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Called To Be a Space Biologist, Postdoc Participates in Selective NASA Program
A NASA program is putting Georgetown postdoctoral fellow Geraldine Vitry, PhD, a step closer to realizing her goal of contributing to humans walking on Mars.
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Interreligious Thanksgiving Dinner Cultivates Spiritual Connections
Against the backdrop of deeply troubling conflicts in the world, medical students from several faith communities gathered for an interreligious Thanksgiving dinner at the medical center to celebrate their commonalities and strengthen their cultural competency as future physicians.
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School of Health Students Practice Community-Led Approach to Health With Alaska Natives
When considering global health challenges, practitioners in the field often say “what’s global is local” and vice versa. This fall, Alaina Anderson (H’24) and Seareen Maaita (H’24), both studying global health, took this theory with them while interning for 15 weeks with the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium.
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School of Nursing Faculty Receive Provost Innovation in Teaching Award
The Georgetown University Provost honored three School of Nursing faculty members with the Innovation in Teaching Award for being among those “who model the success that all academics seek.”
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Racial Justice Curriculum Subcommittee Promotes Health Equity and Anti-Racism in Education
The Racial Justice Curriculum Reform Subcommittee of the Racial Justice Committee for Change has been making an impact on medical education at the Georgetown University School of Medicine thanks to the hard work and persistence of its members past and present.
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Gold Humanism Inductees Embody Cura Personalis by Embracing Humanism in Health Care
The Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) added more than 30 School of Medicine students to its rolls at its annual fall induction ceremony. The event, held October 25 in Harvey Amphitheater, recognized fourth-year medical students who excel in providing compassionate care and embody cura personalis, care of the whole person.
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BellRinger 2023 Celebrates Community Dedicated to Ending Cancer
BellRinger’s second annual ride brought together nearly 1,000 riders, more than 400 volunteers and countless supporters, all committed to giving researchers at Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center the funding they need to prevent, treat and cure cancer.
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Biomedical Graduate Student Advocates for More Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Scientists
Megan Majocha (G’24) finds herself on a dual mission. As a PhD student conducting breast cancer research, she wants to contribute to the understanding of what drives a specific type of cancer to spread. But as a scientist in the making, Majocha, who is deaf, also wants to make sure the path to becoming a researcher is smoother for kids who grew up just like her.
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Doctoral Students Hone Presentation Skills and Build Community at Student Research Day
Hosted by the Georgetown University Medical Center Graduate Student Organization (MCGSO) and Office of Biomedical Graduate Education (BGE), Student Research Day took place October 11 on the Medical Center campus.
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Called To Be a Doctor-Doctor: MD/PhDs at Georgetown Move From Bench to Bedside and Back
A subset of Georgetown students have made the decision to pursue both scientific research and clinical training through the MD/PhD program — allowing them to get the best of both worlds.
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