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Georgetown Lombardi Director Delivers Capitol Hill Briefing
Georgetown Lombard Comprehensive Cancer Center Director Louis M. Weiner, MD, participated in a Senate Cancer Coalition panel and briefing on Capitol Hill Dec. 10. Panel co-chairs Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Sen. Johnny Isakson hosted the event. The briefing was led by Harold Varmus, MD, director of the National Cancer Institute, and sponsored by One Voice Against Cancer Coalition.
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Ruesch Symposium Explores Cancer Immunotherapy and Personalized Medicine
The fifth annual “Fighting a Smarter War Against Cancer” symposium was held Dec. 4-6 at the Georgetown Hotel and Conference Center. The Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal Cancers hosted the three-part event, which explored recent advancements in gastrointestinal (GI) cancers and immunotherapy treatments.
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GWIM Celebrates Achievement, Looks Ahead at Annual Ceremony
Georgetown Women in Medicine (GWIM) culminated its 20th anniversary year with its annual awards ceremony Dec. 11, honoring achievements of female faculty and supporters.
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Program Sharpens Medical Observation Skills Through 'Art of Perception'
Georgetown recently hosted a program called The Art of Perception for students, faculty and members of the community. The program was designed originally for medical students is a way to enhance their observation and perception skills, and to communicate inferences more effectively.
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‘Doctors Speak Out’ Panelists Optimistic on Alzheimer’s
There is more reason to feel hopeful about future prospects for Alzheimer’s treatment and prevention as research continues to yield important new insights about the disease, Georgetown University Medical Center experts said at the Dec. 3 Doctors Speak Out quarterly lunch education series.
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Science Comes Alive for Visiting High School Students
In an effort to make biomedical education more accessible to diverse populations, faculty and students from Georgetown University School of Medicine hosted some 70 local high school students Dec. 3 under the auspices of the Project Lead the Way program.
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IPN Student to Research Cell-to-Cell Communication Through NSF Fellowship
A Georgetown University Medical Center PhD student who received a National Science Foundation graduate research fellowship is gearing up to begin her project, examining how cells communicate with one another in the brain.
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Researchers Find Common Factors in Teens at Risk for Alcohol Abuse
Neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) are zeroing in on brain factors and behaviors that put teens at risk of alcohol use and abuse even before they start drinking.
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Inaugural Conference Advances New Health Care Paradigm
Researchers, clinicians and educators came together for the First International Conference on Systems and Complexity Sciences for Healthcare at Georgetown Nov. 13-14. The thematic areas, as varied as the attendees’ expertise, were grounded in this emerging cross-disciplinary way of thinking about wellness, disease and care.
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More Than Flavor: Menthol Cigarettes Desensitize Lung Airways
Georgetown neuroscientists say menthol and nicotine work together to desensitize receptors in the lungs’ airways, possibly encouraging people to inhale menthol cigarettes more deeply and exposing them to more toxins.
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