Project 439 seeks to stem the rising tide of opioid overdose deaths in New Hampshire while helping those struggling with substance abuse protect their health.
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Going Beyond the Books at Geisel (Video)
Learning about the challenges medically underserved populations face, or have faced, is essential to providing good care. Created by students from Geisel School of Medicine, Beyond the Books gives voice to these community members and teaches future physicians the value of listening.
Dartmouth Tops the Ivy League in Nature’s 2017 Innovation Index
Dartmouth ranks highly in a new measure of the impact of academic research on global innovation, according to the Nature Index 2017 Innovation supplement. The index examines how often research articles from top science journals are cited in third-party patents around the world.
Nature Index Profile: Michael Sporn: A Legacy of Greater Knowledge
Michael Sporn, MD, emeritus professor of pharmacology and toxicology, and medicine, is featured in Nature Index 2017 for his tremendous impact upon biomedical research and drug development.
Class of 2021 Welcomed at Geisel
Ninety-two members of the Geisel School of Medicine’s 221st class were enthusiastically welcomed to Hanover by the Dartmouth community as part of this year’s orientation for incoming medical students, which runs from August 7-11.
Grad Student Profile – Morgan Gilman: Embracing Opportunity
Morgan Gilman, a fourth-year graduate student in the McLellan Lab at Geisel, is helping lead efforts to understand how a particular type of protein allows deadly viruses—such as Ebola and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus)—to gain entry into host cells, and how antibodies can be developed to neutralize that process.
Shooting the Achilles Heel of Nervous System Cancers
Dartmouth-led research is in early phase drug discovery and finds promising therapeutic leads after targeting vulnerabilities in nervous system tumors, including glioblastoma.
Michael Zegans Named Inaugural Francis A. L’Esperance, Jr., MD, Visual Sciences Scholar
The scholar is funded by an endowment established by world-renowned ophthalmologist and Dartmouth alumnus Francis A. L’Esperance, Jr., MD, (MED’54), which supports research in ophthalmology and diseases of the eye.
Preparing the Next Generation of Clinical Investigators
Dartmouth SYNERGY Scholars prepares young clinical scientists for success in today’s highly competitive research environment.
Dartmouth Researchers Receive Substantial NIH Grant as Part of Cooperative Research in Lung Cancer Risk
More than $12 million over five years has been awarded for research collaboration to more precisely determine lung cancer risk and improve screening.