As part of a four-student panel on innovative educational modalities, second-year medical student Sandy Rao spoke to a group of anatomy professors during the annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomists about the benefit of incorporating problem-based learning into anatomy medical education.
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Class Day 2017 Live Video
Congrats to the Geisel Class of 2017! Good luck in the next steps in your medical careers!
Student Spotlight—Catherine Gordon ’20: A Strong Sense of Place
Influenced by her deep Upper Valley roots, Catherine Gordon understands the connection between geography and population health—an interconnection she thinks will help explain the challenges facing her future patients.
Charles Barlowe Named to the James C. Chilcott 1920 Professorship
Charles Barlowe, PhD, chair and professor of biochemistry and cell biology at the Geisel School of Medicine, has been named the James C. Chilcott 1920 Professor.
Geisel Student Awarded Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Fellowship
Alyssa Flores (’19) has been awarded a prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute Medical Research Fellowship and will receive support for one year of mentored and in-depth training in biomedical research.
Louise Davies Named 2017-2018 Fulbright Scholar
Louise Davies, MD, MS, an associate professor of surgery and of The Dartmouth Institute, is one of two Dartmouth faculty to have been named Fulbright Scholars for the 2017-2018 academic year, enabling their planned teaching and research activities abroad.
Natalie Ring ’18 to Participate in International Ethics Program in Germany and Poland
Using Nazi-occupied Europe as a lens through which to examine contemporary ethics in a variety of professions, third-year student Natalie Ring, is among 15 international medical students chosen by the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics to study the issue.
Alumnus Applies Nanotechnology to Study and Treat the Brain
Dartmouth medical alumnus Russell Andrews (MED ’78)—a neurosurgeon in California—has been part of a collaboration between NASA and the Mayo Clinic to develop a new wireless nanoelectrode that could help people with Parkinson’s disease.
Nine Geisel Students Named 2017-2018 NH/VT Schweitzer Fellows
Nine first-year medical students at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth have been selected as 2017-18 New Hampshire/Vermont Schweitzer Fellows by the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship.
Konstantin Dragnev Named the Irene Heinz Given Professor in Pharmacology
Konstantin Dragnev, MD, a practicing oncologist at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center and a translational scientist, has been named the Irene Heinz Given Professor in Pharmacology.









