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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.

Dec 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

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

Oct 18, 2009

Fine-Tuning Treatments for Depression

Oct 18, 2009

APP – Good, Bad or Both?

Oct 17, 2009

A New Understanding Of Why Seizures Occur With Alcohol Withdrawal

Oct 14, 2009

Gene blamed for immunological disorders shown to protect against breast cancer development

Oct 13, 2009

Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Researcher Inducted into Institute of Medicine

Oct 6, 2009

Washington’s Leading Ladies Join “Gift of Life Breakfast” Supporting the Capital Breast Care Center

Oct 2, 2009

Georgetown University's 'Pathways to Success' Program Secures $1.2 Million Grant

Oct 1, 2009

Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Shultz (D-FL) to Visit the ‘Capital Breast Care Center’ in SE Washington

Sep 30, 2009

Cash for Cures -- Georgetown University Medical Center Researchers Receive Millions in Awards From the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

Sep 29, 2009

Georgetown Breast Cancer Surgeon to Receive National and International Accolades

Sep 29, 2009

Georgetown Establishes New Gastrointestinal Research Center with $6.75 Million Gift

Sep 29, 2009

To Treat, or Not to Treat: That is the Question

Sep 22, 2009

Lombardi’s Head of Minority Health & Disparities Invited Panelist at Congressional Black Caucus Conference

Sep 22, 2009

Historic Gene Therapy Trial to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease Underway at Georgetown

Sep 17, 2009

GUMC Presents 'Doctors Speak Out'

Sep 14, 2009

Blood Test Helps Guide Treatment Decisions and May Impact Quality of Life

Sep 9, 2009

Georgetown Faculty Available for Comment on Obama's Sept. 9 Health Care Reform Address to Congress

Sep 1, 2009

Georgetown Colleagues Redefine Cura Personalis -Caring for the Whole Person- Using Systems Medicine

Aug 7, 2009

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

Aug 3, 2009

Kefir, Although Rich in Probiotics, Didn’t Prevent Diarrhea in Children Using Antibiotics, GUMC Researchers Say

Jul 30, 2009

Antibody Targeting of Glioblastoma Shows Promise in Preclinical Tests, Say Lombardi Researchers

Jul 28, 2009

Lombardi Research: Common Household Pesticides Linked To Childhood Cancer Cases

Jul 19, 2009

NASA Selects Georgetown University Medical Center as Specialized Center of Research to Study Space Radiation Risks

Jul 15, 2009

Hyundai Hope On Wheels Donates $40,000 To The Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center To Fight Childhood Cancer

Jul 13, 2009

Alzheimer’s Disease Drug Treats Traumatic Brain Injury, Report GUMC Researchers

Jul 5, 2009

GUMC Discovery Highlights New Direction For Drug Discovery

Jun 29, 2009

GUMC Study May Help Explain “Awakenings” That Occur With Popular Sleep-Aid Ambien®

Jun 24, 2009

Letter to President Barack Obama from GU School of Medicine Student Body President

Jun 23, 2009

Georgetown University School of Medicine Students Invited to White House for a Special Television Event with President Barack Obama

Jun 12, 2009

Protein Linked to Change in Tissue That Surround and Support Breast Tumors

Jun 12, 2009

Dual Role in Breast Tissue for a Protein Involved in Leukemia

Jun 12, 2009

Georgetown University Medical Center Physicians Named “Most Influential Doctors”

Jun 9, 2009

Protein Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease Doesn’t Act Alone

Jun 8, 2009

A Sacred Celebration: Georgetown School of Medicine Honors Donors

May 28, 2009

Cardiovascular Fitness Not Affected by Cancer Treatment

May 27, 2009

Lombardi Scientist Brings “Dream Team” Breast Cancer Research Effort to Georgetown University Medical Center

May 26, 2009

Scientists Reaching Consensus on How Brain Processes Speech

May 19, 2009

Georgetown Memory Disorders Program Offers Antibody Clinical Trial for Patients with Mild to Moderate Dementia due to Alzheimer’s Disease

May 14, 2009

More Older Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancer Choose Chemotherapy, GUMC Researchers Report

May 14, 2009

Georgetown Research: Mothers Satisfied When They Share Cancer Genetic Test Results with Children

May 14, 2009

Georgetown Doctoral Candidate Receives Fellowship Grant from the National Science Foundation

