As we prepare for the new year on January 1st, 2021, we thought we’d share some of the most popular Geisel news stories of 2020.
Latest News
Groundwork for COVID-19 Vaccine Laid at Dartmouth
Discoveries originating in a basic science lab at the Geisel School of Medicine are being used in the newly approved COVID-19 vaccine from the Pfizer/BioNTech partnership.
Lionel D. Lewis, MD, Elected as a 2020 Fellow of the British Pharmacological Society
Lionel D. Lewis, MD, MA, MB BCh, has been elected as a fellow of the British Pharmacological Society, a premier global society in the science of pharmacology.
Dartmouth-led Research Featured in National Journal Focused on Health System Performance
New findings published by Dartmouth researchers and featured in a special issue of Health Services Research, are helping to generate new insights and knowledge about the prevalence, roles, and impact of integrated health systems.
Dartmouth Receives $2.4 Million to Aid Healthcare Providers’ COVID-19 Response
Researchers at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine have been awarded $2.4 million in federal funding to support ongoing studies aimed at enhancing American healthcare providers’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dartmouth Researchers Work to Reduce Child-Directed Food Marketing on Educational Websites
A new article, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine by a by a team of researchers and advocates including Dartmouth faculty, asserts that current gaps in the regulation of commercial educational websites are exposing children to unhealthy food marketing. The group is working with major food companies and the USDA to limit these practices.
Medical Students Lead Grand Rounds
When medical students lead grand rounds, they not only have a formal venue to talk about their research and accomplishments, they gain valuable experience in an essential time-honored tradition in the medical profession.
International Study Shows that Active Surveillance Holds Promise as a Treatment Option for Low-Risk Thyroid Cancer
Results from a new study co-led by researchers at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and the Department of Surgery at Kuma Hospital in Kobe, Japan, show that active surveillance can be successfully implemented as a viable treatment option for patients with low-risk thyroid cancer.
Caring for Patients with Disabilities
Four Geisel students are working with faculty to integrate content around caring for patients with disabilities into the school’s curriculum.
Geisel Professor Alan I. Green, MD, Dies
Alan I. Green, MD, the Raymond Sobel Professor of Psychiatry, who served as chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Geisel and Dartmouth-Hitchcock for nearly 18 years, died Thursday, November 26.
Upcoming Events
- Medicine Grand Rounds “From the Other Side of the Exam Table: When the Provider becomes the Patient/Caregiver", Lucy Kalanithi, MD, FACP April 16, 2021
- Neurology Grand Rounds April 16, 2021
- Orthopaedic Grand Rounds April 16, 2021
- MSB Seminar: The neural basis of host seeking in skin-penetrating nematodes April 19, 2021
- Psychiatry Grand Rounds April 20, 2021
- bioMT Seminar: “Harnessing virus-specific T cell memory for cancer therapy,” Pamela Rosato, PhD April 20, 2021
- Biochemistry & Cell Biology Seminar Series: ''RNA mis-regulation in Tauopathies and the Innate Immune Response" Roy Parker, PhD April 20, 2021
- Pediatric Grand Rounds April 21, 2021
- DartCF Seminar: “Building Biofilms: Surface sensing and a second messenger signal,” Shanice Webster (O'Toole Lab) April 21, 2021
- Medicine Grand Rounds “Embedding Clinical Trials within Clinical Care: The Future of Learning Healthcare Systems”, Matthew W. Semler, MD April 23, 2021
- Neurology Grand Rounds April 23, 2021
- Systematic Review Office Hour April 23, 2021
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