{"id":27,"date":"2023-03-28T18:48:37","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T18:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/thesen\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2026-03-22T17:58:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T17:58:58","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/thesen\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Lab News"},"content":{"rendered":"

March 22, 2026<\/p>\n

We finished filming for the new Dartmouth online course on Artificial Intelligence.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Start date is July 5! The course is available globally.<\/p>\n

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February 12, 2026<\/p>\n

Fair AI algorithms can prevent this from occurring. Our paper<\/a> show that we can be intentional about reducing racial biases when building AI models.<\/p>\n

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February 6, 2026<\/em><\/p>\n

Our work with the AI Patient Actor in the Geisel MD curriculum is highlighted in the news<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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January 25, 2026<\/em><\/p>\n

Congratulations to Camilo Castelblanco-Riveros for receiving the Student of Merit MLK Service Award<\/a> for his work in the lab on global health and education in collaboration with the Brain & Mind Institute in Kenya!<\/p>\n

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December 10, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n

Mia Jiminez writes about her internship experience<\/a> in Kenya studying brain resilience.<\/p>\n

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December 8, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n

Thomas Thesen is part of the inaugural Dartmouth in Africa Summit<\/a> on Health, Innovation & Diplomacy<\/a> in Nairobi, Kenya.<\/p>\n

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November 14, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n

Anaum Showkat '25 tells her story<\/a> of visiting our collaborators at the Brain & Mind Institute in Nairobi, Kenya, as part of a new exchange program in collaboration with the Geisel Center for Health Equity<\/p>\n

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November 8, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n

An article<\/a> about\u00a0our work on precision medical education:<\/p>\n

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November 4, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n

New paper published:<\/p>\n

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Read the whole article: https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41746-025-02022-1\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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August 12, 2025<\/p>\n

New paper just published:<\/p>\n

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Thesen, T., O\u2019Brien, W.N., Stone, S. & Pinto-Powell, R. Generative AI as the First Patient: Practice, Feedback, and Confidence<\/strong>.(2025).\u00a0Medical Science Educator<\/i><\/p>\n

https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s40670-025-02473-x<\/a> PDF: Thesen et al 2025 Generative AI as the first patient MSE.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

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June 6, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n

New paper out:<\/p>\n

Thesen, T., Tuan, R. L., Blumer, J., & Lee, M. W. (2025). LLM\u2010based generation of USMLE\u2010style questions with ASPET\/AMSPC knowledge objectives: All RAGs and no riches<\/strong>.\u00a0British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology<\/i>. PDF: Thesen et al 2025 RAG vs no-RAG.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

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January 10, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n

New paper on AI in medical education assessment<\/p>\n

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Masters, K., MacNeil, H., Benjamin, J., Carver, T., Nemethy, K., Valanci-Aroesty, S., Taylor, D.C., Thoma, B. and Thesen, T., 2025. Artificial Intelligence in Health Professions Education assessment: AMEE Guide No. 178<\/strong>.\u00a0Medical Teacher<\/i>, pp.1-15. PDF: Masters, MacNeil... & Thesen 2025 Artificial Intelligence in Health Professions Education assessment AMEE Guide No. 178.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

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December 13, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n

New paper from the lab. Check out the AI Patient Actor app here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Thesen, T., Alilonu, N.A. & Stone, S. AI Patient Actor: An Open-Access Generative-AI App for Communication Training in Health Professions<\/strong>.\u00a0Medical Sciences Educator<\/i> (2024). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s40670-024-02250-2. PDF: Thesen et al 2024 AI Patient Actor MSE.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

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July 1, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n

Our paper introducing the concept of Precision Well-Being has been published:<\/p>\n

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PDF: Thesen et al 2024 Towards precision well-being in medical education.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

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June 25, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n

Thomas Thesen presents on \"Applying AI in Healthcare Education<\/a>\" during Grand Rounds at Northwestern Health Sciences University.<\/p>\n

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February 8, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n

