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GUMC News Release Archive

The Georgetown University Medical Center Office of Communications invites members of the media to browse our latest news releases and fact sheets, upcoming events, and faculty experts database. We welcome media inquiries.

May 15, 2013

Georgetown Receives PCORI Research Award to Study Latina Breast Cancer Survivorship

May 15, 2013

First Prospective Trial Shows Molecular Profiling Timely for Tailoring Therapy

May 14, 2013

MEDIA ADVISORY: Music for the Mind

May 14, 2013

Georgetown Gynecologist Says Expectations of Organ Prolapse Surgery Should be Tempered

May 13, 2013

Preclinical Tests Shows Agent Stops “Slippery” Proteins from Binding, Causing Ewing Sarcoma

May 10, 2013

Cancer Drug Prevents Build-up of Toxic Brain Protein

May 8, 2013

Brain Anatomy of Dyslexia Is Not the Same in Men and Women, Boys and Girls

May 7, 2013

Initiation of Breast Cancer Treatment Varies By Race; Patient-Doctor Communication Is Key

May 6, 2013

Georgetown Lombardi Team Raises $145,000 for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer

Apr 24, 2013

GUMC Launches Center for Innovation and Leadership in Education

Apr 10, 2013

Excess Estrogen in Pregnancy Can Silence BRCA1 in Daughters, Increasing Breast Cancer Risk

Apr 10, 2013

Exposure to Space Radiation Reduces Ability of Intestinal Cells to Destroy Oncoprotein

Apr 9, 2013

Georgetown Univ. and Hackensack Univ. Medical Center Form Cancer Center Affiliation

Apr 8, 2013

High-risk Screening and High Rate of Follow Up — Patient Navigators Credited

Apr 3, 2013

Assessing Disease Surveillance and Notification Systems After a Pandemic

Apr 2, 2013

College Athletes Twice as Likely to Have Depression than Retired Collegiate Athletes

Mar 20, 2013

Researchers Link Gulf War Illness to Physical Changes in Brain Fibers that Process Pain

Mar 20, 2013

Center for Cellular Reprogramming Created To Drive Laboratory Breakthrough

Mar 19, 2013

Dr. Karen E. Anderson Named Director of Huntington Disease Center at Georgetown

Mar 18, 2013

Difficulty in Recognizing Faces in Autism Linked to Performance in a Group of Neurons

Mar 14, 2013

Series of Studies First to Examine Acupuncture’s Mechanisms of Action

Mar 7, 2013

Center for Translational Transplant Medicine Explores New Approach in Transplantation

Feb 24, 2013

Newport Awarded Lifetime Achievement Award from Association for Psychological Science

Feb 19, 2013

MEDIA ADVISORY: Guns and Suicide – Tips for Preventing a Tragedy

Feb 19, 2013

MEDIA ADVISORY: Women & Wine VIII

Feb 15, 2013

Giuseppe Giaccone Joins Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center

Feb 8, 2013

Study: Premiums for Public Health Insurance Affect Coverage

Feb 8, 2013

For Stroke Patients, Mechanical Clot Removal Delivers No Advantage Over Standard Care

Jan 30, 2013

St. Baldrick’s Grant Awarded to Georgetown University Medical Center

Jan 16, 2013

Georgetown Psychiatrist Comments on Mental Health Portion of President’s Gun Violence Plan

Jan 14, 2013

Georgetown Physician Comments on Robin Roberts To Return to Good Morning America

Jan 9, 2013

The Flu - A Family Affair?

Jan 9, 2013

Newly Found “Volume Control” in the Brain Promotes Learning, Memory

Jan 3, 2013

Howard J. Federoff Named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

Dec 31, 2012

Capital Breast Care Center Appoints New Executive Director

Dec 20, 2012

Removing Protein “Garbage” in Nerve Cells May Help Control Two Neurodegenerative Diseases

Dec 17, 2012

Study Uncovers Possible Mechanism Used by BRCA1 to Suppress Tumors

Dec 16, 2012

Going Back To School After the Newtown Massacre; Georgetown Experts Offer Advice for Parents

Dec 10, 2012

Louis M. Weiner Appointed to NCI Board of Scientific Counselors

Nov 26, 2012

MEDIA ADVISORY

Nov 26, 2012

Symposium Explores Obstacles to Boosting Patient Enrollment in Clinical Trials

Nov 21, 2012

“Different Kind of Stem Cell” Possesses Attributes Favoring Regenerative Medicine

Nov 15, 2012

Georgetown University Medical Center Presents Top Honor to John Ruffin

Nov 15, 2012

Dietary Glucose Affects the Levels of A Powerful Oncogene in Mice

Nov 6, 2012

Strong Tobacco Control Policies in Brazil Credited for More Than 400,000 Lives Saved

Oct 31, 2012

26th Annual Lombardi Gala to Benefit Cancer Research

Oct 31, 2012

Robert Kraft To Receive NFL Players Association Georgetown Lombardi Award Nov. 3 in Washington

Oct 25, 2012

Robert Kraft Named First Recipient of NFL Players Association Georgetown Lombardi Award

Oct 24, 2012

Georgetown University and Catholic Health Initiatives Form Affiliation to Support Nursing Leadership, Quality of Care

Oct 17, 2012

Might Lefties and Righties Benefit Differently from a Power Nap?

