FEATURES

Charting a Course for Success
By Tim Dean

Geisel looks to the future amid challenges in academic medicine.

Geisel First-Year Students are MaD (Making a Difference)
By Susan Green

New course has students pitching proposals to improve health care.

Opening Eyes and Doors
By Tim Dean

Undergrads experience research first-hand at Dartmouth.

ART OF MEDICINE

Personal Gestures—Three Medical Students Reflect on Why They Dance

COVER

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Illustration by Slava Frimerman

STAFF & CONTRIBUTORS

Staff & Contributors

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.

DEPARTMENTS

Headlines

• Class Day Marks New Chapter for Class of 2016
• Cassandra Rendon ('18) receives the John T. Wolf Award
• Dartmouth Receives Renewal Grant for International Research Ethics Training
• Dartmouth Institute Receives $2 Million to Study Use of Decision Aids in Breast Cancer Treatment
• Howell Receives Veterans Affairs ICARE Award
• Function Follows Form—Revealing the Molecular Mechanisms of Viruses
• Wave of the Future
• Building Sustainable Primary Care on Top of the World
• The Dartmouth Institute Offers New Online MPH

Featured Faculty

• Positive Interactions
  By Tim Dean

Student Spotlight

• Mike Lauria ('18)—By Susan Green
• Kellyanne Johnson—By Paige Stein

Voices of Geisel

• Why Get a Liberal Education?
  By Leslie Henderson, PhD, Glenda Shoop, PhD, and Lisa Adams, MD (Med'90)

Alumni Album

• John Lawrence, MD (Med'79)
  By Jennifer Durgin

Giving

• Center for Health Equity Inspires Alumni Support
• Sustaining the Passion
• Reading Surgeons, Reading Patients