Driven by a strong commitment to health equity while pursuing their own passions, Geisel School of Medicine’s 2026 – 2027 Schweitzer Fellows are collaborating with local partners to develop sustainable, evidence-based projects that address health disparities in Upper Valley communities.
Four Geisel School of Medicine students presented their research at April’s Medical Student Grand Rounds at DHMC. Their work spanned three projects: RNA-based biomarkers to guide tarlatamab therapy in small cell lung cancer; treatment exposures and disease severity among rural New England patients with a chronic inflammatory skin disorder; and a data analysis of how rural health systems have underutilized of the Northern New England 24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Registry.
Emma Jacobs MED ’28 and Gabriela Sanders MED ‘28—student co-leaders of the Rural Health Scholars—share what has changed and what lies ahead.
The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice at the Geisel School of Medicine, together with partners at Dartmouth Health, have issued a new report that details the key insights and primary recommendations that emerged from the inaugural Rural Health Symposium.
Rural oncologists reported the loss of expertise and professional support as key impacts of the departure of “linchpin colleagues,” according to a new Dartmouth-led study published in the journal JCO Oncology Practice. The study, which shares insights about the effects of specialist scarcity in rural settings, is helping researchers understand what strategies may work best in addressing gaps in care.
The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and Dartmouth Health received a $70,000 grant from the Collective to Strengthen Pathways for Health Research, an initiative of the Doris Duke Foundation, to support the inaugural Rural Health Symposium to be held May 8-9, 2025, at the Hanover Inn.
Geisel School of Medicine student Lucy Skinner ’22 is lead author on a paper published today in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) that examines the aging physician workforce in rural populations—a demographic shift with important implications for the future—and offers strategies to forestall the projected diminishing access to healthcare.
Partnering with Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Upper Valley Ambulance, second-year Geisel medical students Nick Valentini ’20 and Karissa LeClair ’20, created a novel solution to meeting the healthcare needs of rural patients.
This year, 23 first-year Geisel med students and five Dartmouth Institute students embarked on a journey to Minnesota and Wisconsin for spring break. Along with advisor Shawn O’Leary, the group spent time in Minneapolis with the urban Indian Community and visited five different reservations across northern Minnesota and one nation in Wisconsin. The trip gave students a glimpse into Indian history, culture, and health.
By putting cameras in the hands of people of all ages to share their point of view—a process called photovoice—Geisel researcher Anna M. Adachi-Mejia, PhD TDI ’02 seeks to understand how a rural community’s infrastructure contributes to health behaviors.
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