Oct 15, 2012

PNAS Study: Language Structure Arises from Balance of Clear and Effective Communication

Oct 15, 2012

Do re mi fa… How Do You Know What Comes Next?

Oct 14, 2012

What You Hear Could Depend on What Your Hands are Doing

Oct 12, 2012

Art Exhibit at Georgetown Features Illustrations of Medicinal, Healing Plants

Oct 11, 2012

Georgetown Opens Office of Minority Health & Health Disparities Research in SE Washington

Oct 1, 2012

Georgetown University Medical Center Establishes Center for Drug Discovery

Sep 26, 2012

First Use in Patient of Conditionally Reprogrammed Cells Delivers Clinical Response

Sep 25, 2012

Georgetown Appoints Chair of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Biomathematics

Sep 11, 2012

Pregnancy Exposures Determine Risk of Breast Cancer in Multiple Generations of Offspring

Sep 7, 2012

Georgetown’s Victoria Shanmugam, M.D., Receives $1.9M NIH Grant to Study Wound Healing

Sep 5, 2012

Georgetown Lombardi Researcher Awarded “Provocative Question” Grant from NCI

Sep 4, 2012

Georgetown University Medical Ctr Establishes Innovation Center for Biomedical Informatics

Aug 16, 2012

Black Stroke Survivors Have Higher Blood Pressure, Increased Risk of Repeat Stroke

Jul 27, 2012

Georgetown, MedStar NRH Researcher Receives Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Grant

Jul 19, 2012

First Huntington Disease Center Established in Washington, D.C. Area

Jul 11, 2012

Georgetown University, MedStar National Rehabilitation Network Create Unique Brain Center

Jul 10, 2012

Potential Cause of HIV-associated Dementia Revealed

Jul 2, 2012

Single Protein Promotes Resistance to Widely Used Anti-estrogen Drugs

Jun 26, 2012

NIH Awards $6.1 Million Grant to GUMC to Establish Center of Excellence for Health Disparities

Jun 21, 2012

Meet Me at the Men’s Event

Jun 19, 2012

Georgetown Lombardi Breast Cancer Expert to Lead ASCO

Jun 14, 2012

Seven of 10 Commuters Using Capital Bikeshare Forgo Helmet Use

May 30, 2012

Research Links Bats' Acoustical Repertoire of Calls to Its Behaviors

May 21, 2012

GUMC Announces the George Bergeron Endowed Professorship in Neuroscience

May 21, 2012

Study Conducted at Georgetown Lombardi Finds Sigmoidoscopy Reduces Colorectal Cancer Rates

May 20, 2012

Four Acute Mushroom Poisonings in Two Weeks

May 16, 2012

Study Combines Lapatinib with Cetuximab to Overcome Resistance in EGFR-driven Tumors

May 16, 2012

Phase I Study of Temsirolimus, Capecitabine Proves Safe; Positive Survival Trend Seen

May 15, 2012

Georgetown’s Turner Calls Federal Alzheimer’s Disease Plan Step in Right Direction

May 14, 2012

Georgetown Physician Leads National Resveratrol Study for Alzheimer’s Disease

May 14, 2012

PharmedOut Conference To Address Public Health Effects Of Industry Promotion

May 11, 2012

New Study Raises Questions about Use of Anti-Epilepsy Drugs in Newborns

May 9, 2012

Men and Women With Few Memory Problems Invited to Take Part in Alzheimer’s Disease Study

May 7, 2012

Georgetown Lombardi Receives $500,000 From Avon at 10th Annual Avon Walk for Breast Cancer

May 2, 2012

Media Advisory: Spring into Action this May for Georgetown University’s Annual Diabetes Gala

May 2, 2012

Georgetown’s Sandberg Delivers Named Lecture at Experimental Biology Meeting

Apr 30, 2012

Research Examines When Benefits of Screening Mammography Outweigh the Harms for Women in Their 40s

Apr 17, 2012

Georgetown Researcher on Climate Change: Reduce Contribution, Care for Victims, Advocate

Apr 11, 2012

Media Advisory: 'Bachelors and Bridesmaids'