Lisa Marsch & Thomas Thesen speak on \"Digital health & AI in Global Health: Opportunities and Challenges\" at the Global Health Colloquium at Dartmouth<\/p>\n

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February 10, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n

2nd year medical student Earl 'Parker' Scott mocks Thomas Thesen's use of AI in the classroom during the annual satirical MD Skit Night. Watch the video here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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February 8, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n

Thomas Thesen speaks on \"AI in Medicine: Promise and Pitfalls<\/strong>\" to the Healthcare Delivery Science community at Dartmouth. A recording of the talk is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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February 14, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n

Drs. Thomas Thesen and Roshini Pinto-Powell present a workshop on using Generative AI in Medical Education<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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February 3, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n

Global health research internship<\/strong> now available for Geisel MD and PhD students at the Brain & Mind Institute in Nairobi, Kenya: BMI Internship for Medical & PhD Students 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

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January 26, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n

Thomas Thesen is quoted in IEEE Spectrum<\/a> \" \u201cMedical schools have a responsibility to incorporate AI literacy into their curriculum. This includes understanding the ethical implications to ensure that as AI becomes more integrated into clinical practice, future doctors can use it responsibly and protect their patients\u2019 well-being.\u201d<\/p>\n

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J<\/em>anuary 25, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n

Our paper on epilepsy care in the Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/a> with Tshibambe N. Tshimbombu as first author is published.<\/p>\n

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January 19, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n

Thomas Thesen presented the lab's recent innovation in Generative AI for medical education at a Harvard-MIT conference on education and AI (with Simon Stone and Nsomma Alilonu)<\/p>\n

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January, 10, 2024<\/p>\n

Press coverage of the AI Patient Actor<\/a> app<\/strong><\/p>\n

National Public Radio (NPR)<\/a><\/strong>: \"An AI \u2018patient\u2019 is helping Dartmouth med students practice interviewing skills<\/em>\"<\/p>\n

The Dartmouth<\/a>:<\/strong> \"Q&A with Thomas Thesen, founder of AI Patient Actor app<\/em>\"<\/p>\n

Politico<\/a><\/strong> reports on the development of the AI Patient Actor and its deployment in the Neuroscience & Neurology course in the Geisel MD program (scroll down).<\/p>\n

AAAS: <\/a><\/strong>\"Learning to be better doctors through AI<\/em>\".<\/span><\/p>\n

Dartmouth Libraries<\/em><\/strong><\/a>: \"How a Geisel Professor and Libraries Data Scientist Collaborated to Deepen Learning<\/em>\"<\/p>\n

MedRiva<\/strong><\/a>: \"AI in Medical Education<\/em>\"<\/p>\n

Dartmouth News<\/strong><\/a> reports on helping medical students improve their patient interviewing and differential diagnosis skills with the Patient AI Actor app.<\/p>\n

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December 22, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n

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December 15, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n

The preprint for our paper on Machine learning-based prediction of depression severity<\/a>
\nin medical students<\/a> is now available.<\/p>\n

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December 10, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n

AI Patient Actor 1.0<\/a> release. Simulating patient-physician interactions for medical training. Now available in multiple languages and voice interaction.<\/p>\n

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September 19, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n

Vincent Busque, Frances Koback and William Escobar presented their work with the Wearable Wellness Study<\/a> at the Digital Mental Health & AI Symposium<\/a> at Dartmouth.<\/p>\n

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August 18, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n

The NILE lab is part of two international consortia on stress, resilience and brain health in African populations that have been awarded two research awards this month: \"FemBER-AFRICA: Female Brain Health and Endocrine Research in Africans\" funded by the Alzheimer's Association and \"Biopsychosocial Determinants of Resilient Aging in Kenya
\n(BRAIN-RESILIENCE-KENYA Project)\" funded by the Wellcome Trust's Dynamic Resilience Initiative. The work is done in collaboration with Drs. Chinedu Udeh-Momoh and Karen Blackmon from the Brain & Mind Institute<\/a> in Nairobi, Kenya.<\/p>\n

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August 10, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n

