Internationally recognized pathologist and physician-scientist Jennifer Hunt, MD, MEd, has been named the next dean of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. She will begin her tenure on August 1.
Hunt is currently interim dean of the University of Florida College of Medicine, where she is the Folke H. Peterson Dean’s Distinguished Professor. She has published more than 160 peer-reviewed papers, and is a fellow of the College of American Pathologists, where she also served as an elected board member. Hunt has also held leadership roles for the Association for Molecular Pathology, the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, and the Association for Academic Pathology (formerly the Association of Pathology Chairs).
“Jennifer Hunt has the experience and skills to help Geisel shape world-class physicians and health scientists who will also be leaders in their communities,” says Dartmouth President Sian Leah Beilock, PhD. “And she will help advance Dartmouth’s impact in improving rural health care for patients across our region and around the country and world.”
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