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Questioning Assumptions about Dyslexia
Guinevere Eden, PhD, learns a lot about dyslexia by proving what it isn’t. Two recent studies she led challenge popular notions about the reading disorder, underscoring the complexity of what is belie
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UV Abuse as an Addictive Habit
Darren Mays hesitates and laughs, a bit sheepishly, in admitting that he has partaken in the addictive behavior he is now set to study. No, it’s not drug or alcohol or tobacco use — subjects that he s
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A Profound Commitment to Students
There is a reason why Aykut Üren, MD, has won a teaching award every year since 2008, the year after he began teaching gross anatomy to first-year medical students at the Georgetown School of Medicine
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Students Come Back Changed
Steven Andelman never expected to be so wowed by the medicine he saw practiced in Ecuador. Physicians at the Hospital Eugenio Espejo in Quito — a large tertiary care center that cares for Ecuador’s po
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A Medical Career Providing for Others
Given his resume, one would think that Professor Sir Michael Rawlins, MD, carefully planned his meteoric career. He rose from a consultant physician in Newcastle, England, to chairman of the National
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Survey Tool Gauges Patient Treatment Preferences for Late-stage Cancer
With the vast arsenal of cancer treatments available now compared to just a few decades ago, one might assume that any patient would want to deploy any available option – that choosing to slow or ceas
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A New Mission: Educating the Educators
Aviad Haramati, PhD, would like to pose a very simple question to educators at Georgetown University Medical Center: “How many of you were hired for your teaching skills?” He predicts few hands would
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Capital Breast Care Center: Bringing Cura Personalis to the Community
The lump. So many women fear finding one and having to face a biopsy, diagnosis, possibly surgery and treatment—each unwelcome thought followed by an even scarier one. For most women, these fears will
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IPN Continues Tradition of Producing NSF Fellows
Two Interdisciplinary Program for Neuroscience (IPN) students at Georgetown have been named graduate fellows by the National Science Foundation. They are among 15 percent of applicants who received aw
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Georgetown Celebrates Election of First Jesuit Pope
Statement by Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia “On this joyous day, we offer our prayers of thanksgiving and celebration for the new Holy Father, Pope Francis. "This is an historic momen
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