Apr 10, 2012

Culprit Responsible for Severe Systemic Scleroderma Complications in African-Americans Found

Apr 3, 2012

Stopping the Spread of a Deadly Childhood Bone Cancer

Apr 2, 2012

Two Specific Agents Worse Than One in Treating Endocrine Resistant Breast Cancer Cells

Apr 2, 2012

Breast Cancer Resistance Linked to Timing of Soy Consumption

Mar 28, 2012

In Immersion Foreign Language Learning, Adults Attain, Retain Native Speaker Brain Pattern

Mar 27, 2012

Georgetown MD/PhD Student Awarded International Recognition for Cancer Research

Mar 26, 2012

Media Advisory: 'Music for the Mind'

Mar 25, 2012

Cardiologist Dr. Allen J. Taylor Comments on Vice President Dick Cheney’s Heart Transplant

Mar 21, 2012

'Music for the Mind'

Mar 21, 2012

To Promote Lasting Impact, Cancer Drugs Should Force Dying Cells to Alert Immune Response

Mar 18, 2012

Researchers Reveal How a Single Gene Mutation Leads to Uncontrolled Obesity

Mar 15, 2012

Bright Future Ahead for Antibody Cancer Therapy

Mar 15, 2012

Empowering Nurses to Help Diagnose Mental Health Issues Among Children, Adolescents

Mar 9, 2012

Georgetown Grad Student Honored for Research “Quality, Originality and Significance”

Feb 28, 2012

Georgetown Lombardi Recruits Michael B. Atkins, M.D. as Deputy Director

Feb 15, 2012

JAMA Review Praises Georgetown Professor’s Online Anatomy Dissector

Feb 9, 2012

Georgetown Hosts Forum to Discuss Government Request of Journals to Redact Scientific Data

Feb 7, 2012

Georgetown Alzheimer’s Research Director Applauds Funding Announced by Obama Administration

Feb 2, 2012

Men and Women With Few Memory Problems Invited to Take Part in GUMC Study

Jan 30, 2012

Researchers Rewrite Textbook on Location of Brain’s Speech Processing Center

Jan 26, 2012

Georgetown Lombardi Researchers Present New Findings on Head & Neck Cancers

Jan 24, 2012

Georgetown University Medical Center Licenses “Theranostic” for Development

Jan 20, 2012

Georgetown Professor Applauds Decision of Researchers to Temporarily Halt Research on H5N1

Jan 19, 2012

Balancing Scientific Freedom and National Security

Jan 5, 2012

DC Research Institutions Partner on Development of Health Disparities Online Tool

Jan 3, 2012

Bat Brains Parse Sounds for Multitasking

Jan 3, 2012

Georgetown Pharmacologist V. Craig Jordan To Receive 2012 ASPET Goodman & Gilman Award

Dec 19, 2011

Georgetown Researchers Lead Discovery Expected to Significantly Change Biomedical Research

Dec 19, 2011

Acupuncture Reduces Protein Linked to Stress In First of its Kind Animal Study

Dec 14, 2011

Researchers Investigate Link Between Autoimmune Diseases and Wounds That Don’t Heal

Dec 8, 2011

Potential Breast Cancer Prevention Agent Found to Lower Levels of “Good” Cholesterol Over Time

Dec 8, 2011

Georgetown Trauma Expert Available to Comment on Dec. 8, 2011 Virginia Tech Shooting

Dec 6, 2011

Researchers Discover Patterns of Genes Associated with Timing of Breast Cancer Recurrences

Nov 19, 2011

Fighting a Smarter War Against Cancer

Nov 14, 2011

Improved Memory Efficiency Seen After Aerobic Exercise In Fibromyalgia Patients

Nov 14, 2011

Skilled Readers Rely on Their Brain’s “Visual Dictionary” to Recognize Words

Nov 14, 2011

Alzheimer’s Vaccine Triggers Brain Inflammation When Brain Amyloid Burden is High

Nov 11, 2011

Study Helps Eliminate Causes for Joint Pain Linked to Commonly Used Breast Cancer Drugs

Nov 5, 2011

Researchers Investigate Link Between Autoimmune Diseases and Wounds That Don’t Heal

Oct 28, 2011

Fighting a Smarter War Against Cancer

Oct 28, 2011

Georgetown Lombardi Gala 2011

Oct 27, 2011

Georgetown Researchers Examine 21-Year Series of Nipple Sparing Mastectomy Cases and Find No Cancers

Oct 26, 2011

FDA Awards Georgetown University a Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science & Innovation

Oct 25, 2011

Scrub Your Melon! That’s the Advice from a Georgetown Food Safety Expert

Oct 21, 2011

Physician Available to Comment on Pending CDC Recommendation on HPV Vaccination for Males

