A $1 million gift from John Flatley and his wife, Kate, to a team of investigators at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine will provide essential funding to develop new and more effective therapies for people with Cystic Fibrosis.
Donor Impact
Dartmouth, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health Launch Major Cancer Research Institute
$25M from Dorothy Byrne will establish an interdisciplinary cancer research institute at NCCC to fast-track world-class scientific discoveries from the laboratory to the bedside.
$180 Million for a Healthy, Resilient, Equitable Future
More than 3,700 alumni, parents, and friends have answered Dartmouth’s ongoing Call to Lead campaign with gifts to the Geisel School of Medicine.
New Video Shows Accelerator’s Impact
Now entering its second year, the Dartmouth Innovations Accelerator for Cancer has attracted more than $3.5 million in philanthropy and has helped 17 research teams advance their work. In this video researchers from the winning teams describe how the Accelerator is advancing their innovations.
Alumni Gifts Will Accelerate Innovations in Cancer Prevention and Treatment
Dartmouth College alumni and health care investors have committed a total of $1.4 million in gifts to launch the Dartmouth Innovations Accelerator for Cancer which will allow for innovations to the marketplace for the benefit of cancer patients, and provide Dartmouth students with learning opportunities in biomedical entrepreneurship.
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.
Geisel Announces $11 Million in Gifts for Scholarships
A new $10 million gift commitment from a Dartmouth medical school alumnus is the third largest gift in the school’s history and the largest commitment received to date by the Geisel School of Medicine as part of The Call to Lead, Dartmouth’s comprehensive fundraising campaign. Combined with a bequest commitment of approximately $1 million from a second alumnus, the gifts will add $11 million to the school’s scholarship endowment, significantly increasing financial aid for medical students.
Geisel Introduces the 2019-20 Syvertsen Fellow and Scholars
The Syvertsen Scholars and Fellow program honors fourth-year Geisel School of Medicine students who exemplify the qualities that former dean Dr. Rolf Syvertsen stood for and have become deeply embedded in the culture of the medical school.
Mary Jo Turk Named the O. Ross McIntyre, MD, Professor
Mary Jo Turk, PhD, has been named the O. Ross McIntyre, MD, Professor at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. Turk, a professor of microbiology and immunology and co-director of the Immunology and Cancer Immunotherapy Program at Dartmouth’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center, joined the faculty of Dartmouth’s medical school 15 years ago and conducts pioneering research on the complex interactions between the immune system and cancer.
Gerber Named the Inaugural Kenneth E. and Carol L. Weg Distinguished Professor
Scott A. Gerber, PhD, professor of molecular and systems biology and of biochemistry and cell biology at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, and program director of the Cancer Biology and Therapeutics Research Program at Dartmouth’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center, has been named the Kenneth E. and Carol L. Weg Distinguished Professor.
Dartmouth Medicine Magazine
Upcoming Events
- Pediatric Grand Rounds December 7, 2022
- DartCF Seminar December 7, 2022
- Osteoblasts: Biology and Pathology - Andrew E. Rosenberg, MD December 7, 2022
- Hybrid MPH Poster Fair December 7, 2022
- Geisel Faculty Affairs December Workshop: "Understanding Team Science" December 8, 2022
- Biomedical Grand Rounds December 9, 2022
- M&I SEMINAR - Leah Guthrie, Ph.D. December 12, 2022
- bioMT Seminar December 13, 2022
- Pediatric Grand Rounds December 14, 2022
- DartCF Seminar December 14, 2022