Nicole Rapfogel, MPH ’24, Selected as Finalist in Presidential Management Fellowship Program
Nicole Rapfogel, MPH ’24, a Master of Public Health student at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, has been selected as a Finalist for the Presidential Management Fellowship (PMF) program. She is the only candidate at Dartmouth to receive this recognition for 2024. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - March 25, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Timothy Dean Tags: Education News MPH Nicole Rapfogel Presidential Management Fellowship Source Type: news

Legendary Healthcare Researcher John E. Wennberg, Who Shaped Efforts to Reform the Nation ’s Healthcare System, Dies at 89
John E. (Jack) Wennberg, MD, MPH, founder and director emeritus of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, the Peggy Y. Thomson Professor in the Evaluative Clinical Sciences Emeritus at the Geisel School of Medicine, and founding editor of the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, died March 10, 2024. He was 89 years old. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - March 18, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Susan Green Tags: News Jack Wennberg obituary The Dartmouth Institute Source Type: news

Geisel Medical Students Celebrate Match Day 2024
On Friday, March 15, fourth-year MD students from the Geisel School of Medicine gathered at the Lebanon Opera House to celebrate Match Day 2024 with family, friends, and members of the Geisel and Dartmouth communities. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - March 18, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Timothy Dean Tags: Education Events News 2024 Class of 2024 Match Day Source Type: news

Geisel School of Medicine Professor Receives Funding for Medical Education Research Project
Abigail (Abby) Konopasky, PhD, director of medical education research and scholarship and associate professor of medical education at Geisel School of Medicine, has received a Medical Education Scholarship Research and Evaluation grant from the Northeast Group on Educational Affairs (NEGEA) to initiate a new project. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - March 14, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Susan Green Tags: Awards News Research Abby Konopasky NEGEA Northeast Group on Educational Affairs Source Type: news

Study Shows Important Role Gut Microbes Play in Airway Health in Persons with Cystic Fibrosis
Findings from a new study conducted by a team of researchers at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and published in the journal mBio, reflect the important role that the gut microbiome (communities of bacteria) plays in the airway health of persons with cystic fibrosis. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - March 13, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Timothy Dean Tags: News CF cystic fibrosis George O'Toole Source Type: news

Carrie Colla Named to Endowed Professorship in Health Care Delivery
Health economist Carrie Colla, PhD, highly respected for her research examining health system performance and the effectiveness of payment and delivery system reforms, has been named the Susan J. and Richard M. Levy 1960 Distinguished Professor in Health Care Delivery. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - March 11, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Timothy Dean Tags: Appointments News Carrie Colla Source Type: news

Geisel School of Medicine Students Introduce Artificial Intelligence to Preclinical Education
In the recent paper in the journal Medical Education Online, Geisel medical students detail the outcomes of a pilot study they designed and launched introducing AI concepts within the preclinical curriculum. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - March 11, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Susan Green Tags: Education News AI Digital Health Scholars Soo Hwan Park ’25 Thomas Thesen Travis Byrum Source Type: news

Geisel and Dartmouth Health Receive $5 Million Award to Develop the Next Generation of Learning Health System Scientists
A team of researchers at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and Dartmouth Health have received a $5 million funding award from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to launch a new Learning Health System Embedded Scientist Training and Research (LHS E-STaR) Center. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - March 4, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Timothy Dean Tags: Awards News AHRQ LHS E-STaR PCORI Source Type: news

Geisel QBS Students Make Strong Showing at National Big Data Competition
For the second consecutive year, a team from the Quantitative Biomedical Sciences (QBS) program at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine has finished in the top five (out of 30 teams) at the National Big Data Health Science Student Case Competition. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - February 27, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Timothy Dean Tags: Education News National Big Data Health Science Student Case Competition QBS Quantitative Biomedical Sciences Source Type: news

Conversations That Matter – Joseph T. Okimoto D ’60, MED’61: “A Physician’s Journey of Hope and Healing”
On the 82nd anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066, Dr. Joseph T. Okimoto D’60, MED’61 returned to Dartmouth’s campus to share his personal account about the Japanese American incarceration during World War II and his ongoing journey of healing, as part of the “Conversations That Matter” speaker series. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - February 26, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Geisel Communications Tags: News Video Conversations That Matter Dr. Joseph T. Okimoto Source Type: news

Match Day 2024 Livestream
We will be streaming live video of our annual Match Day event so that friends, family, and colleagues can join in the excitement. Tune in here on Friday, March 15 at 11:30am EST, to watch live video of Geisel's 2024 Match Day event. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - February 22, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Geisel Communications Tags: Announcements Events News Class of 2024 Match Day Source Type: news

Dartmouth Pilot Study Maps Resilience in Medical Students
A Geisel-Thayer team at Dartmouth is investigating the individual and structural factors that promote resilience and allow medical students to flourish with the hope of finding ways to make medical school a less stressful experience. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - February 22, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Susan Green Tags: Education News Research Nicholas Jacobson Thayer Thomas Thesen Wesley Marrero Source Type: news

Dartmouth ’ s Geisel School of Medicine Appoints Craig Westling as Associate Dean for Health Sciences Education
Craig Westling, DrPH, MPH, MS, has been appointed the inaugural Associate Dean for Health Sciences Education at Geisel. In this new role, Westling will lead and oversee the school's diverse portfolio of health professions degree and non-degree granting programs. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - February 20, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Geisel Communications Tags: Appointments News Craig Westling Educational Affairs Source Type: news

Dartmouth Researchers Offer New Insights into How Antibodies Function Against HSV
Findings from a new study from researchers at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and Thayer School of Engineering and published in Cell Reports Medicine, offer new insights into how antibodies function in combating herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections. Their research may lead to possible new treatments for neonatal herpes. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - February 12, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Timothy Dean Tags: News Research herpes simplex virus HSV Iara Backes Matthew Slein Source Type: news

Geisel School of Medicine Student Seeks to Curb Widespread Stigma Toward Diabetes
Mariana Henry, a fourth-year medical student at Geisel, addresses in her Medical Student Grand Rounds presentation the pervasive stigma and bias towards diabetes patients, highlighting the detrimental impact on mental health and emphasizing the need for physicians to play a crucial role in dispelling misconceptions and fostering compassionate care. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - February 7, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Susan Green Tags: News Research diabetes Mariana Henry Medical Student Grand Rounds Source Type: news