During Rachel Brickman’s final week of the preclinical portion of medical school, she found herself reflecting on days past, speculating on those to come, and eating.
Archive for 2014
Getting Medical Students into the Kitchen
A cooking elective led by Julia Nordgren (’99) teaches students about different diets—and about how to cook healthy, delicious food.
Dartmouth Scientists Identify Genetic Blueprint for Cancers of the Appendix
Using next generation DNA sequencing, Dartmouth scientists have identified potentially actionable mutations in cancers of the appendix. When specific mutations for a cancer type are identified, patients can be treated with chemotherapy or other targeted agents that work on those mutations.
From Rwanda to Hanover
For the past two years, as part of the Rwandan Human Resources for Health program, Dr. Jean-Luc Nkurikiyimfura has been collaborating with faculty at the Geisel School of Medicine despite working and living thousands of miles away.
Could Medical Marijuana be a 7-Year-Old’s Cure?
WPTZ – Richard Morse, associate professor of pediatrics and of neurology at Geisel, and section chief of pediatric neurology at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, was interviewed for this story that focuses on whether medical marijuana could help children who are ill.
Being Creative with Sickle Cell Disease
When Cindy Hahn was a young girl, her father, a virologist, used to let her sit at his microscope and look at immune cells fighting a pig virus. Watching that pig virus sparked a passion for science she is now pursuing as an MD-PhD student.
Holly Andersen, MD: Fortifying Hearts and Communities
When Holly Andersen, MD, arrived at Dartmouth as an undergraduate, she had no intentions of becoming a doctor. But that soon changed when she began learning from physicians and scientists at the medical school. Her interest in brain and behavioral sciences spurred her pursuit of a Dartmouth degree in neuroscience, and she graduated with a new-found passion for medicine and improving lives.
Older Infertile Couples Should Try This Fertility Treatment First
Daily Times Nigeria – Continued coverage of a study led by Marlene Goldman (professor of obstetrics, of gynecology, and of community and family medicine) that discovered women ages 38 and older are more than twice as likely to become pregnant through in vitro fertilization than if they used oral or injectible fertility drugs. Goldman is quoted in the story.
Geisel Food Challenge Builds Compassion
How do you define compassion, how do you best teach it, and how do you practice it as a doctor-in-training? Khushboo Jhala (’16) has been exploring these questions through a project funded by the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare.
Student Spotlight: Michaela Staley
One day, while Michaela Staley (’17) and other volunteers with a local nonprofit organization were out in the Arizona desert providing food and water for undocumented immigrants crossing the border, something unusual happened.
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