Oct 18, 2011

For Some Kids, Fears Aren’t Reserved for Halloween

Oct 17, 2011

Jamie S. Padmore Appointed as Associate Dean at GUMC and VP at MedStar Health

Oct 11, 2011

Capital Breast Care Center Celebrates the Gift of Life

Sep 30, 2011

HHS Secretary Sebelius, Cancer Survivors to Recognize Lifesaving Cancer Screening Program

Sep 28, 2011

Researchers Call For Release of All Clinical Research Results, Positive or Negative

Sep 23, 2011

Georgetown Expert Warns Against Eating Mushrooms in the Wild

Sep 20, 2011

Long-Term Effectiveness of New Family Planning Method Shown in Study

Sep 20, 2011

Georgetown Professor Receives Top Honor for Excellence in Hypertension Research

Sep 19, 2011

Shark Compound Proves Potential as Drug to Treat Human Viruses, says GUMC Researcher

Sep 13, 2011

Georgetown, Howard Joint Research Center Names Community Advisory Board

Sep 12, 2011

Heavy Rains Could Result in a Flood of People at Doctors’ Offices

Sep 10, 2011

Georgetown Professor Named to Federal Council on Health Equity

Sep 1, 2011

GUMC Rheumatologist Comments On Sjogren’s Syndrome; Venus Williams Announces Diagnosis

Aug 18, 2011

Mutant Gene Identified that Causes Abnormal Chromosome Count, Leading to Cancer

Aug 18, 2011

Capital Breast Care Center Expands Services for Underserved Women, Receives $200,000 Gift

Aug 12, 2011

Higher estrogen production in the breast could confer greater cancer risk than thought

Aug 12, 2011

Georgetown Psychologist: Sept. 11th Anniversary Triggers Two Common Emotional Reactions

Aug 1, 2011

Doctors: Colon Cleansing Has No Benefit But Many Side Effects Including Vomiting and Death

Jul 22, 2011

Study: Doctors Differ in How Best to Care for America’s 12 Million Cancer Survivors

Jul 21, 2011

Dolphins’ “Remarkable” Recovery from Injury Offers Important Insights for Human Healing

Jul 20, 2011

“E-Cigarette or Drug Delivery Device?”

Jul 7, 2011

Georgetown Lombardi Experts Underscore Importance of Colorectal Cancer Screenings

Jul 1, 2011

Hyundai “Hope on Wheels,” DC-Area Hyundai Dealers Give $50k Grant to Georgetown Lombardi

Jun 30, 2011

Researchers Identify Key Reasons Racial Disparities Exist in Emergent Stroke Treatment

Jun 29, 2011

Landmark Lung Cancer Screening Study Published

Jun 22, 2011

Roadmap Published for Dynamic Mapping of Estrogen Signaling in Breast Cancer

Jun 22, 2011

Researchers Identify Components of Speech Recognition Pathway in Humans

Jun 6, 2011

Many of Those Living with HIV Face A New Life-Threatening Challenge: Cancer

Jun 6, 2011

Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Capital Breast Care Center Receive One of Nine AVON Grants

Jun 6, 2011

New Online Dissector Helps Students Master Gross Anatomy

Jun 6, 2011

East Meets West: Integrating Traditional Western Medicine with Evidence-Based Alternatives

May 31, 2011

Georgetown Lombardi’s Rosen Receives $600,000 to Investigate New Breast Cancer Treatment

May 31, 2011

GUMC Neurosurgeons Pen Book on Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

May 27, 2011

PharmedOut Asks “Who’s Managing Medical Knowledge?”

May 23, 2011

Georgetown’s Howard Federoff Joins Top Neuroscientists in Charting 10-Year Research Agenda

May 20, 2011

Georgetown University’s School of Nursing & Health Studies Announces Commencement Speaker, Honorary Degree Recipient

May 19, 2011

Georgetown University School of Medicine Announces Commencement Speaker, Honorary Degree Recipient

May 18, 2011

Blood Test Confirmed to be “Powerful Predictor” Following Largest Analysis to Date

May 18, 2011

New Treatment Regimen Shows Clinical Benefit in Advanced Colon Cancer

May 15, 2011

MEDIA ADVISORY: Georgetown University Celebrates $87 Million Gift

May 11, 2011

Georgetown Expert Featured in HBO Documentary

May 6, 2011

Attention Calendar Editors: 'Music for the Mind'--To Support Neurologic Disease Research

May 5, 2011

Majority of African-Americans Report Calling a Friend, Not 911, When Facing the Symptoms of a Stroke

Apr 29, 2011

Investigational Agent Shows Promise in Reducing Spread of Prostate Cancer

Apr 27, 2011

Media Advisory: Capital Breast Care Centers Hosts 'Prelude to a Royal Wedding'

