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Match Day 2021 Livestream
We will be streaming live video of our annual Match Day event so that friends, family, and colleagues can join in the excitement. Tune in here on Friday, March 19 at 1:00 PM, to watch live video of Geisel’s 2021 Match Day event. Please use the hashtag #Geisel21s to follow the event on social media and to share good wishes and memories with the Class of 2021. Good luck to all our students participating in the Match!
Medical Students Work to Address the Health Consequences of a Changing Climate
Increasing urgency over climate change has inspired three Geisel medical students to join hundreds of their medical student colleagues in creating a local chapter of Medical Students for a Sustainable Future (MS4SF).
Barbara Jobst MD, Dr. med, Named Chair of Neurology Department
Dartmouth-Hitchcock (D-H) and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth have appointed Barbara C. Jobst, MD, Dr. med, as the new chair of the Department of Neurology for D-H and Geisel.
Geisel Study Examines Regional Variation in Intensity of Fracture-Associated Prescription Drug Use
A Geisel-led study reveals that there is substantial variation across different regions of the country in the intensity of fracture-associated drug use among long-term care residents, and that areas with greater use of these prescription drugs experience higher fracture rates.
Geisel’s Inaugural Black History Month Celebration
The Student National Medical Association invites you to the inaugural celebration of Black History Month this February. All members of the community are invited with events throughout the entire month.
Geisel Professor George O’Toole Named Editor-In-Chief of The Journal of Bacteriology
The American Society for Microbiology has named George O’Toole, PhD, The Elmer R. Pfefferkorn, Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology & Immunology at Geisel, as editor-in-chief of The Journal of Bacteriology effective July 1, 2021.
Matias J. Vega MED ’78 Receives Martin Luther King Jr. Social Justice Award in Lifetime Achievement
Matias J. Vega MED ’78 has given a lifetime of service to the underserved, dedicating himself to helping individuals and families experiencing homelessness. Now, he’s being recognized for that work with a Martin Luther King Jr. Social Justice Award in Lifetime Achievement from Dartmouth College.
Study Reveals New Insights into the Link Between Sunlight Exposure and Kidney Damage in Lupus
A new collaborative study from researchers at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and the University of Washington and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), reveals unexpected insights into how skin exposure to ultraviolet light can worsen clinical symptoms in autoimmune diseases such as lupus.
Dartmouth Researchers Pilot FLASH Radiotherapy Beam Development for Treatment of Cancer
Dartmouth researchers convert a standard linear accelerator used for delivery of radiation therapy cancer treatment, to deliver an ultra-high-dose rate radiation therapy beam to patients “in a flash.”