Dartmouth College

The smallest Ivy League university, Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, was founded in 1769 by Congregationalist cleric Eleazar Wheelock. In addition to being a liberal arts college, Dartmouth is known for its three professional schools: the Geisel School of Medicine, the Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business. The fourth-oldest school of medicine in the United States, the Geisel School of Medicine is ranked among the top medical schools in the country for primary care and biomedical research. The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, with its 17 primary appointee faculty and seven additional faculty members with joint appointments in medicine, psychiatry, and community and family medicine, is located in the Geisel School of Medicine. Primary research interests of department faculty, whose ...