Educators from Geisel’s professional degree programs gathered for an annual retreat focused on innovation in teaching and learning in the health professions.
Education
Hispanic Heritage Month Keynote Livestream
On Sept. 23 former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Antonia Novello delivered a special keynote as part of our celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.
Brown Receives The Difference Maker Award from James M. Dixon Foundation
Erika T. Brown, PhD, dean of faculty affairs at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, recently received The Difference Maker Award from the James M. Dixon Foundation for her significant involvement in minority health disparities and research, and her commitment to diversity, equality, and inclusion-focused initiatives.
Cagney Coomer Receives Prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute Hanna H. Gray Fellowship
Cagney Coomer, PhD, a postdoctoral trainee in the Halpern Laboratory in Molecular and Systems Biology at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, has been selected as a 2022 Hanna H. Gray Fellow by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Geisel School of Medicine Class of 2026 Marks a Rite of Passage
On August 19, Geisel School of Medicine students in the MD Class of 2026 marked a rite of passage in the field of medicine when they received their short white coats, symbolic of their status as physicians in training, during the medical school’s annual White Coat ceremony.
Class of ’26 White Coat Ceremony Livestream
The White Coat Ceremony for the Geisel Class of 2026 will be held on Friday, August 19 in Alumni Hall at the Hopkins Center. The program begins at 3:00 PM. This is a ticketed event but you can watch our live broadcast of the event here.
Dartmouth MPH Students Named Public Health Ambassadors
Two students in the Master of Public Health program at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Amber Nieves ’23 and Brandon Huxley ’23, have been named This Is Public Health (TIPH) Ambassadors for 2022-2023 by the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health.
Geisel School of Medicine Welcomes New Medical and Public Health Students
This week 92 first-year medical students at Geisel School of Medicine and 88 students in the medical school’s Master of Public Health (MPH) and Master of Science (MS) hybrid and residential programs at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, spent time getting to know each other during separate orientation sessions before immersing themselves in their medical education.
Dartmouth’s Supattapone Receives Prestigious Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award
Surachai Supattapone, MD, PhD, a professor of biochemistry and cell biology and of medicine at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, has received a Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The prestigious $4.9 million award will provide up to seven years of funding for his research on prions—infectious agents that cause fatal neurogenerative diseases.
Lisa McBride Appointed New Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine
Geisel School of Medicine Dean Duane Compton, PhD, has appointed Lisa McBride, PhD, as the school’s associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion (ADDEI), effective August 8.