May 13, 2009

Media Advisory: Renowned Author Laurie Garrett and Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) to Address Graduates at GUMC Commencement Ceremonies

May 12, 2009

A Conversation on Health Care Reform

May 5, 2009

Howard J. Federoff Receives Bernard Sanberg Memorial Award for Brain Repair

May 1, 2009

Media Advisory: Avon Foundation Awards $750,000 to Fund Fight Against Breast Cancer

May 1, 2009

GUMC Physician: Endoscopic Surgery Effectively Relieves Sinusitis Symptoms, According to Large Pooled Study

Apr 29, 2009

Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Capital Breast Care Center Pound the Pavement to Save Lives

Apr 29, 2009

Georgetown’s V. Craig Jordan Elected to National Academy of Sciences

Apr 29, 2009

Brain Processes Written Words as Unique “Objects,” GUMC Neuroscientists Say

Apr 27, 2009

Georgetown University Medical Center Offers Experts on Flu for Press Availability

Apr 22, 2009

GUMC Researchers: Test for Hormones in the Blood Not Reflective of Hormones in Breast Tissue; Breast Cancer Risk

Apr 20, 2009

Cholesterol Appears to Promote Tamoxifen Resistance in Some Breast Cancer Cells, GUMC Researchers Say

Apr 19, 2009

In Large Study, GUMC Researchers Document How p53 Gene Mutations Link to High-Grade Breast Cancer and Poor Outcomes

Apr 14, 2009

American Legacy Foundation and Georgetown University Medical Center Create Research Collaboration

Apr 13, 2009

V. Craig Jordan, Internationally Renowned Breast Cancer Scientist, Joins Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center

Mar 31, 2009

By Shutting Down Inflammation, Agent Reverses Damage from Spinal Cord Injury in Preclinical Studies

Mar 30, 2009

GUMC Researcher Creates First Interactive Online Continuing Medical Education Course for Physicians on Pharmaceutical Marketing

Mar 23, 2009

Georgetown University to Host Annual, Area Undergraduate Research Conference

Mar 22, 2009

GUMC Researchers Show Adult Human Testes Cells Can Become Embryonic Stem-like, Capable of Treating Disease

Mar 20, 2009

Lombardi Research: Monoclonal Antibodies Primed to Become Potent Immune Weapons against Cancer

Mar 20, 2009

Georgetown Study Suggests Radiosurgery with CyberKnife May Offer Equivalent Outcomes to Surgery For Early-Stage Lung Cancer Patients

Mar 18, 2009

U.S. Cancer Screening Trial Shows No Early Mortality Benefit from Annual Prostate Cancer Screening

Mar 17, 2009

“Match Day” at Georgetown University (GU) School of Medicine:

Mar 15, 2009

Alzheimer’s Disease Therapeutic Prevents Long-term Damage from Traumatic Brain Injury in Preclinical Studies

Mar 3, 2009

Georgetown Researcher: Two or More Drinks a Day May Increase Pancreatic Cancer Risk

Feb 25, 2009

Researchers Capture Wave of Brain Activity Linked to Anticipation

Feb 21, 2009

GUMC Young Scientist Selected Postdoctoral Fellow at NASA-Funded National Space Biomedical Research Institute

Jan 29, 2009

Bringing Easy-To-Use, Effective Natural Family Planning to American Women

Jan 5, 2009

Georgetown University, Perkins+Will to Convene Major Forum on Hospital Design

Dec 18, 2008

U.S.-Afghan Women's Council Moves from State Department to Georgetown University

Dec 17, 2008

GUMC Researchers Find Gene Function “Lost” in Melanoma and Glioblastoma

Dec 9, 2008

Oldest Old “Hanging in the Balance?”

Dec 4, 2008

Holiday Cheer Arrives for Lombardi Cancer Center's Pediatric Patients

Dec 2, 2008

GUMC Hosts Inaugural Baldev R. Bhussry Lecture

Nov 24, 2008

GUMC Physician-Educator Named to Federal Advisory Board on Military Health Issues

Nov 19, 2008

Georgetown University/Georgetown University Medical Center Researchers Presented More than 100 Scientific Abstracts at Neuroscience 2008

Nov 18, 2008

Findings from Black Women’s Health Study and Research about Uninformative Genetic Test Results Among Topics Presented by GUMC Researchers at AACR Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Meeting

Nov 17, 2008

Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Launches ShopforCancerCures.org to Raise Money for Cancer Research