"Scientific discovery is a social process. Interdisciplinary
collaborations
yield unanticipated benefits. At Dartmouth, close ties exist between
basic and
clinical scientists. Our academic community fosters bench to
bedside or
translational research that can lead to therapies that target the
causes rather
than symptoms of diseases. Scientific findings are not easy to
predict, but as
in the example of antibiotics, unexpected discoveries can
dramatically alter
clinical practice."
-- Ethan Dmitrovsky, M.D.
Andrew G. Wallace Professor
Chair, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology