All Posts: GUMC Stories
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Student Cancer Researcher Launches Medical Career at Georgetown
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Facebook Whistleblower Encourages Students to Demand Transparency from Social Media Companies
(February 11, 2022) — Frances Haugen, the former Facebook project manager turned whistleblower, shared an informative and empowering message at “How Social Media Impacts Teen Health,” a virtual event hosted by the Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development (GUCCHD). To reduce the harmful effects of social media, young people should demand transparency from […]
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For 27th Year, Georgetown Maintains Prestigious Carnegie Research Classification
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New Georgetown Program Synergizes Interdisciplinary Training in the Sciences
(January 21, 2022) — The National Institutes of Health has awarded Georgetown University a highly competitive and prestigious training grant intended to invigorate the workforce and inspire younger students from diverse backgrounds to pursue doctorate degrees in biomedical sciences. The new program, known as the Georgetown University Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD), will train […]
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How to End a Pandemic? Georgetown Course Encourages Students to See Themselves in the Answer
(January 13, 2022) — When designing her innovative new course, How to End a Pandemic, Rebecca Katz, PhD, MPH, sought to push back against a common misconception regarding pandemic response. “There’s this narrative that there are a handful of heroes or heroines in the story of this pandemic — I want to challenge that,” said […]
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Visiting Jesuit Chair Engages Ethical Questions in Health Administration, Health Policy
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Eliminating the Need for Anti-Rejection Drugs for Transplant Recipients
(January 9, 2022) — Courtney Howard, 43, needed a kidney transplant to save her life and be cured of hereditary polycystic kidney disease. While she knew the kidney transplant was inevitable, what she did not know is that her sister Shannon Walker, who had vowed to provide that kidney when it was needed, would also […]
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Zavoyna Honored with C.A.R.I.S. Award
(December 17, 2021) — In recognition of his service, Mark Zavoyna, operations manager of the anatomical donor program at the School of Medicine, was awarded the C.A.R.I.S. Award at the December 15 GUMC community meeting. The C.A.R.I.S. Award, which stands for “compassion, achievement, respect, inspiration and service,” is given to staff and academic and administrative […]
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Georgetown Appoints Transformative Nurse Leader as Dean of Newly Reconceptualized School of Nursing
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GWIM Celebrates Achievements of Women in Medicine Individually and Collectively
(December 11, 2021) — Gathering via Zoom, attendees at the Georgetown Women in Medicine (GWIM) Annual Awards Ceremony honored faculty members for their dedication to research, clinical care, teaching, leadership and mentorship, and all newly appointed, promoted and tenured women faculty members. (View a list of these honorees.) “We believe that together, we can further […]
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