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Boys with High-Functioning Autism Show Surprising Strength at Language
Boys with high-functioning autism were found to be significantly faster at a key task of grammar abilities – producing past tenses for regular verbs – than were boys without autism, in a new study by Georgetown researchers.
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Medical and Nursing Students Tackle Flu Season Together
Underscoring Georgetown’s ongoing commitment to interprofessional education, Georgetown University School of Medicine and the School of Nursing & Health Studies have teamed up in preparation for this year’s flu season.
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Research Day Gives Graduate Students Priceless Experience
Fifty students in Biomedical Graduate Education (BGE) programs at Georgetown University Medical Center showcased their research pursuits in this year’s Student Research Day, an annual event that began in 1985.
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GUMC Helps Spearhead Campus-wide Symposium On Ebola Crisis
Georgetown hosted an interdisciplinary symposium on the rapidly growing Ebola epidemic in West Africa, underscoring its ability to address multiple dimensions of the crisis, including medical, legal, ethical, political and security issues.
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AAMC Bestows National Leadership Development Award on GWIM
Just in time to help mark its 20th anniversary, Georgetown Women in Medicine has received a high national honor from the Association of American Medical Colleges.
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Brain Structure of Kidney Donors May Make Them More Altruistic
People who donate kidneys to strangers have significantly different brain structures than those who don’t.
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Endowment Provides Vital Research Lifeline for Neuroscience Investigator
In the research world, there is a familiar Catch-22. Bright ideas require research funding to generate preliminary data, but it is notoriously difficult for a researcher to secure funding without having that preliminary data.
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Georgetown Medical Student Receives Prestigious AMA Foundation Honor
A Georgetown University School of Medicine student is among 21 fourth-year medical students nationwide to receive a “Physicians of Tomorrow” Award from the American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation.
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Professor Recognized as Leader in Neurorehabilitation Research
A Georgetown University Medical Center professor has been selected to receive the Outstanding Neurorehabilitation Clinician-Scientist Award from the American Society of Neurorehabilitation.
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Georgetown Lombardi Secures Prestigious NCI Endorsement
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center has received the federal government’s most powerful endorsement for its work in cancer prevention, research and treatment.
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