Institutes and Centers

People walk down the hall at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

The Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society

Advances an affordable, sustainable, and reliable energy future for the benefit of society.

bioMT: Institute for Biomolecular Targeting (NIH COBRE)

Accelerates the research productivity and scientific impact of junior faculty leading interdisciplinary research projects in the areas of cancer, infection, neuroscience, and biomedical engineering across the spectrum of target discovery, validation, and inhibition.

BMDS Research Software

Bregman Media Labs

A collective of faculty, staff, and students working in music, film and media, architecture, computer science, neuroscience, and other disciplines.

The C. Everett Koop Institute at Dartmouth

Seeks to advance health and well-being through research, education, and policy efforts to protect public health and prevent disease particularly focusing on threats posed by the unhealthy promotion and use of consumer products.

Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Dartmouth

Works to understand how information is encoded in brain activity and structure.

Center for Health Equity

Works to enable people from communities large and small to overcome barriers to care and to build a healthier future for themselves and their children

Center for Imaging Medicine

Develops new imaging tools and methods and facilitates efforts toward the clinical translation of these new imaging and therapy tools.

Center for Learning and Professional Development

Offers diverse and innovative learning opportunities to enable health care professionals to maintain and improve their knowledge, skills, and behaviors.

Center for Molecular Epidemiology (NIH COBRE)

Seeks to transform the research capacity at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine by stimulating high impact research and translate cutting-edge approaches to enhance human health discoveries.

Center for Program Design and Evaluation at Dartmouth (CPDE)

Provides effective design and comprehensive, accurate and actionable feedback to help programs achieve their goals.

Center for Rural Health Care Delivery Science

The Center exists to address and better understand—rural health disparities to help improve outcomes. 

Center for Quantitative Biology

Supports and enhances NIH-funded quantitative biological research at Dartmouth and facilitates its integration with experimental biology.

Center for Social Brain Sciences

Focuses on the study of how the brain supports a sense of self and an understanding of others.

Center for Surgical Innovation

Seeks to improve surgical procedures and develop new surgical tools and technologies to improve patient care.

Center for Technology and Behavioral Health

Pursues informing and enhancing the development, evaluation, and implementation of novel technology-based interventions for substance-use and related disorders.

Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Center

Researches environmental exposures to common contaminants such as arsenic during fetal development and childhood; and the impact these exposures have on childhood immunity, growth, and neurological development.

Dartmouth Biomedical Engineering Center

Combines materials research, engineering design, biomechanical assessment and modeling and orthopaedic implant evaluation in an interactive teaching environment.

Dartmouth Brain Imaging Center

Houses an MRI machine used strictly for research and available to students and faculty studying a wide range of topics related to neuroscience.

Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning

Improves teaching and learning by provide resources, removing barriers, promoting evidence-based practices.

Dartmouth Center for Social Impact

Prepares students to be transformative leaders for the common good.

Dartmouth Centers For Health and Aging

Aims to improve the quality of life for northern New England’s more than 350,000 elderly, by fostering research, education and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Dartmouth Cystic Fibrosis Research Center

Builds on our CF-related research in lung infection, inflammation/immunity and translational science, by investigating host-microbe interactions in the gut, and their impact on gut dysbiosis and overall systemic health of CF-related diabetes patients.

Dartmouth Global Health Initiative

Provides opportunities for students to develop their interest and skills in global health through research partnerships and internship opportunities tailored to their educational and career goals.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock ALS Center

Encompasses a comprehensive care Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis clinic and research laboratories that study the condition at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.

Dartmouth Toxic Metals Superfund Research Program

Investigates the ways in which environmental arsenic and mercury affect ecosystems and human health.

Department of Biomedical Data Science

Advances scholarship and education for the quantitative and computational analysis of biomedical and health data.

Focuses on interdisciplinary research and development with expertise in big data, machine learning, data visualization, and user-centered software design.

Ethics Institute

Seeks to advance the study and teaching of ethics throughout the Dartmouth community through public programming, fellowships, funding for research and teaching, and an ethics across the curriculum course guide.

Geriatric Center for Excellence

Provides older adults and caregivers with access to education, support and resources for a variety of age related concerns.

Institute For Security, Technology and Society (ISTS)

Dedicated to pursuing research and education to advance information security and privacy throughout society.

John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding

Broadens the scope of learning through advanced study, interdisciplinary collaboration, research innovation, and respect for a diversity of viewpoints.

Magnuson Center for Entrepreneurship at Dartmouth

Serves Dartmouth students, faculty and alumni along all points of the entrepreneurial journey.

New Hampshire IDeA Network of Biological Research Excellence (NH-INBRE)

Aims to develop a coordinated network of biomedical research and research training in New Hampshire.

Norris Cotton Cancer Center

Works to prevent and cure cancer through pioneering interdisciplinary research, to translate new knowledge into better prevention and treatment, and to provide effective and compassionate clinical care that improves the lives of patients with cancer and their families.

The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice

Strives to improve population health, reduce disparities, and create high-performing, sustainable health systems.

Tuck Center for Healthcare

Creates learning opportunities, generates knowledge, and serves as a forum for understanding the business of health care and the impact of health care on business.

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