Although members of the MPH Class of 2016 have very different backgrounds, they all share a common interest in improving health care delivery and in using research to change how people experience health care on a broad-based level.
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Gift Honors Surgery that Saved Joseph Smith’s Leg
Descendants of Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon Church, have created a scholarship at the Geisel School of Medicine to honor and give thanks for a pioneering surgery that Dartmouth’s Dr. Nathan Smith performed on young Joseph.
E-Cigarettes Serve as Gateway to Smoking for Teens and Young Adults, Dartmouth and Pitt Collaboration Finds
Young people across the United States who smoke electronic cigarettes are considerably more likely to start smoking traditional cigarettes within a year than their peers who do not smoke e-cigarettes, according to an analysis led by the University of Pittsburgh and Dartmouth.
Rwanda’s Health Minister Discusses Her Nation’s Achievements in Health Care Delivery
When Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, Minister of Health of the Republic of Rwanda, spoke to members of Dartmouth community about her nation’s experience in building a new health care system, she reminded them not to forget that “behind every statistic there is a human being.”
Sandra L. Wong MD, MS, Named Surgery Chief at Geisel School of Medicine and Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Dr. Sandra L. Wong, the William W. Coon Professor of Surgical Oncology and Associate Chair of Clinical Affairs at the University of Michigan Health System, has been named Chair of Surgery at Dartmouth-Hitchcock and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and Senior Vice President of the Surgical Service Line at Dartmouth-Hitchcock. Her term begins October 26.
Geisel MD-PhD Student Receives Priscilla Schaffer Award
Geisel MD-PhD candidate Yike Jiang received the Priscilla Schaffer Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Presentation during the 40th annual International Herpesvirus Workshop, which brings together more than 600 investigators from around the world.
The Dartmouth Institute to Launch Online Master of Public Health Degree Program
The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice is launching an online Master of Public Health (MPH) degree program in the fall of 2016. The two-year program will include three, one-week residential periods per year ─ making it a more integrated “hybrid” version of the Institute’s existing residential program.
Alumni Carry On Sy’s Legacy
Fifty-five years after he retired as dean of the medical school, Rolf C. Syvertsen, MD, is still remembered by alumni as a legendary professor and for many, their personal advocate and mentor. Two alumni recently made generous gifts to the memorial fund named in Syvertsen’s honor, which supports scholarships and a special scholars program.
In with the New: Geisel Welcomes First-Year Medical Students
Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine ushered in a new academic year by welcoming 92 new medical students to campus this week for orientation.
Dartmouth Receives NIH Grant to Launch Northeast Node of National Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has awarded a five-year $3.8 million grant to Dartmouth’s Center for Technology and Behavioral Health. The award will support the launch of the new Northeast Node in NIDA’s National Clinical Trials Network, and clinical trials conducted by the Node will be supported by additional research project grants from NIDA, part of the National Institutes of Health.
Upcoming Events
- Pediatric Grand Rounds April 17, 2024
- M&I Thesis Defense - Rebecca Valls April 17, 2024
- Thesis Defense - Haleema Sadia Malik April 18, 2024
- Psychiatry Grand Rounds April 19, 2024
- M&I Thesis Defense - Jordan Fredriksen Isaacs April 19, 2024
- Neurology Grand Rounds April 19, 2024
- Henrique Borges da Silva seminar (Jordan's outside examiner) April 19, 2024
- Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Series - Rong Li, Ph.D. April 22, 2024
- Psychiatry Grand Rounds April 23, 2024
- DCC Grand Rounds with Audrey Calderwood, MD, MS April 23, 2024
- Implementation Science Fundamentals: Measuring Implementation Context, Process, & Outcomes April 23, 2024
- Pediatric Grand Rounds April 24, 2024