endowment fund for the Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences (CECS).The fund will support senior CECS faculty and provide discretionary funds so they can take advantage of emerging research opportunities.

Education
Endowed professorships provide faculty members with funds to support their teaching and research endeavors and to allow them to share their passion for knowledge and discovery with the next generation. DMS's first endowed professorship dates back to 1897, when Martha Brown left a bequest to establish the William W. Brown 1835 Memorial Professorship in memory of her husband.

In the century since then, the number of endowed professorships has grown significantly through the generosity of benefactors, including the late Dr. Andrew Thomson, DC '46.

Dr.Thomson proved himself a visionary in 1994 with the creation of the first endowed chair dedicated to the thennew field of the evaluative clinical sciences. Named for Thomson's wife, the Peggy Y.Thomson Professorship in the Evaluative Clinical Sciences is held by Dr. John Wennberg, a pioneer in the field who has achieved international recognition for his revolutionary work in outcomes research and geographic variations in the delivery of care.

The increasing cost of medical education makes scholarships essential to assuring that the brightest, most talented students have a chance to train at DMS, regardless of their financial

circumstances. With this in mind, alumni and friends of the Medical School have created numerous scholarships over the years. Most recently, Dr. Norman Payson (DMS '73) gave $2 million to provide scholarships for New Hampshire students at DMS and to sponsor a select group of DMS students who, in addition to their medical education, would like to pursue an M.B.A. at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business.

Although this philanthropic community of loyal friends, grateful patients, and dedicated alumni changes with each generation, what unites them all is the generosity and the vision that inspired —and continues to inspire—their gifts.

While the financial goal of the Transforming Medicine Campaign is to raise $250 million by 2009, its broader goal is to improve health and the delivery of health care both near and far.

Funding in these areas will help meet these goals:

Collaborative Research and Education: To support talented physicians and researchers as they work to move discoveries from the lab to the bedside, and to provide the best, most comprehensive medical training for the next generation.

Evaluative Clinical Sciences: To support faculty and students at the Center for

the Evaluative Clinical Sciences as they work to define quality medical care and the best way to deliver it.

Children's Health: To support pediatric research and enrich innovative family-centered programs and critically needed child advocacy programs at the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth.

Cancer Care and Research: To support the work of Norris Cotton Cancer Center's investigators and clinicians through endowment, facilities, and the advancement of treatments for patients.

Clinical Academic Environment: To support physicians throughout DMS and DHMC in their multiple roles of clinicians,

teachers, and researchers.

Facilities: To support the construction of new facilities to unite our evaluative clinical sciences endeavors with clinical-care delivery and research efforts.

Unrestricted Giving: To provide the enterprise with the flexibility to respond to the demands of today's rapidly changing health-care environment. For those with the power to help, participation in these endeavors will help to fuel DMS and DHMC's progress in preparing leaders, transforming knowledge, and serving the community. For more information on the campaign, including how you can contribute to it, please visit: http://transmed.dartmouth.edu