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The magazine of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Vol. 38, No. 1 • Fall 2013
FEATURES
A Delicious Prescription
By Julia R. Nordgren, MD
After years of witnessing the effects of an unhealthy diet on her patients, a pediatrician and Dartmouth alumna decided it was time to complement her medical training with culinary skills.
Escaping the grip of PTSD
By Matthew C. Wiencke
For many military veterans, and many civilians as well, the most difficult part of surviving serious trauma comes after the trauma itself.
From Pariah to Pioneer
By Shannon Brownlee
In 1973, when John Wennberg published his first journal article on unwarranted variations in the delivery of health care, he was largely ignored.
Notes from the Field
By Gary Snyder
Scaling the High Walls of Poverty in Peru
COVER
John Wennberg's 40-year quest to map the delivery of care
OUR MISSION
Dartmouth Medicine seeks to convey the breadth and depth of the education, research, and patient-care and service activities of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. The magazine provides a place for members of the Geisel community to share their experiences and to learn about the experiences of others, and it hopes to inspire reflections on and conversations about vital issues in health care and medical education.
STAFF & CONTRIBUTORS
DEPARTMENTS
Headlines
- Graduates start a new chapter
- An update on curriculum redesign
- A record year for the annual fund
- Recognizing the masters
- Newsbriefs
- Worthy of Note
Advances
- The healing arts
- Untangling how circadian rhythms affect addiction
- Future physician-scientists
- A prescription for savings
- NIH grant is a "game-changer" for translational research at Geisel
- Pediatric atlas marks a return to the roots of variations research
- Using a parasite to fight cancer
Voices of Geisel
Student Spotlight
Joseph Graterol ('15)
By Sophia Shefner
Alumni Album
Rachel Solotaroff '01: On the home team
By Christen McCurdy
Expert Insight
Balancing the risks and benefits of opioids
Giving
- Philanthropy in action
- Fund for Geisel reaches new record
- Proximity sparks promising therapies
- Former annual fund director walks the talk
- Young investigators earn recognition and support
- Honoring a legacy of scholarship support
Art of Medicine
Parisian Twilight
By Khushboo Jhala ('16)
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