The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth has announced the formation of a new Department of Medical Education. Rand Swenson, MD, PhD, has been named chair of the new department.
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Geisel Students Find Their “Match”
Spirits were high as graduating medical students and their friends and family gathered to celebrate Match Day 2016.
Student Profile: Olivia Sacks – Changing the Narrative
For medical student Olivia Sacks ’19, medicine and poetry have a lot in common—both are connected to the human condition and to something greater.
The Zika Virus: Update on an Epidemic
Elizabeth Talbot, MD, an associate professor of medicine at Geisel School of Medicine, who specializes in infectious disease and international health at Dartmouth-Hitchcock and also serves as New Hampshire’s deputy state epidemiologist, talks about what the scientific and medical communities are learning about Zika, its implications, and what people can do to protect themselves.
Low-level Arsenic May Impact Fetal Growth, Dartmouth-led Study Finds
Fetal growth may be impacted by low levels of arsenic that pregnant women consume in drinking water and food, a Dartmouth College study finds.
Key Mechanism Discovered in Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Memory Loss
A recent report in Nature Neuroscience reveals that a key mechanism has been discovered in Alzheimer’s disease-related memory loss. Dartmouth researchers Bryan Luikart, PhD, and Mark Spaller, PhD, talk about these groundbreaking findings and their implications for better understanding and treating Alzheimer’s.
Understanding Scleroderma’s ‘Social Network’ May Lead to New Treatments
With funding from the Falk Foundation, Mike Whitfield’s lab is mapping which genes interact with each other in the debilitating disease scleroderma. Their discoveries reveal new avenues for treatment.
Geisel Students to Lead Regional Latino Medical Student Association
At the recent regional conference, Geisel’s chapter of the Latino Medical Student Association was named 2016 Chapter of the Year, and two Geisel second-year medical students were elected co-directors of the association’s Northeast Region.
Advocates for Change in Latino Healthcare
By establishing a first-ever Latino Medical Student Association Northeast chapter at Geisel School of Medicine, Adrianna Stanley ’18 and Freddy Vazquez ’18 are ambassadors for Geisel’s growing Latino community.
Biomedical Informatics: Creating Computational Strategies and Tools to Advance Research
Amar Das, MD, PhD—who leads the Division of Biomedical Informatics within Geisel’s Department of Biomedical Data Science—discusses biomedical informatics and his division’s critical role within Dartmouth’s research enterprise.