Please refer to the following sections on this page:
- Graduate Medical Education
- Medical school opportunities and achievements
- Undergraduate opportunities
- Faculty continuing education and development
- Faculty textbooks
Graduate medical education
Our Radiation Oncology Residency Program encompasses a top-caliber faculty who employ state-of-the-art technologies to treat more than 1,000 patients annually, both at its primary site on the Lebanon campus and its satellite facility in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. We pride ourselves on setting the pace for cancer care in northern New England.
Medical school opportunities and achievements
Ayanfeoluwa Kolawole receives a 2024 ASTRO Medical Student Fellowship Award
Ayanfeoluwa Kolawole (Geisel MED27) is the recipient of a 2024 ASTRO Medical Student Fellowship Award. She will perform research in the Pointer Lab on the research proposal titled "Repurposing of benztropine for radiation sensitization in glioblastoma." Her scientific mentor is Kelli Pointer, MD, PhD, and her career development mentor is CR Thomas, Jr., MD. Congratulations to Ms. Kolawole!
Drew Bergman (MED24) will present original research from the Pointer Lab
Drew Bergman (MED24) will present original research from the Pointer Lab, titled "Ki-67 and OLIG2 as Prognostic Markers in Patients with Glioblastoma," at the combined meeting of the International Congress for Radiation Research and Radiation Research Society, August 27 to 30, 2023 in Montreal, Canada. Mr. Bergman was a recipient of a 2022 RSNA Research Medical Student Award.
Armin Tavakkoli (MED24) inaugural recipient of the Dartmouth Radiation Oncology Medical Student Research Fellowship
Armin Tavakkoli MED24 is the inaugural recipient of the Dartmouth Radiation Oncology Medical Student Research Fellowship. Armin will perform pre-clinical research on the impact of FLASH radiotherapy on the brain in animal models. This award carries a $30K stipend. Congratulations to Armin!
Drew Bergman received a RSNA research medical student grant
Drew Bergman MED24 received a RSNA Research Medical Student grant (RMS2224) for his proposal titled, "Epigenetic Mechanisms of the FLASH Radiotherapy Effect". His research mentors are Drs. Chun-Chieh "Paul" Lin and Rongxiao Zhang. HIs faculty and career development mentor is Dr. C.R. Thomas, Jr. Congratulations to Drew!
Dartmouth Radiation Oncology Medical Student Rural and Diverse (RaD) Scholars Program
The mission of the RaD Scholars program is to
- Enhance student awareness of radiation oncology as a career path
- Increase the diversity of Radiation Oncology national physician workforce and their exposure to rural and disadvantaged communities
- Provide students with clinical education/experience, mentorship, networking and research opportunities
RaD Scholars Benefits, Eligibility Requirements and Application Guidelines (PDF)
Undergraduate opportunities
The Dartmouth Cancer Center is a clinical affiliate teaching site for:
- The Medical Radiation Sciences Bachelor of Science program at The University of Vermont
- The Radiation Therapy Associate in Science program at the New Hampshire Technical Institute
Other undergraduate courses and presentations:
- Dr. Thomas instructs new Dartmouth undergraduates enrolled in summer Dartmouth Adventures in STEM (DAS)/E.E. Just Program. Prof. Craig Sutton (Dartmouth Math faculty) is the director of the E.E. Just program. Course images (PDF)
- Dr. Charles Thomas discussed his career path at the Nathan Smith Society's Dinner-with-a-Doc program. View presentation images (PDF).
Faculty continuing education and development
Faculty development toolbox: Gender equity in the academy
- Women in cancer research (Nature Reviews Cancer)
- Peer Mentor Program (Women in Science Project)
- Differences in Mentor-Mentee Sponsorship in Male vs Female Recipients of National Institutes of Health Grants
- Don’t Just Mentor Women and People of Color. Sponsor Them.
