Congratulations to Nena Mason, PhD, assistant professor of medical education at Geisel, who has received the 2024 NEGEA Innovation in Medical Education Award for “Exploiting a Missed Opportunity in Undergraduate Medical Education: Developing Ultrasound-Guidance and Needle-Based Procedure skills in Medical Students.”
John E. (Jack) Wennberg, MD, MPH, founder and director emeritus of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, the Peggy Y. Thomson Professor in the Evaluative Clinical Sciences Emeritus at the Geisel School of Medicine, and founding editor of the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, died March 10, 2024. He was 89 years old.
Abigail (Abby) Konopasky, PhD, director of medical education research and scholarship and associate professor of medical education at Geisel School of Medicine, has received a Medical Education Scholarship Research and Evaluation grant from the Northeast Group on Educational Affairs (NEGEA) to initiate a new project.
In the recent paper in the journal Medical Education Online, Geisel medical students detail the outcomes of a pilot study they designed and launched introducing AI concepts within the preclinical curriculum.
A Geisel-Thayer team at Dartmouth is investigating the individual and structural factors that promote resilience and allow medical students to flourish with the hope of finding ways to make medical school a less stressful experience.
Mariana Henry, a fourth-year medical student at Geisel, addresses in her Medical Student Grand Rounds presentation the pervasive stigma and bias towards diabetes patients, highlighting the detrimental impact on mental health and emphasizing the need for physicians to play a crucial role in dispelling misconceptions and fostering compassionate care.
Richard Powell, MD, a professor of surgery and of radiology at Geisel School of Medicine, and director of the Dartmouth Health Heart and Vascular Center, has been named the Anna Gundlach Huber Professor in Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth for a five-year term that began in January 2024.
Yasmath (Yashi) Ahmed, MD, PhD, a professor of molecular and systems biology, has been appointed to the Oscar M. Cohn 1934 Professorship for a five-year term that began in December 2023.
The Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement at Geisel School of Medicine celebrated the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during its annual “I AM THE DREAM: Past, Present and Future” awards luncheon featuring keynote speaker Barbara Ross-Lee, DO, FACOFP on January 15.
A collaborative effort between Jay C. Buckey Jr. MD, professor of medicine at Geisel School of Medicine, and colleagues at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, has resulted in the opening of the first hyperbaric treatment center at Muhimbili National Hospital.
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