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Capital Breast Care Center Recognized for Efforts to Combat Breast Cancer in the District
The Council of the District of Columbia has recognized Capital Breast Care Center, a community screening and education program of Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, for its efforts to re
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Panel Addresses Challenges of Cancer Prevention
A half-century ago, “Stop smoking!” was the basis of our nation’s nascent cancer prevention program – essentially the product of the 1964 Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health that tied cigar
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International Health Professor to Serve on WHO Group
A Georgetown University professor has been invited to serve on a World Health Organization group focused on neglected tropical diseases. Margaret Baker, PhD, assistant professor of international healt
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Georgetown Hosts Complementary and Integrative Medicine Conference
With more than a third of all adults using some form of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), the need to standardize and integrate CAM into conventional medical and other health professions e
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HSA Graduate Students Go Beyond Coursework
An extracurricular effort by six graduate students at the School of Nursing & Health Studies sought to develop an implementation plan for a new emergency department wait time data collection process i
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Moving Closer to the Cure – One Patient at a Time
Just 40 years ago, a patient with a cancer diagnosis often had few options and little hope. Today, there are close to 12 million survivors. These advances have been made possible through better screen
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Georgetown Medical Students Support Veterans’ Health
In recognition of Veterans Day, Georgetown University School of Medicine joined ranks with the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and more than 100 U.S. medical schools to heighten awaren
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Virginia Steen Receives ACR’s Excellence in Investigative Mentoring Award
Virginia D. Steen, M.D., a professor of medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center, has received the Excellence in Investigative Mentoring Award from the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) a
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Dean Ray Mitchell Receives Arthritis Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award
Stephen Ray Mitchell, M.D., Georgetown University School of Medicine’s Dean for Medical Education, was honored with the Arthritis Foundation Mid Atlantic Region’s 2012 Marriott Lifetime Achievement Aw
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Cura Personalis Award Bestowed at Convocation
A sea of color paraded into a packed auditorium as renowned researchers, revered faculty members and university leadership donned academic regalia for the ceremonious procession that marked the start
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