Education

Location
Life in the Hanover-Lebanon area offers an attractive combination of cultural activities in a rural setting. Concerts and dramatic productions are held the year round, particularly at Dartmouth's Hopkins Center. Alpine and Nordic skiing, hiking, and lake and white-water canoeing opportunities are outstanding, as are those for running, biking, and other seasonal sports. In addition, the ocean beaches of New Hampshire and Maine are about 2 hours away, and Boston, Montreal, and New York City can be reached by car in 2, 3, and 5 hours, respectively.

The College and The Program
Dartmouth was founded in 1769 as a college committed to liberal learning. The Medical School was established in 1797. The smallest of the Ivy League institutions, Dartmouth has a long-standing tradition of close student-faculty ties, a tradition strongly endorsed by the Program in Immunology. The program is quite diversified, bringing expertise to bear on immunological questions from the areas of biochemistry, physiology, medicine, molecular biology, cell biology, and structural biology. The strength of the program lies in its commitment to the training of students by developing close personal interactions between students and faculty and staff members.

Financial Aid
The Program in Immunology has a training grant from the National Institutes of Health that supports predoctoral students and postdoctoral fellows. Each student enrolled in the program can be supported by the training grant or by a Dartmouth fellowship that provides a full tuition scholarship, a prepaid health insurance plan, and a competitive student stipend. More information.

Research Facilities
Most of the immunology laboratories are located at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, New Hampshire, on 225 acres, 2 miles from the undergraduate college and the Hanover-based elements of the Medical School. The DHMC facility has fully integrated patient care, medical education, and research activities. The immunology labs at DMS are state-of-the-art and well equipped. In addition to the standard biochemical and immunological instrumentation, specialized equipment and facilities, such as electron microscopes, an automatic protein sequenator, tissue-culture facilities, fluorescence-activated cell sorters, a confocal image analysis facility, irradiation facilities, microarray core, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers are available. The Matthews Fuller Health Sciences and Dana Biomedical Libraries house a complete collection of journals in the biomedical sciences, many of which are online. Dartmouth is known for its outstanding Computational Center, which

offers both Health Sciences and Dana Biomedical Libraries house a complete collection of journals in the biomedical sciences, many of which are online. Dartmouth is known for its outstanding Computational Center, which offers both regular and short courses, as well as access to terminals throughout the Medical School and the College. The facility is linked to the computer networks at Dartmouth College, including the Internet, electronic mail service, literature searching, and other network capabilities. Dartmouth College has extensive wireless capabilities.

Student Group
The Program in Immunology is composed of faculty participants, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows from the Departments of Biochemistry, Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, Pathology, Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Surgery. The biomedical graduate student population at DMS in the seven graduate programs totals 196, large enough to allow for a variety of educational experiences but small enough to permit close faculty-student interactions.

Student Outcomes
Immunology Program graduate students receiving the Ph.D. degree from Dartmouth and postdoctoral fellows are prepared for postdoctoral or faculty positions in academia, including both primarily teaching or research-oriented colleges and universities; in research institutes; in biotech and other companies; or positions in business or law. The placement of both graduate students and postdoctoral fellows has been very successful and includes positions at the most prestigious institutes.

Applying
Application forms for the MCB Program can be obtained from the MCB Web site. Applications are reviewed beginning December 15. All applications and supporting documentation (GRE scores, transcripts, and letters of recommendation) should be received as soon as possible but not later than January 4. The Program in Immunology welcomes applications from students from minority groups who, at present, make up approximately 10 percent of the combined graduate and medical school student population. General information about admission and application forms and a list of faculty publications can be obtained from the address listed in this description.

Correspondence and Information
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Borwell Building
Dartmouth Medical School
One Medical Center Drive
Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756
United States
Email: Immunology@Dartmouth.edu