The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth is pleased to announce the appointment of Kimberlee (“Kim”) Labonte as its new Executive Director of Development. A seasoned fundraising leader with more than two decades of experience across higher education, academic medicine, public health, and the arts, Labonte will guide Geisel’s philanthropic strategy and development programs in support of the school’s mission to improve lives through research, education, and clinical excellence.
A team of researchers, led by Lisa Marsch, PhD, at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, has received a four-year $13-million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to conduct the first-ever multisite clinical trial evaluating long-acting medication in the treatment of opioid use disorder among adolescents.
Despite contending with the season’s first snowstorm, members of the local, national, and international digital health community made a strong showing at the Fourth Annual Digital Health Summit on December 3. The event, held at Dartmouth College, was hosted by Geisel School of Medicine’s Center for Technology and Behavioral Health (CTBH).
During November’s Medical Student Grand Rounds at DHMC, Geisel students shared their research involving a patient with a chronic Stanford Type B aortic dissection, metastatic pattern and inflammation-related biomarkers as potential predictors of long-term survival in metastatic PDAC, and global GI care in Rwanda.
Early in her career as a physician-researcher focused on improving outcomes for adults struggling with addiction and mental health issues, internist Lynn Fiellin, MD, kept hearing the same comment from her patients: “If only I knew then (as a teenager) what I know now, I’d have made different choices.”
On Monday, November 17, faculty and staff at the Geisel school of Medicine gathered to celebrate the Dartmouth’s newest members of the prestigious National Academy of Medicine: President Sian Leah Beilock and Professor Carrie Colla D’01. One of the top honors in the field of health and medicine, there are currently 13 members of NAM at Dartmouth, of which nine gathered for the celebratory event.
During Medical Student Grand Rounds at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in October, Geisel students shared their research on building or repairing human tissues, sudden sensorineural hearing loss, and the impact of preoperative depressive risk factors on spinal surgery outcomes.
Researchers at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, in collaboration with investigators at the McGill University affiliated Douglas Research Center, Northwestern University, and Creare, LLC, have received a $6 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to study the relationship between auditory function and Alzheimer’s disease.
As the Dartmouth community and the nation celebrate Veteran’s Day 2025, honoring the sacrifices that American military members make for their country, Geisel School of Medicine is proud to recognize and thank its veterans for their service in the U.S. Armed Forces.
The IRONMAN 70.3 triathlon includes a 1.2-mile swim, a 56-mile bike ride, and a 13.1-mile run. Completed in succession, it requires grit, endurance, and an unshakable belief that anything is possible. Stephanie “Steph” Cummings, the records and service specialist in Geisel School of Medicine’s Registrar’s Office, embodies that belief.
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