Dartmouth School of Medicine Dean Duane Compton, PhD, has announced that Marnie Halpern, PhD, has been reappointed to a second term as chair of the Department of Molecular and Systems Biology. Halpern has served as chair since 2020, and was named the Andrew Thomson, Jr. MD 1946 Professor at Geisel in 2021.
Geisel School of Medicine’s Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy during its third annual, “I AM THE DREAM: Past, Present and Future” service awards luncheon on January 17. This year’s “Food is Medicine” theme, centered on King’s civil rights fight to end hunger and food insecurity—he believed food equity is a critical component of social justice.
Nicole Borges, PhD, chair of medical education and the Edward Tulloh Krumm Professor of Medical Education at Geisel School of Medicine, has been reappointed by Dean Duane Compton, PhD, to a second five-year term as chair of the Department of Medical Education.
Findings from a new study, conducted by a team of researchers at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and collaborating institutions and published in the journal e-clinical Medicine, a member of the Lancet family of journals, show beneficial effects on functionally important respiratory symptoms when persons who smoke switch completely to e-cigarettes.
Last Wednesday evening, in one of the highlights of the week for the Hybrid MPH program’s December Intensive session, 25 second-year students got to share the Applied Practice Experience (APE) component of their coursework with peers, faculty, and staff—presenting their research projects at a poster fair and reception held at the Class of 1953 Commons.
The return of winter weather served as a snowy welcome to candidates enrolled in the Geisel School of Medicine’s Hybrid Master of Public Health (MPH) program, as they returned to campus last week to take part in their December Intensive session.
Geisel medical students James Feng MED’26 and Omar Sajjad MED’27 are addressing healthcare disparities for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities through a service and education program that combines advocacy, hands-on training, and a partnership with a local nonprofit.
Lauren Walker, PhD, assistant professor of Molecular and Systems Biology, has been named the Frank and Myra Weiser Scholar in the Neurosciences at the Geisel School of Medicine.
Amanda Albright, MS, instructional design and technology manager at Geisel School of Medicine, has received an Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Curriculum Leader Award for her significant contributions, exemplary service to advance curriculum, and her leadership with the AAMC, along with her collaborative and innovative spirit.
More than 100 members of the Geisel School of Medicine’s research community gathered recently in Auditorium E at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center to learn about some of the most advanced tools and technologies available today within the areas of single cell and spatial transcriptomics.
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