Despite having to cope with the effects of a late-season snowstorm, Geisel’s annual celebration of National Public Health Week, held April 1-7, went off without a hitch, featuring a full schedule of events and showing strong participation across the Dartmouth community.
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Geisel Medical Student Sarah Howell ’26 Receives Prestigious Public Health Service Award
Sarah Howell ’26, a rising third-year student at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, is being recognized by a U.S. Public Health Service Excellence in Public Health Award for her work to help bridge the gap between public health and medicine.
Nicole Rapfogel, MPH ’24, Selected as Finalist in Presidential Management Fellowship Program
Nicole Rapfogel, MPH ’24, a Master of Public Health student at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, has been selected as a Finalist for the Presidential Management Fellowship (PMF) program. She is the only candidate at Dartmouth to receive this recognition for 2024.
Legendary Healthcare Researcher John E. Wennberg, Who Shaped Efforts to Reform the Nation’s Healthcare System, Dies at 89
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.
Geisel Medical Students Celebrate Match Day 2024
On Friday, March 15, fourth-year MD students from the Geisel School of Medicine gathered at the Lebanon Opera House to celebrate Match Day 2024 with family, friends, and members of the Geisel and Dartmouth communities.
Geisel School of Medicine Professor Receives Funding for Medical Education Research Project
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.
Study Shows Important Role Gut Microbes Play in Airway Health in Persons with Cystic Fibrosis
Findings from a new study conducted by a team of researchers at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and published in the journal mBio, reflect the important role that the gut microbiome (communities of bacteria) plays in the airway health of persons with cystic fibrosis.
Carrie Colla Named to Endowed Professorship in Health Care Delivery
Health economist Carrie Colla, PhD, highly respected for her research examining health system performance and the effectiveness of payment and delivery system reforms, has been named the Susan J. and Richard M. Levy 1960 Distinguished Professor in Health Care Delivery.
Geisel School of Medicine Students Introduce Artificial Intelligence to Preclinical Education
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.
Geisel and Dartmouth Health Receive $5 Million Award to Develop the Next Generation of Learning Health System Scientists
A team of researchers at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and Dartmouth Health have received a $5 million funding award from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to launch a new Learning Health System Embedded Scientist Training and Research (LHS E-STaR) Center.