Welcome to this month’s edition of the Dartmouth College Fund’s student-produced vlog! In this video, Oumie ’27, a molecular biology major from Anchorage, Alaska, shares a journey shaped by curiosity, ambition, and a commitment to medicine.
With plans to pursue cardiothoracic surgery, Oumie has taken full advantage of Dartmouth’s hands-on learning opportunities—conducting cancer research in a translational immunogenomics lab and getting involved in organizations like the Nathan Smith Society and the National Society of Black Women in Medicine.
Along the way, Dartmouth has also been a place of meaningful “firsts,” from campus traditions to new academic experiences.
Watch the full video to hear Oumie’s story.
Full Video Transcript
Hi, my name is Oumie Fatty-Hydara and I'm a twenty-seven here at Dartmouth. I'm from Anchorage, Alaska, but my parents are from the West African nation of The Gambia. I'm studying molecular biology here, and I plan to pursue a career in cardiothoracic surgery.
On campus, I'm involved in a variety of different things. I would say that my favorite things are being a Dartmouth Cancer Scholar, a part of the Nathan Smith Society. I'm also on the board for the National Society of Black Women in Medicine, and I am a Global Health fellow.
So over the course of my off term, I was interning in the Chowdhury Translational Immunogenomics Lab, and basically what I was doing in this lab is working to be able to develop personalized assays for being able to detect a variety of cancers early on. And I'm really thankful to be able to have had the opportunity to learn such advanced molecular techniques at such an early age. It was really exciting to be able to learn these techniques from such amazing and great minds.
So coming into Dartmouth, I was super excited to be able to experience a bunch of my firsts, whether that be my first snowball fight, my first bonfire, my first Dartmouth-Princeton hockey game.
And now that I'm at the stage of my Dartmouth career where I'm transitioning into going into my last, it's allowed me the opportunity to be able to reflect on all that I've been able to overcome, but also all of the experiences that I've been able to build in my time here. So I'm really excited for what is to come next.
It's so interesting to see how much the alumni love Dartmouth and how invested they are in helping the students that are here, the students that were here, and the students that are coming here. Thank you so much to the wonderful alumni that have been able to help so many students, including me, be able to reach our success and our dreams.