Apr 22, 2011

GUMC Environmental Health Expert Comments on Call for Tighter Regulations of Chemicals

Apr 18, 2011

Study: Parents Likely to Embrace Predictive Genetic Testing for Their Children if Offered

Apr 17, 2011

Georgetown’s Dan Merenstein Receives Fulbright Award

Apr 15, 2011

Undergraduate wins first place in KaiserEDU.org essay contest

Apr 13, 2011

MEDIA ADVISORY: George Squared Signing Ceremony

Apr 11, 2011

Doctors Speak Out: Translational Medicine

Apr 6, 2011

Researchers Use Novel Methods to Identify How Cigarette Smoke Affects Smokers

Apr 5, 2011

Georgetown University Medical Center Receives More than $28 Million in Grants From ARRA

Apr 5, 2011

Protein Found to Be the Link Missing Between HPV Infection and Cervical Cancer Development

Apr 4, 2011

Resistance to Anti-Estrogen Therapy in Breast Cancer Cells Due to Natural Stress Response

Apr 4, 2011

Social Isolation, Stress-Induced Obesity Increases Breast Cancer Risk in Mice

Apr 4, 2011

Vitamin D Can Decrease - or Increase - Breast Cancer Development and Insulin Resistance

Apr 3, 2011

Every Dollar Counts: Young Career Scientists Dependent on Federal Funding to Establish Research Labs

Mar 31, 2011

Georgetown Lombardi Researcher Says New Cancer Report Offers Some Good News

Mar 31, 2011

Georgetown Expert Comments on WHO Statement that Radiation from Cell Phones Could Cause Cancer

Mar 24, 2011

Survey: Most Family Medicine Residencies Restrict Interactions Between Trainees, Industry

Mar 24, 2011

Stem Cell Therapy for Age-Related Macular Degeneration –A Step Closer to Reality

Mar 24, 2011

FDA Committee Examines Food Color Additives and Impact on Behavior in Children

Mar 21, 2011

Japanese Plant Workers Who Suffer Radiation Sickness Face Immediate Risk of Infection

Mar 19, 2011

Georgetown Expert in Radiation Measurements Comments on Crisis in Japan

Mar 16, 2011

St. Gallen Breast Cancer Award 2011 Bestowed on Georgetown Lombardi’s V. Craig Jordan

Mar 14, 2011

Media Advisory: Radiation Expert Offers Answers to Three Common Questions

Mar 14, 2011

Two Georgetown University Graduate Students Part of US Contingent at Lindau Meeting

Mar 10, 2011

GUMC Regulatory Science & Medicine Program to “Follow the Science” in Decision-Making

Mar 8, 2011

Lombardi’s Peter Shields Elected President of American Society of Preventive Oncology

Mar 7, 2011

Boosting Protein Garbage Disposal In Brain Cells Protects Mice From Alzheimer’s Disease

Mar 2, 2011

Expert on Adverse Drug Reactions/Drug Injury Available to Comment on FDA Action Regarding Unapproved Drugs

Feb 24, 2011

FDA and Georgetown University Medical Center Announce Partnership

Feb 8, 2011

Georgetown University Medical Center Names Cancer Expert as Dean for Research

Feb 7, 2011

Georgetown University Medical Center Announces Spring “Mini-Med School” Schedule

Feb 3, 2011

Unique Clinical Trial Design Accelerates Personalization of Breast Cancer Treatment

Feb 2, 2011

New Clinical Research Study Aims to Prevent Lymphedema in Women Treated for Breast Cancer

Jan 31, 2011

Georgetown Lombardi Researchers Launch First Nationwide Study to Explore “Chemo Brain” In Older Patients

Jan 20, 2011

Georgetown University Medical Center Announces Spring “Mini-Med School” Schedule

Jan 12, 2011

GUMC researcher says tinnitus is much more than a “hearing problem”

Jan 11, 2011

Georgetown University to Launch Dynamic Nursing Degree Program Online

Jan 6, 2011

President Barack Obama Signs Food Modernization Act

Dec 14, 2010

MEDIA ADVISORY: Up Close and Personal With Parkinson’s Disease

Dec 12, 2010

“Grow Your Own Transplant” May be Possible for Men with Type 1 Diabetes

Dec 9, 2010

Early Study Analysis Suggests Exemestane Reduces Breast Density in High Risk Postmenopausal Women

Dec 7, 2010

New Book Helps Kids -and Parents- Kick the Pacifier Habit

Dec 2, 2010

GUMC Invites Men and Women with Memory Problems to Take Part in Study

Dec 2, 2010

iCycleBeads™: New iPhone Application for Planning and Avoiding Pregnancy

Nov 19, 2010

Georgetown University to Host Dr. Mary Wakefield, HRSA Administrator

Nov 14, 2010

Bat Brains Offer Clues As to How We Focus on Some Sounds and Not Others

Nov 14, 2010

fMRI Predicts Outcome to Talk Therapy in Children With an Anxiety Disorder, Say GUMC Researchers

