GUMC Update

October is National Medical Librarians Month and Dahlgren Memorial Library has marked the occasion by releasing a new series of READ posters featuring Georgetown Medical Center faculty and students.

The Scientist, the magazine of the life sciences, is currently accepting nominations for the annual “Best Places to Work” to work guide. Surveys are available for postdocs, industry scientists and academics.

Georgetown Women in Medicine (GWIM) invites members from the GUMC community to attend the annual awards reception which honors recently appointed, promoted and tenured women faculty.

Faculty--don't miss your chance for a free professional headshot next month!

Yalda Jabbarpour, a resident in the Department of Family Medicine, recently gave a diabetes management presentation to members of the Arlington South Lion's Club.

Bette Jacobs and Lee Bitsoi attended the fourth annual Pathways Into Health Conference presenting their research plans in genomics education.

The Georgetown Alumni Association will host the Medical Center Reunion weekend to start on October 22.

Marking October as "Breast Cancer Awareness Month", UK Ambassador Sir Nigel Sheinwald held a special reception in honor of the 'Capital Breast Care Center.'

Howard J. Federoff, M.D., Ph.D., Executive Vice President for Health Sciences and Executive Dean of the School of Medicine, announced the second annual GUMC Convocation to be held on September 22, 2009 featuring keynote speaker, Edmund D. Pellegrino.

On Sept. 16, GWIM hosted its annual Wine and Cheese Welcome Reception for women faculty at Georgetown University.

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology presented the fall 2009 Baldev R. Bhussry lecture on September 9 in the New Research Auditorium.

On Thursday, Sept. 3, Howard J. Federoff, Executive Vice President for Health Sciences, held a town hall meeting for faculty and staff to update the GUMC community on recent news and to offer an update on the Strategic Planning Initiative (SPI).

Georgetown Women in Medicine are pleased to host their Annual Wine and Cheese Welcome Reception inviting faculty of Georgetown University Medical Center to learn more about Georgetown Women in Medicine (GWIM).

GUMC and the Mini-Medical School staff and faculty are pleased to announce the Fall 2009 Mini-Medical School Program, set to start Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009.

Amid the bustle of the new school year, the Georgetown community took time on Sept. 1 to participate in an 800-year-old tradition for Catholic schools--the Mass of the Holy Spirit.