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Community Research and Mentors Immerse Students in American Indian Health
In the second of a four-part series examining Geisel’s work in American Indian and Alaska Native communities, students reflect on a special research experience within an American Indian housing development in Minneapolis, and the invaluable mentoring of Geisel alumni in Minnesota.
Residency Training Predicts Physicians’ Ability to Practice Conservatively
Doctors trained in locations with less intensive (and expensive) practice patterns appear to consistently be better at making clinical decisions that spare patients unnecessary and excessive medical care, according to a new study in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Assortativity Signatures of Transcription Factor Networks (TFNs)Contribute to Robustness
Dartmouth researchers explored the type and number of connections in transcription factor networks (TFNs) to evaluate the role assortativity plays on robustness in a study published in PLOS Computational Biology in August. The study found that the assortativity signature contributes to a network’s resilience against mutations.
Passion For Improving Lives Drives Deep-Rooted Alliance Between Geisel and American Indian Communities
Working with American Indian communities in northern Minnesota, the Geisel School of Medicine’s alternative spring break program offers valuable primary care experiences for medical students.
Tracking Spending Among the Commercially Insured
Recent growth in health care spending for commercially insured individuals is due primarily to increases in prices for medical services, rather than increased use, according to a new study led by researchers at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, published today in the American Journal of Managed Care.
Road to Geisel – Greg Hanson
In this video, first-year Dartmouth medical student Greg Hanson talks about how his first night shadowing emergency medicine physicians in high school — and seeing them save a baby’s life — ultimately inspired him to pursue a career in medicine.
$36.7 Million in Giving Sets New 12-Month Record for the Geisel School of Medicine and Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Strong support from donors pushed the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and Dartmouth-Hitchcock to new levels of philanthropic support for the fiscal year that ended on June 30, 2014.
Finding Inspiration in Rwanda
Steve Bensen, an associate professor of medicine, had long wanted to get involved in global health work. He recently got his chance when he spent two months helping to train physicians and residents at two hospitals in Rwanda.
Road to Geisel – Lauren Fall
In this Road to Geisel video, first year student Lauren Fall describes a special orientation week activity that she participated in at the Geisel School of Medicine.