Thesen, Marrero, Woodard & Duncan were awarded a ChangeMedEd grant from the American Medical Association to support work on \"Precision Well-Being in Medical Education\".<\/p>\n

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August 1, 2023<\/p>\n

Thomas Thesen participated in and contributed to a faculty development workshop at the Medical College, Aga Khan University in Nairobi, Kenya. The new medical school is welcoming their first cohort of students on September 13!<\/p>\n

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June 22, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n

The preprint for our new framework on Precision Well-Being in Medical Education<\/a> is now available.<\/p>\n

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June 12, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n

Representing the NILE Lab at the International Association of Medical Science Educators<\/a> (IAMSE):<\/p>\n

Ashlynn Mills,\u00a0Jalyce Taylor and Breanna Chachere delivered a workshop on leveraging student-faculty collaboration to teach difficult DEI topics in medical education.<\/p>\n

Ashlynn Mills won a student travel award & the NILE Lab received a Curriculum Innovation Grant in support of our work towards precision student well-being and digital health education.<\/p>\n

Thomas Thesen led a workshop on using evidence from cognitive science to improve the efficacy of medical education practices.<\/p>\n

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May 29, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n

The preprint of our newest intracranial EEG paper on a new mechanism for binding across multiple brain areas during reading is available on BioRixv<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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May 20, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n

Congratulations to Brenda Waiya for being awarded a Dickey Center scholarship to conduct a research internship with our collaborators at the Brain & Mind Institute in Nairobi, Kenya.<\/p>\n

Read about it here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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May 19, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n

In collaboration with the Dartmouth Center For the Advancement of Learning (DCAL), the NILE Lab hosted Dr. Adam Wolfsdorf, who gave a workshop<\/a> on navigating \"Trauma in the Classroom\".<\/p>\n

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May 5, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n

Congratulations to Tshibambe Tshimbombu (TNT) for receiving the Health Innovators to Watch Award<\/a> by the Boston Congress of Public Health.<\/p>\n

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April 25, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n

The NILE Lab received a grant from the Dartmouth College Library's Open Educational Resource Initiative. For this project, we are creating high-quality, video-based resources for the Neuroscience & Neurology course in the Geisel MD curriculum that integrate interdisciplinary neuroscience and neurology content in a single resource and that will be made publicly accessible.<\/p>\n

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April 23, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n

Valerie DeLeon presented her research in the lab titled \"Supercharging Memory Retention in Neurology Learning: A Faculty-Student Collaboration to Apply Cognitive Scienc<\/a>e Principles to Software-based Self-directed Learning<\/a>\" as a TALK at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology in Boston<\/p>\n

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Brianna Chachere presented her research in the lab titled \"A Student-Faculty Collaboration for Authentic Teaching of the Effects of Discrimination on Brain <\/a>Health<\/a>\" as a poster at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology in Boston.<\/p>\n

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April 12, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n

Thesen, Duncan, Konopasky, Adams and Weinstein received a Curriculum Innovation Award from the International Association of Medical Science Educators for their project \"Improving Knowledge, Attitudes, and Skills in Digital Health and Stress Reduction in Medical Students\".<\/p>\n

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March 16, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n

A report<\/a> featuring Matthew Duncan, M.D. on the new Healthy Students, Healthy Physicians<\/a> program at Geisel School of Medicine.<\/p>\n

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February 23, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n

Ekeoba, Lam, Manuel, and Thesen to present a talk on \" Building Pathways & Bridges on the Bumpy Road towards Equity in STEM & Medicine<\/a>\" at the IAMSE Webinar Series. The recording is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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March 21, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n

Professors Vibell<\/a> & Thesen are about to publish a textbook on \"Brain Imaging Made Easy\" with Cambridge University Press. Watch this space to get your copy!<\/p>\n

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Feb 18, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n

Dr. Thomas Thesen Receives Geisel Distinguished Lecturer Award<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Nov 2, 2022<\/em><\/p>\n

Thomas Thesen, PhD joins the Department of Medical Education<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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