Nov 14, 2010

Mental Introspection Increases as Brain Areas Begin to Act in Sync

Nov 10, 2010

Lombardi Physician Says Warnings Proposed by HHS Are Critical to Preventing and Reducing Cigarette Smoking

Nov 7, 2010

Studying the Metabolome of Smokers, Lombardi Researchers Find Early Signs of Damage

Nov 7, 2010

Scleroderma Dramatically Under-Diagnosed With Commercial Screening Method

Nov 7, 2010

Joint Pain Linked to Breast Cancer Drug Not Inflammatory Arthritis or Autoimmune Disease

Nov 4, 2010

Results of National Study Show Screening Former, Current Smokers with CT Scans Reduces Death from Lung Cancer

Nov 2, 2010

GUMC Associate Dean Honored as Legacy Laureate by Her Alma Mater

Nov 1, 2010

Georgetown University to Host National Hispanic Medical Association Official

Oct 29, 2010

Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development Receives $17 Million Grant To Improve Child and Adolescent Mental Health Care

Oct 28, 2010

Georgetown Researcher Says Cholera Cases and Deaths in Haiti are Likely Higher Than Reported

Oct 28, 2010

Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Marks 40th Anniversary of Its Founding with Gala

Oct 26, 2010

Unique Database of Cancer - Designed to Personalize Treatment - Is Launched

Oct 26, 2010

Lombardi Research: Robotic Radiosurgery Offers Palliative Care for Hilar Lung Tumors

Oct 25, 2010

Improved Outcomes for HPV-positive Head and Neck Cancer With Cetuximab And IMRT

Oct 23, 2010

Lombardi’s Aziza Shad Receives “Relentless For A Cure” Award

Oct 21, 2010

Georgetown University School of Medicine Faculty Member Elected to Institute of Medicine

Oct 21, 2010

GUMC Invites Men and Women with Memory Problems to Take Part in Study

Oct 19, 2010

A Redeeming Role for A Common Virus

Oct 18, 2010

Georgetown University to Host Federal Nursing Science Leader

Oct 16, 2010

$4.37 Million NCI Grant Accelerates Recent Laboratory Finding at Lombardi Into Potential Treatment for Ewing’s Sarcoma

Oct 16, 2010

Gene Linked to ADHD Allows Memory Task to be Interrupted by Brain Regions Tied to Daydreaming

Oct 15, 2010

'Make it go Away!' Conquering Pain with Pain Management

Oct 13, 2010

Trauma Expert from GUMC Available for Media Interviews About Chilean Miners Rescue

Oct 10, 2010

Knowing the Signs of a Stroke is Not Enough

Oct 6, 2010

GUMC Researchers Find the Blind Use Visual Brain Area to Improve Other Senses

Oct 6, 2010

Reviving the FDA: NEJM Perspective

Oct 4, 2010

D.C. Leaders Join Breast Cancer Survivors, Advocates to Commemorate Breast Cancer Awareness Month at ‘Gift of Life’ Breakfast

Oct 1, 2010

For Media: Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center's Breast Cancer Awareness Month Press Kit

Oct 1, 2010

Haramati Receives International Association of Medical Science Educators Master Scholar Award

Oct 1, 2010

Lombardi Study: Vigorous Exercise Appears to Dramatically Cut Breast Cancer Risk in African American Women

Sep 22, 2010

Georgetown Researcher: Targeted Therapy Triggers Complex Mechanism of Resistance

Sep 21, 2010

Vitamin D Protects Against Obesity-induced Endometrial Cancer, GUMC Researchers Say

Sep 18, 2010

GUMC’s Kenneth Tercyak Publishes Book on Psychosocial Aspects of Genomic Advances for Child and Family Health

Sep 13, 2010

Georgetown Professor Named Doctor of the Year by Scleroderma Foundation

Sep 13, 2010

Are We Ready For Personalized Medical Treatment Based on a Patient’s Racial and Ethnic Background?

