Activities

Winter 2026

Mechanisms of drug/therapy resistance

  • Steve Fiering, PhD, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

Transforming Cancer Care: Recent Advances Across Solid and Hematologic Malignancies

  • Charlie Gaulin, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hematology Oncology)

Cancer Care Delivery and Climate Change

  • Katie Lichter MD, MPH, Radiation Oncology

Cherenkov Radiation and Dose Optics

  • Brian Pogue, PhD, Robert A. Pritzker Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Primary Care and Cancer Screening

  • Henry Feng MD, MPH, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Pancreatic Cancer

  • Christine C Alewine, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine

Fall 2025

Introduction to Dartmouth Cancer Scholars 2024-25

Medical Student Panel Q&A

  • Geisel M2 Students

Radiation Oncology as a Field of Medical Practice

  • James Yu, MD, MHS, FASTRO, Professor and Genitourinary Lead, Radiation Oncology and Applied Sciences

An adaptative immune system overview and introduction to CRISPR technology

  • Matthew Hayden, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Dermatology & Vice Chair of Research in Dermatology

Cancer Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine

  • Hung Nguyen, PhD, Assistant Professor of Engineering

Spring 2025

Environmental Risk Factors for Cancer

  • Megan Romano, PhD, Associate Professor of Epidemiology

Machine Learning for Medical Image Analysis

  • Indrani Bhattacharya PhD, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Data Science

DCS Alumni Talk – Applying for Medical School

Neuropathology and the Complex Interactions Between Tumors and the Nervous System

  • George Zanazzi, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Winter 2025

DNA-based cell typing using methylation cytometry: methods development and applications in Cancer Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

  • Brock Christensen, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology

Medical Student Panel Q&A

  • Geisel M2 & M3 Students

Innovating Cancer Immunotherapies at Dartmouth. Engineering Immunity: Building from Molecules to Therapies

  • Yina Huang, PhD, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

Medical Oncology

  • Gabriel Brooks, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine

Medical Physics | Global Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology

  • Joseph Weygand, PhD, Assistant Professor and Director of Global Oncology, Radiation Oncology and Applied Sciences

Fall 2024

Introduction to Dartmouth Cancer Scholars 2024-25

Brain Tumors: how getting to know them better can help develop cures

  • Arti B. Gaur, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurology

Cancer Care Across Borders: Lessons from Rwanda

  • Fidel Rubagumya, MD

Pediatric Oncology | Private Industry as a Career

  • Bonnie Lau, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Radiation Oncology, Cherenkov Radiation, and FLASH Radiation Research

  • Lesley Jarvis, MD PhD, Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology and Applied Sciences
  • Allison Matous, MD

Spring 2024

Disparities in Cancer Care Delivery and Life as a Surgical Oncologist

  • Andrew Loehrer, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Surgery and of The Dartmouth Institute

The Available Pathways to becoming a Clinician Scientist

  • Kelli Pointer MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology and Applied Sciences

Fluorescence and Molecular Imaging for Cancer Treatment

  • Kim Samkoe PhD, Associate Professor of Engineering

Uncovering Cellular Mechanisms of Long-Lived Anti-Tumor Immunology

  • Mary Jo Turk, PhD, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

Work of a Hematology Oncologist

  • Frederick Lansigan, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine & Dermatology

Winter 2024

DHMC Resident Panel

  • Q&A with DHMC residents in Radiation Oncology, Surgery, and Hematology Oncology

Tumor Immunology

  • Steven Fiering, PhD, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

Cancer Treatment and OxyChip Technology

  • Periannan (Kupps) Kuppusamy, MSc, PhD, Professor of Radiology & Medicine

The Role of a Genetic Counselor in Medical Oncology

  • Nicholas Jensen, MS, LGC, Familial Cancer Program

Cancer Center Annual Retreat

Translational Radiation Research at Dartmouth

  • Jack Hoopes PhD, DVM, Professor of Surgery; and of Medicine, Geisel

Fall Term 2023

Medical & Graduate Student Panel

  • Geisel and Cancer Biology Student Speaker

Infusion Center Tour

  • Beth Riendeau and Matthew Clem

Immunology and Cancer Part I

  • Steven Fiering, PhD, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

Artificial Intelligence and Cancer Diagnostics

  • Joshua Levy, PhD, Assistant Professor in both the Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (DPLM)

Colon Cancer Treatment and Prevention

  • Audrey Calderwood, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine

Spring Term 2023

Rural Health Care Delivery and Cancer – Good Neighbor Health Clinic

  • Peter Mason, MD

Hyperbaric Medicine

  • Jay Buckey, MD, Professor of Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth

