Kyla Rodgers PhD '19, Class Marshal
Hometown: Wolfeboro, N.H.
Degree: PhD, Experimental Molecular Medicine
Kyla Rodgers earned her BS in biochemistry and molecular biology from Gettysburg College in 2011, after which she began working as a research assistant in the Chou Laboratory at Dartmouth. In August 2013, she joined the Program in Experimental Molecular Medicine, where she continued her work in the Chou Lab, studying the innate immune functions of astrocytes and their implications for neurological conditions (i.e. Alzheimer’s disease). During her studies, she served as both a departmental representative and president of the Graduate Student Council, winning the Graduate Community Award in 2018. She is now completing her first year of her MD at the Geisel School of Medicine, and will serve as a Dickey Center Global Health Fellow this summer at the Comprehensive Rural Health Project in Jamkhed, India.
Favorite Place: Occom Pond and the DOC House
“I love the fine dining of Moosilauke Ravine Lodge. I adore the quiet splendor of an evening, lying on the docks and spotting shooting stars, then waking up to the call of the loons on a foggy summer morning at Hinman and Armington cabins. But I will never forget all of the loops I ran around Occom Pond when the yellow-green buds poked out their heads in the spring, or when the warm summer breeze rippled its surface, or when the scarlet- and canary-colored leaves dropped and crunched under my feet in the fall. I come here to find my peace.”
Kyla Rodgers PhD '19, Class Marshal
Hometown: Wolfeboro, N.H.
Degree: PhD, Experimental Molecular Medicine
Kyla Rodgers earned her BS in biochemistry and molecular biology from Gettysburg College in 2011, after which she began working as a research assistant in the Chou Laboratory at Dartmouth. In August 2013, she joined the Program in Experimental Molecular Medicine, where she continued her work in the Chou Lab, studying the innate immune functions of astrocytes and their implications for neurological conditions (i.e. Alzheimer’s disease). During her studies, she served as both a departmental representative and president of the Graduate Student Council, winning the Graduate Community Award in 2018. She is now completing her first year of her MD at the Geisel School of Medicine, and will serve as a Dickey Center Global Health Fellow this summer at the Comprehensive Rural Health Project in Jamkhed, India.
Favorite Place: Occom Pond and the DOC House
“I love the fine dining of Moosilauke Ravine Lodge. I adore the quiet splendor of an evening, lying on the docks and spotting shooting stars, then waking up to the call of the loons on a foggy summer morning at Hinman and Armington cabins. But I will never forget all of the loops I ran around Occom Pond when the yellow-green buds poked out their heads in the spring, or when the warm summer breeze rippled its surface, or when the scarlet- and canary-colored leaves dropped and crunched under my feet in the fall. I come here to find my peace.”