 Cancer Virtual Motorcycle Ride September 23, 2020
- Pediatric Grand Rounds September 23, 2020
- Cruisin’ 4 Cancer Virtual Motorcycle Ride September 24, 2020
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