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Sandra Wong and Christine Finn Selected as Fellows in Prestigious National Leadership Program
Sandra Wong, MD, MS, the William N. and Bessie Allyn Professor of Surgery at Geisel School of Medicine, and Christine Finn, MD, an associate professor of psychiatry at Geisel, have been accepted into the 2023-2024 class of fellows in the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM) program and the Executive Leadership in Health Care (ELH) program at Drexel University College of Medicine.
Dedicated Mentor Martha L. Bruce Received the Alan I. Green Research Mentorship Award
Martha (Marty) Bruce has become the inaugural recipient of the Alan I. Green Research Mentorship Award in psychiatry for her dedication to mentoring early-career researchers and her contributions to the growth of the Department of Psychiatry.
Marnie Halpern Elected to Society for Developmental Biology Academy
Marnie Halpern, PhD, the Andrew Thomson, Jr., MD 1946 Professor and chair of Molecular and Systems Biology at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, has been named an inaugural elected member of the Society for Developmental Biology Academy.
Fatima Madondo ’26 Receives an ASTRO 2023 Basic Science Award
Fatima Madondo ’26 has been awarded an Association of Radiation Oncologists (ASTRO) Medical Student Fellowship, which aims to introduce students from underrepresented backgrounds to radiation oncology, support their summer research projects, and provide connections with professionals in the field.
Omar Sajjad ’26 and James Feng ’25 Selected as 2023 Gold Student Summer Fellows
Geisel School of Medicine students Omar Sajjad and James Feng selected as 2023 Gold Student Summer Fellows.
Dean Compton’s 2023 State of the Medical School Address
Thanks to everyone who joined Dean Compton for his annual State of the Medical School Address on the afternoon of June 8. If you were unable to attend, you can watch a video of his address here.
The Dartmouth Institute Celebrates Class of 2023
Inclement weather failed to dampen the spirits of those attending the Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine MPH and MS Program’s 2023 Class Day event, held last Friday on the lawn of the Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center.
Dartmouth-led Project Updates Smoking as a Risk Factor in NCI Mortality Estimates
New findings from a project led by researchers at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and published in the journal JAMA Network Open, show the dramatic impact that smoking status has on mortality and more accurately predict the risk of dying from cancer and other diseases.
Geisel Study Offers New Insights into How Medicare Fraud Has Spread Across U.S. Regions in Recent Years
Findings from an innovative study conducted by a team of researchers at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and published in the journal Social Science & Medicine, are providing new insights into how the rapid spread of fraudulent Medicare home healthcare billings has occurred across the U.S. in recent years.