​Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Jesse has been volunteering with syringe service programs in New Hampshire over the past three years. She is one of the many faces clients saw coming to pick up supplies at the Queen City Exchange in Manchester, NH and currently she volunteers with the HIV/HCV Resource Center in Lebanon, NH. In this role she prepares safe injection and wound care kits, delivers naloxone and syringe orders to clients across the Upper Valley and helps with center inventory data management. Coming to Dartmouth College as a PhD student, it was important for Jesse to find a community organization which supports people who use drugs and in the harm reduction community she has found just that: people who love their neighbors who use drugs without qualifications.

University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Teri Franklin volunteers time, energy and expertise in scientific writing to Dr. Schroeder an orthopedist who has observed dramatic improvement or resolution of chronic localized or systemic symptoms following removal of metal (i.e., screws/plates) from the foot and/or ankle. These symptoms include chronic fatigue- and fibromyalgia-type symptoms; back and/or neck pain; headaches; brain fog; anxiety; gastro-intestinal issues including diarrhea and IBS; cardiac issues; arthritis symptoms; edema issues; hair loss; muscle spasms; and temporary episodic paralysis. Resolution of pain and restoration of function also occurs in sites of the body remote to where metal had been removed. Dr. Franklin assists with writing case studies to contribute to the accumulating evidence that various metals placed within the body of individuals who have become hypersensitive or allergic to metals can result in systemic illness, and further, that the removal of such metals can ameliorate pain and restore function. The goal of Drs. Schroeder and Franklin is to alert orthopedists to ‘Be Metal Aware’ that allergies to metals occur commonly and people are suffering needlessly.