STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
Student Spotlight: Niveditta Ramkumar, MD’26, PhD, MPH
For Niveditta Ramkumar, the path to medicine began with a desire to connect research, patient care, and healthcare innovation. She reflects on how Dartmouth’s interdisciplinary environment and mentorship helped shape her vision for improving care at both the individual and systems level.
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Student Spotlight: Ava Schroeder, MS in Healthcare Research ’26
MS in Healthcare Research student, Ava Schroeder, has immersed herself in patient-centered outcomes research, collaborative scholarship, and academic leadership. Most recently, she was selected to present at the 2026 Spring New England American College of Sports Medicine Conference at Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts.
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Student Spotlight: Emilio Del Toro, MD ’29
Emilio Del Toro, MD '29 views medicine as rooted in connection. His passion is shaped by a commitment to compassionate, culturally grounded care, guided by what he calls the “Platinum Rule”: treating others as they want to be treated.
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Student Spotlight: Jingyuan Zhang, MS ’28
Jingyuan Zhang is a tenure-track assistant professor in Special Education at East Tennessee State University. Her research focuses on implementing evidence-based mathematics interventions under the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support framework, with particular attention to implementation fidelity, adaptation, sustainability, and contextual fit in rural school settings.
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Student Spotlight: Elena Gupta, MD ’26
Now a fourth-year student at the Geisel School of Medicine, Elena Gupta arrived at medicine after exploring a wide range of paths, determined to make a thoughtful decision about how best to live out her purpose.
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Student Spotlight: Martin Blakely, MS’27
After two decades designing and leading clinical trials in surgery, Martin Blakely began to notice that evidence was not always translating into better patient outcomes. Discover his student experience in the MS in Implementation Science program at Dartmouth!
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Student Spotlight: Brian Wilson MS ’27
Brian Wilson brings a deep and varied career in high-acuity care and leadership to his studies as a Master of Science in Implementation Science candidate at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine. From wilderness search and rescue to flight nursing and hospital-based critical care, Wilson’s professional journey has been defined by a drive to turn evidence into action.
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Student Spotlight: Esha Brahmbhatt, MPH ’27
For Esha Brahmbhatt, public health intersects with media, culture, and the ways people make meaning of the world around them. A current student in Dartmouth’s Online Hybrid Master of Public Health program, Esha is already shaping conversations on communication and health, most recently through her published work.
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Student Spotlight: Vincent Busque MD '26
For Vincent Busque, the desire to become a doctor took shape early. “For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to become a doctor,” he reflects. He came to Dartmouth seeking something new. Having spent his life in the Bay Area, he was ready for seasons, winters, and as much skiing as possible, but what truly drew him to Geisel was the community. The close-knit environment, attention to humanity in medicine, and reputation stood out.
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Student Spotlight: Audrey Byrne, MS’27
For as long as she can remember, Audrey Byrne has wanted to become a surgeon. What began as a childhood fascination with mathematics and technology eventually evolved into a deeper understanding of how data shapes modern medicine. Through her experiences as both a clinical and basic science researcher, she saw how much information the healthcare system generates every moment, from vital signs to radiographic imaging to intra-operative metrics, and how often that data goes under-utilized. “As a pre-medical student, we aren’t taught how to unlock the value of that information,” she says. Pursuing data science felt like the missing piece in her academic trajectory, offering the tools to provide more individualized, evidence-based patient care.
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There is a 28% projected increase in data science jobs through 2026.