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The magazine of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Vol. 37, No. 1 • Fall 2012
FEATURES
From stem cells to yeast to neurons, basic scientists at the Geisel School of Medicine follow their curiosity wherever it leads.
Looking Back and Moving Forward
Geisel Board of Overseers member Dr. Bonnie Henderson (D'89, Med'93) asks Dean Wiley "Chip" Souba about his first two years at Dartmouth and his vision for the Medical School.
Celebrating Generosity and Possibility
In May, students, faculty, staff, and alumni honored Audrey and Theodor Geisel for their support of the Medical School.
In the 1980s, an unusual agreement between the State of New Hampshire and the Medical School's Department of Psychiatry helped revolutionize the trea tment of ment al illness.
COVER
Clinical advances begin with basic research. See the article "Back to Basics" for more on a few of the contributions made by Geisel scientists.
STAFF & CONTRIBUTORS
DEPARTMENTS
Discoveries
- A smoking gun in adolescent health
- Improving the odds for children with HIV
- Effective, but not for every patient
- A team effort
- Rooting out a prion's sidekick
Vital Signs
- Service and ceremony
- Dartmouth and Peru partnering to improve lives
- Rothstein named chair of medicine
- Worthy of Note: Honors, awards, appointments, etc.
- Small steps, big strides
- Geisel honors 16 faculty members
- Meeting the needs of students and communities
- Bringing care back home
- Clinical Observation
- Media Mentions: Geisel in the news
- Investigator Insight
Giving
"A scholarship endowment is an act of love"—By Jennifer Durgin
Alumni Album
"Jean Sanger, Ph.D., and Joseph Sanger, Ph.D., '68: Social Science"
—By Alexander Gelfand
Grand Rounds
"Training for transformation"
—By Richard J. Simons, M.D.
Art of Medicine
"Twenty-Twenty Surgery"
—By Nicola Quatrano ('13)
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