Demystifying Clinical Trials

  • Erin Lynch, MS, CCRP, Office of Clinical Research

Immunology and Cancer Part I

  • Steven Fiering, PhD, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

Winter Term 2023

Graduate Student Panel Talk

  • Cancer Biology Graduate Students

Cancer Center Annual Retreat

Entrepreneurship and Biotech

  • Barry Schweitzer

Big Data and Precision Medicine

  • Parth Shah, MD

Global Oncology - Rwanda

  • Mary Chamberlin, MD

Fall Term 2022

Animals in Research – tour

  • Karen Moodie, DVM, Research Assistant Professor, Geisel

Center for Surgical Innovation – tour

  • John Peiffer, Managing Director Center for Surgical Innovation and the Advanced Imaging Center, Geisel

4th Year Students’ Perspectives on Medical School

  • Thomas Flynn III and Charlene Dunaway Altamirano, Geisel

A Career as a Clinician – Investigator

  • Rodwell Mabaera, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Geisel

MYC and CRISPR

  • Michael Cole, PhD, Professor of Molecular and Systems Biology, Geisel

Spring Term 2022

Management of a Large Cancer Enterprise

  • Amy Stansfield, RN, MBA, Director, Hematology/Oncology

Ethics in Oncology Treatment

  • Gary Schwartz, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine

Clinical Pathology

  • Jacqueline Hubbard, PhD, Clinical Chemistry
  • Robert Nerenz, PhD, Clinical Chemistry

Gynecologic Oncology

  • Ivy Wilkinson-Ryan, MD, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Families and Treatment Planning in Pediatric Oncology

  • Bonnie Lau, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Treatment of Sarcomas

  • Eric Henderson, MD, Associate Professor of Orthopaedics

Winter Term 2022

Welcome to the Cancer Center – tour

  • Steven D. Leach, MD, Director of Dartmouth Cancer Center

Surgical Oncology

  • Andrew Loehrer, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Surgery and of The Dartmouth Institute

Community Flu Clinic and Cancer Screening – Volunteer Opportunity at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

High-risk HPV and Cervical Cancer in Honduras

  • Gregory Tsongalis, PhD, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
  • Jamie Fenton ’21, intern with Dartmouth Opportunities in Oncology Research

The Jack Byrne Center for Palliative Care – tour

  • Ruth Thomson, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Epidemiology of Cancer and Environmental Exposures

  • Megan Romano, PhD, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology

Fall Term 2021

Rural Health Care Delivery and Cancer – Good Neighbor Health Clinic

  • Peter Mason, MD

Hyperbaric Medicine

  • Jay Buckey, MD, Professor of Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth

Demystifying Clinical Trials

  • Erin Lynch, MS, CCRP, Office of Clinical Research

Immunology and Cancer Part I

  • Steven Fiering, PhD, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

Translational Oncology and Immunology

  • P. Jack Hoopes, DVM, Professor of Surgery; and of Medicine, Geisel

Surgical Oncology

  • Andrew Loehrer, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Surgery and of The Dartmouth Institute

Spring Term 2021

Exercise as a Therapeutic Adjuvant

  • Keri Schadler, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, MD Anderson Cancer Center

The Work of a Hematology Oncologist

  • Gary N. Schwartz, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Geisel

Prostate Surgery

  • John D. Seigne, MB, BCh, Associate Professor of Surgery

The First Year of Medical School

  • Edel Auh and Matthew Y. Jiang, Medical Students, Geisel

DNA Sequencing and Genomics

  • Craig R Tomlinson, PhD, Research Scientist, Associate Director for Shared Resources, Dartmouth Cancer Center

Blood and Marrow Transplant

  • John M. Hill, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Geisel

Dose Planning in Radiation Oncology

  • Benjamin B. Williams, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine and of Radiology, Geisel

Winter Term 2021

Adolescents and High-Risk Behaviors Including Tobacco Use

  • James Sargent, MD, Professor of Pediatrics

Radiation Oncology – tour

  • Bassem Zaki, MD, Associate Professor Medicine

Pharmacology and Chemotherapy

  • Meenakshi Shelat, Pharm D, Oncology Pharmacist, Dartmouth Cancer Center

Cancer Screening in Primary Care

  • Robert Kelly, MD, MPH, Primary Care Physician, Core Physicians in Exeter

Fellowship Training in Oncology

  • Dartmouth Cancer Center Hematology-Oncology Fellows

Single Cell Sequencing

  • Fred Kolling IV, PhD, Research Scientist, Co-Director of Genomics and Molecular Biology Shared Resource, Dartmouth Cancer Center