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GUMC is home to more than 400 scientists working on basic and clinical research projects and 300 active clinical trials. Last year GUMC research attracted $132 million in sponsored research, with the majority of those dollars coming from the federal government. Our researchers work in the lab, in the classroom, in the clinic, and in their communities to help answer medicine's biggest questions, focusing specifically on cancer, neuroscience, child health and development, and global health.

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Health Economist Joins Georgetown

Health economist Carole Roan Gresenz, Ph.D., joined the Department of Health Systems Administration as the inaugural holder of the Bette Jacobs Endowed Professorship.

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Giving People with Dementia a Voice

A Georgetown researcher finds that patients with memory loss work hard at maintaining dignity and a sense of self. She says physicians and loved ones should recognize, understand, and applaud, these efforts.

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Study On Anti-Epilepsy Drugs in Newborns

Georgetown neuroscientists’ study in infant rats demonstrates an anti-epilepsy drug stunts neuronal growth, which could prompt new questions about using the first-line drug to treat epilepsy in human newborns.

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