- 3 Ways to Survive Academe With Kids
- Linguistic Biases in Letters of Recommendation for Radiation Oncology Residency Applicants from 2015 to 2019 - PubMed
- Qualitative Assessment of Academic Radiation Oncology Department Chairs' Insights on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Progress, Challenges, and Future Aspirations - International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
- Opinion: Gender diversity leads to better science (PNAS)
- “It’s a Little Different for Men”—Sponsorship and Gender in Academic Medicine: a Qualitative Study
- My lessons in mentorship
- Mentorship of Women in Academic Medicine: a Systematic Review
- Psyche Meets the Gatekeepers: Creating a More Humane Culture for Women in Medicine (PubMed)
Faculty development toolbox: Mentorship and sponsorship
- What Great Sponsors Do Differently (Harvard Business Review)
- Mentoring Network Map (Lehigh University ADVANCE)
- Inclusive Leadership Workshops (Faculty Advancement Network)
- Mentoring Millennials (JAMA Network)
- CIMER - Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experience in Research
- Mentoring New and Early-Stage Investigators and Underrepresented Minority Faculty for Research Success in Health-Related Fields: An Integrative Literature Review (2010–2020)
- MentorNet - Great Minds in STEM
- New Age Mentoring and Disruptive Innovation—Navigating the Uncharted With Vision, Purpose, and Equity (JAMA Network)
- Cell Mentor: Cell Press
- Mentor Match (Geisel News)
- Geisel’s Deborah Hogan Receives National Mentorship Award (Dartmouth Campaign)
- Mentoring Tools
- Mentoring Toolkit (Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences)
- Mentoring Guidelines - Office of Intramural Training & Education at the National Institutes of Health
- Intellectual synthesis in mentorship determines success in academic careers
- Mentoring Programs (Office of Pluralism and Leadership)
- Mentorship of Underrepresented Physicians and Trainees in Academic Medicine: a Systematic Review
- Don’t Just Mentor Women and People of Color. Sponsor Them.
- How to Break Up With Your Mentor
- Mentorship in Radiation Oncology
- What Mentors Wish Their Mentees Knew
- Mentoring & Professional Development
- Development and initial validation of a dual-purpose questionnaire capturing mentors’ and mentees’ perceptions and expectations of the mentoring process
- Training Mentor–Mentee Pairs to Build a Robust Culture for Mentorship and a Pipeline of Clinical and Translational Researchers: The Colorado Mentoring Training Program
- Evaluating and Giving Feedback to Mentors: New Evidence‐Based Approaches
- Programmatic Mentoring: Providing Mentoring as a Community, Going Beyond Mentor/Protégé Pairs (Understanding Interventions)
- Women in cancer research (Nature Reviews Cancer)
- Take me where I want to go: Institutional prestige, advisor sponsorship, and academic career placement preferences
- Mentorship in Medicine and Other Health Professions
- 6 Things Every Mentor Should Do
- Why we need good mentoring (Nature Reviews Cancer)
- Cheating on my mentor
- Mentoring as a Buffer for the Syndemic Impact of Racism and COVID-19 among Diverse Faculty within Academic Medicine
- Paying it forward as a mentor
- Long‐term evidence that a pediatric oncology mentorship program for young investigators is feasible and beneficial in the cooperative group setting: A report from the Children's Oncology Group
- Ten simple rules for developing a mentor–mentee expectations document
- Your Career Needs Many Mentors, Not Just One
- Mentoring (OHSU)
- Mentorship Is Not a One-Way Street
- Find a Mentor - Medical Students (American Society for Radiation Oncology)
Faculty textbooks
- Biliary Track and Gallbladder Cancer
- Career Development in Academic Radiation Oncology
- Contemporary Topics in Radiation Medicine, Part I: Current Issues & Techniques Hematology/Oncology Clinics
- Contemporary Topics in Radiation Medicine, Disease Sites Hematology/Oncology Clinics
- Esophageal Cancer: Principles and Practice
- Faculty of Color in the Health Professions
- Oncologic Emergency Medicine
- Radiation Oncology Study Guide