{"id":2144,"date":"2026-05-22T12:01:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/student-research\/?page_id=2144"},"modified":"2026-05-22T12:07:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:07:37","slug":"robert-mccollum-medical-student-scholarship-in-epidemiology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/student-research\/robert-mccollum-medical-student-scholarship-in-epidemiology\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert McCollum Medical Student Scholarship in Epidemiology"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Dr. Robert W. McCollum Medical Student Scholarship in Epidemiology<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Robert W. McCollum, MD, passed away on Monday, September 13, 2010, after a long and influential career as Dean of Dartmouth Medical School, professor, doctor of medicine, father, and husband. He influenced many young doctors in their pursuit of science and inspired the best in those around him. His contributions to understanding the patho-physiology of polio, infectious mononucleosis, and hepatitis B infection were seminal in the fields of infectious diseases and epidemiology. In honor of his life and his achievements, The Geisel School of Medicine is proud to offer the Dr. Robert McCollum Medical Student Scholarship in Epidemiology for Geisel Medical School students seeking a research opportunity or to attend conferences to present their research to further their careers.<\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Medical students at Geisel who are working with <\/span>faculty of the <a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/\">Department\u00a0of Epidemiology<\/a> are eligible to apply for this scholarship fund.<\/p>\n<p>Please fill <a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/student-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/103\/2026\/05\/Scholarship-Fund-Application-Form.pdf\">Scholarship-Fund-Application-Form<\/a> out and follow the included instructions to apply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Robert W. McCollum Medical Student Scholarship in Epidemiology Robert W. McCollum, MD, passed away on Monday, September 13, 2010, after a long and influential career as Dean of Dartmouth Medical School, professor, doctor of medicine, father, and husband. He influenced many young doctors in their pursuit of science and [\u2026] <\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"more_link clearfix\" href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/student-research\/robert-mccollum-medical-student-scholarship-in-epidemiology\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":354,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2144","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","author-354"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/student-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/student-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/student-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/student-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/354"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/student-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2144"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/student-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2149,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/student-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2144\/revisions\/2149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/student-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}