Guess what? Its fall and the leaves are changing color in New England!

Hey TDI followers,

Greetings again! Since it has been a month since our last posting, we have so much to update you on! It is a testament to how busy we have been over the last month that even with two people, our pledge to update biweekly fell to the wayside!

In our defense, in the week after our last post went up, our 10 page White Paper, a 5 page analysis, our Final Systematic Review Proposal, Poster presentation were due, on top of our usual 50 page readings, homeworks and meetings. To say we have been busy would be an understatement. And then the week after that, Finals were upon us. Dun dun dun...

So be warned ladies and gents: TDI is not for the faint at heart.

It wasn’t all work and no play, however, as there was plenty of opportunity to kick back and relax. The Wellie Formal-formerly-known-as-BEMA was a very well attended semi-formal event that gave us the chance to let off a little steam and mingle with other graduate students from the medical school and students from the Graduate Arts and Sciences. Dartmouth also hosted it’s first home game of the season (we fell to Penn, but we’ll get them next time!) and then suddenly, our first quarter was done, and we had a few days of breathing room to gear up for Late Fall Quarter.

Some highlights? Having the former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop stop by to speak in our Critical Issues in Health and Health care class seriously sticks out. Members of our cohort who are in the Medical Care and the Corporation elective in Tuck had the opportunity to listen to a presentation by Michael Porter, who is widely known as the ‘Father of Modern Strategy’, which was also very exciting.

This quarter, we are welcomed back into Epidemiology and Biostatistics, continue on with Inferential Methods and Systematic Review 2, and we have also added two new classes to the mix!

On to other news, it is starting to get a lot more chilly around these parts and the leaves have starting changing colors. Fall in New England is absolutely beautiful. We just got back from a Fall Break and it has been really interesting hearing where everyone visited for our 5 day vacations. Some went back to their hometowns, and others went exploring other states in New England.

We have our first TDI Student Advisory Committee meeting this week, and we will make sure to update you on the progress we make in that department soon!

As for the late fall term that is upon us...BRING IT ON!

Reppin' TDI till we die yo,
Miriam E. Ayad Miriam.E.Ayad@dartmouth.edu (President)
April P. Semilla asemilla@dartmouth.edu (Treasurer)