Radiology Summer Research Internship

Background

The Dartmouth Radiology Summer Research Internship will enable MD students at Geisel to engage in innovative and emerging areas of research in the field of radiology.

Finances

$6,000.00 will be provided to the successful candidate for pursing a research project that meets the criteria set forth above. This project would be expected to span a 10-week period over the Summer of 2026.

Objectives

Over the 10 weeks beginning on June 15, 2026 until August 26, 2026, the student will develop skills in performing research in the field of radiology and writing abstracts and manuscripts, resulting in one or more publications or presentations.

Structure

The Fellowship consists of a number of components:

  1. Mentorship: A successful candidate will have identified one or more faculty mentors from the Department of Radiology.
  2. Collaboration: Candidates whose research involves application of imaging data to clinical questions outside of radiology will also have a faculty mentor from an appropriate clinical department at DH, thereby promoting research collaboration between the Department of Radiology and other DH departments.
  3. Presentation and publication: The successful candidate will present their research findings at Radiology Grand Rounds on or before August 26, 2026. Ideally, this candidate will also publish their findings in a peer-reviewed journal.

Evaluation

  1. Formal evaluation by project supervisors
  2. Success in presentation and/or paper submissions
  3. Evaluation of research presentation

Application

This will be a competitive application. The applications will be assessed and awarded by the Radiology Research Committee.
Students interested in applying should send the following materials by January 16, 2026 to the following email address: Radiology.student.research@hitchcock.org
Please include the following materials in the application packet:

  1. Specific Aims (0.5 page maximum)
  2. Research proposal (1.5 page maximum)
    The proposal should include a list of the applicant’s radiology faculty mentor, and if applicable, non-radiology DH faculty mentors with their email contact information, which will be used to confirm the faculty member’s support for the proposed research project.
  3. Current CV
  4. Current transcript for the applicant’s Geisel degree program.

Student applicants will be informed of the Fellowship award by March 16, 2026.
For any questions or additional details, please contact Dr. Jessica Sin.

2026 Summer Intern

Bilqis Ayeni

MD Candidate, Geisel School of Medicine Class of 2029
Project Title
Retrospective Outcomes of Screening Breast MRI for Dense Breasts in a Rural Population Presenting to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC)

Mentors

  • Dr. Priscilla J. Slanetz, MD, MPH– Professor of Radiology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
  • Dr. Roberta M. diFlorio-Alexander, MD, MS– Associate Professor of Radiology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Brief Biography
Bilqis Ayeni is a first-year medical student at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. She is drawn to understanding how individual patient experiences connect with the larger systems that shape care, and how better decisions come from seeing the full picture. Her background in neuroscience and prior work as a venture capital analyst in healthcare have shaped her interest in how data, structure, and clinical insight intersect. Through her work, she hopes to contribute to improving how information is used to guide diagnosis, clinical decision-making, and patient care.