Sep 13, 2010

Georgetown Doctor on Frontline of Cough Suppressant Use and Abuse Among Adolescents

Sep 13, 2010

FDA Committee Considers Genetically Engineered Salmon for Consumption

Sep 13, 2010

Georgetown University Receives Largest-Ever Gift

Sep 7, 2010

Georgetown University School of Medicine’s Matthew Levy Selected as Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow

Sep 2, 2010

Improved Biomedical Research Framework Policy Needed for New Treatments, Economic Growth, Higher Education and National Security

Aug 24, 2010

Howard J. Federoff Named Co-Editor of Journal Focused on Innovation

Aug 24, 2010

From Farm to Fork: Georgetown University Medical Center Researcher Available to Comment on Salmonella and Food Safety

Aug 24, 2010

Georgetown Bioethicist Available to Comment on Embryonic Stem Cell Ruling

Aug 18, 2010

Georgetown Researcher Warns of Health Disaster of “Epic Proportions” in Pakistan

Aug 15, 2010

Primary Care Doctors Get Little Information about Chronic Sinusitis

Aug 11, 2010

Hyundai Hope on Wheels Gives $50,000 to Lombardi to Fight Pediatric Cancer

Jul 20, 2010

Lombardi Lymphoma Expert Elected Chairman of Lymphoma Research Foundation's Scientific Advisory Board

Jul 14, 2010

Georgetown University Medical Center and Howard University Receive $38.2 Million NIH Grant to Form Center for Clinical and Translational Science

Jul 6, 2010

Researchers Suggest New Paradigm for Breast Cancer Screening

Jun 25, 2010

Imaging reveals how brain fails to tune out phantom sounds of tinnitus, GUMC researcher says

Jun 21, 2010

MEDIA ADVISORY: Pebbles Along the “Path” to Personalized Medicine

Jun 16, 2010

Despite Years of Study, Little is Understood About Alcohol’s Effect on Fetal Development, Georgetown Researchers say

Jun 14, 2010

Founders’ Day Awards Honor Excellence in Service to Teaching, Medicine

Jun 10, 2010

Lombardi’s Offie Soldin Responds to Recommendations About Dietary Salt Reductions

Jun 7, 2010

Consortium Seeks Best Treatment for HIV-positive Cancer Patients

Jun 4, 2010

Lombardi’s V. Craig Jordan Appointed to the Susan G. Komen Scientific Advisory Council

Jun 2, 2010

MEDIA ADVISORY: Georgetown Medical Students Take a ‘Brake’ to Host First Annual Auto Fair this Saturday

May 19, 2010

Study Finds Yogurt-Like Drink DanActive® Reduced Rate of Common Infections in Daycare Children

May 19, 2010

MEDIA ADVISORY: Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS) Commencement to Honor 187 Graduates

May 18, 2010

Statement from Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center on NCI Director-designate Harold Varmus

May 18, 2010

Georgetown University School of Medicine Commencement to Honor 195 Graduates

May 14, 2010

Early Study Results Suggest Investigational Treatment Slows Brain Atrophy in Alzheimer’s Patients

May 13, 2010

Slight Changes in Two Key Genes Appear to Launch Breast Cancer Development

May 10, 2010

Lombardi Researchers Discover New Way to "Rescue" Treatment Sensitivity of Breast Cancer Cells

May 4, 2010

Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Researchers and the Capital Breast Care Center Receive One of Nine Grants Awarded at Eighth Annual Avon Walk for Breast Cancer

May 4, 2010

Statement from Dean for Medical Education, Stephen Ray Mitchell, MD, Georgetown University School of Medicine

May 3, 2010

New Study Examines Innovative Approach to Student Well-Being

Apr 30, 2010

Media Advisory: AVON Continues Support of Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and Capital Breast Care Center (CBCC)

Apr 29, 2010

Georgetown University Students Win KaiserEDU.org Award for Health Policy Essays

Apr 28, 2010

Lombardi’s V. Craig Jordan Inducted to National Academy of Sciences

Apr 21, 2010

Breast Density Change Linked to Cancer Development in WHI Hormone Replacement Study

Apr 21, 2010

One Big Problem With Many Possible Solutions

Apr 21, 2010

Georgetown University to Co-Host Conference on Environment, Health Systems

Apr 20, 2010

In Breasts Considered 'Healthy,' Too Much of One Protein Identifies Abnormal Growth

Apr 20, 2010

Lombardi Research Teams Hone In on Treatments for Osteoscarcoma and Ewing’s Sarcoma

Apr 19, 2010

Breast Cancer Risk Tied to Grandmother's Diet

Apr 19, 2010

Does a Man's Estrogen Level Impact His Risk of Prostate Cancer?

Apr 18, 2010

Routine Breast Cancer Biopsy Might Predict Lymph Node Cancer Spread

Apr 18, 2010

GUMC Awarded Grant to Develop Smoking Cessation Aids Based on Unconventional Theory of Nicotine Addiction

Apr 15, 2010

Drug shared by addicts seems to protect against HIV brain dementia

Apr 15, 2010

Getting the Bead on Conception

Apr 14, 2010

Georgetown University to Host Event on Food Safety

Apr 13, 2010

Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) Presents “Caribbean Nights” to Benefit the Children’s Diabetes Center

Apr 6, 2010

Georgetown University to Host Eighth Annual Undergraduate Research Conference

Mar 30, 2010

Targeted Agent Blocked Growth of Deadly Brain Cancer in Preclinical Studies

Mar 23, 2010

PharmedOut Asks “Should Industry Fund Continuing Medical Education?”

Mar 22, 2010

Lombardi Receives $7.5 Million in Federal Funding to Lead Breast Cancer-focused Center for Cancer Systems Biology

Mar 22, 2010

Lombardi's Ayesha N. Shajahan Wins 2010 AACR-Sanofi-Aventis Scholar-in-Training Award

Mar 19, 2010

GUMC Faculty Member Receives Washington Business Journal’s 2010 Minority Business Leader Award

Mar 18, 2010

Forgetting to Remember: Our Minds Matter Most

Mar 16, 2010

GUMC Researchers Say Female Sex Chromosomes, Not Just Hormones, Help Regulate Blood Pressure

Mar 15, 2010

‘Off with your Hair’: Georgetown Students Brave the Shave to Fight Pediatric Cancer

Mar 15, 2010

Medical Students Will Make Their 'Match' on March 18

Feb 15, 2010

GUMC Researchers Say Flower Power May Reduce Resistance to Breast Cancer Drug Tamoxifen

Feb 9, 2010

Media Advisory: GUMC Experts Offer Commentary on Olympic-related Medical Stories

Feb 5, 2010

GUMC’s Lombardi Hosts Symposium Exploring Future of Cancer Research and Personalized Medicine

Feb 1, 2010

Georgetown University Medical Center Announces Spring “Mini-Med School” Schedule

Jan 28, 2010

Journal Academic Radiology Selects Lombardi Researcher as Recipient of 2010 Herbert M. Stauffer Award for Best Basic Science Paper

Jan 22, 2010

Journal Nutrition Selects Lombardi Research on Cancer-Preventive Effects of Garlic as Most Outstanding Work for 2009

Jan 18, 2010

Georgetown’s Ranit Mishori Responds to Urgent Call for Help from TV Medical Journalist in Haiti

Jan 15, 2010

Hurricane Katrina, 9/11 First-Responder and Community Trauma Expert from GUMC Available for Media Interviews

Jan 8, 2010

Professor Publishes Study on Tobacco Smoke and Learning Disabilities

Jan 6, 2010

Lombardi Researchers Find Investigational Agent Reduces Tumor Resistance to Breast Cancer Therapy

Dec 29, 2009

New Research Could Advance Research Field Critical to Personalized Medicine

Dec 11, 2009

Clinical Trial Advances New Approach to Re-sensitizing Breast Cancer

Dec 7, 2009

National Early Childhood Education Summit to Address Workforce Development

Dec 3, 2009

First Year Medical Students Meet Face-to-Face With Homeless

Nov 19, 2009

Georgetown University Faculty Member Named D.C.'s Top Professor

Nov 16, 2009

For Many Women, Mammography Screening Every Other Year Has Most Benefits of Annual Exams but Less Harm, Conclude Six Independent Research Teams

Nov 11, 2009

On the Road to the Cure: Innovation and Signature Treatments at Georgetown Lombardi

Nov 11, 2009

Physician Bias Might Keep Life-Saving Transplants From Black and Hispanic Patients

Nov 9, 2009

Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Researchers Honored

Nov 5, 2009

The “Lexus” of Cancer Treatment -- One Man’s Inspiring Drive to Survive

Nov 3, 2009

Patients with Early Stage Lung Cancer and Good Lung Function Have Excellent Survival Expectations When Treated with Radical Stereotactic Radiosurgery

Nov 3, 2009

Less Brain Swelling Occurs With Multiple Sessions of Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Common Brain Tumor

Nov 2, 2009

Medical Center Professor Selected As Fellow of American Academy of Nursing

Oct 31, 2009

Personalizing Personalized Medicine By Applying “Patients-Like-Me” Statistics

Oct 27, 2009

Eliminating Cancer Health Disparities: A New Era in Research

Oct 21, 2009

Tailoring Physical Therapy Can Restore a More Functions after Neurological Injury

Oct 21, 2009

Two Brain Structures Key to Emotional Balance Especially in Threatening Situations

Oct 20, 2009

Looking for the Origins of Music in the Brain

Oct 20, 2009

Could Some Forms of Mental Retardation Be Treated with Drugs?

Oct 20, 2009

Could Drugs Used to Treat Mood Disorders, Pain and Epilepsy Cause Psychiatric Disorders Later In Life?

Oct 20, 2009

Treatment for Epilepsy is a Possible Culprit for Development of Schizophrenia

Oct 19, 2009

Understanding The Brain’s Natural Foil For Over-Excited Neurons