All Posts: GUMC Stories

• Using Zoom, NHS Undergraduates Teach Health Literacy in Alaska Literacy Program

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: COVID-19, School of Nursing & Health Studies, service to others

• Clinical Research Staff Rise to the Challenges Posed by Pandemic

  (July 31, 2020) — Running clinical research can be complicated under normal circumstances but it’s especially arduous during a pandemic. Despite the difficulties, the clinical research teams at Georgetown have worked tirelessly, remotely and on campus, to continue supporting researchers and study participants. “Our team as a whole really stepped up to do this, and […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: clinical research coordinators, clinical trials, COVID-19, Huntington's disease

• First-of-Its-Kind Clinical Trial at Georgetown Puts Mammography Technologies Under the Spotlight

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: breast cancer, cancer, clinical trials, Georgetown Lombardi, mammography

• Georgetown Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice Program Director Named ‘Star Nurse’

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: faculty honors, nursing, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Get to Know Georgetown’s COVID-19 Researchers

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: 2019 Novel Coronavirus, biomedical research, COVID-19, Georgetown Lombardi, global health, pandemic

• SOM Alumna Channels Cura Personalis Lessons to Psychiatric Care During Pandemic

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: 2019 Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19, cura personalis, pandemic, School of Medicine

• New Class of GEMS Embark on an Unforgettable Journey

  (July 24, 2020) — As the only child of a single parent, Zach Boston became the primary caretaker for his mother after she was diagnosed with a chronic illness when he was 6 years old. Though she passed away when he was a teenager, his experience with his mother inspired Boston to become a physician.  […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: diversity, GEMS, medical education, School of Medicine

• NHS Alumna, Now Texas Family Nurse Practitioner, Sees COVID-19’s Impact on Cardiac Care

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: 2019 Novel Coronavirus, alumni, COVID-19, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Open Letter Leads to Launch of Racial Justice Committee

  (July 19, 2020) — As activists across the country protested against racism and police brutality, a group of Georgetown medical students exchanged text messages about how the university should respond. One of them suggested writing an open letter to university leaders.  Seventy-two hours later, more than 500 students had signed the letter, which inspired the […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: advocacy, Biomedical Graduate Education, Georgetown Lombardi, health equity, racial equity, RJCC, RJCC blog, School of Medicine, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Medical Student Makes a Difference by Donating Convalescent Plasma

  (July 17, 2020) — When Tanvee Singh (M’22) started feeling sick in March, she thought her asthma was acting up. As her symptoms worsened, she was diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Determined to find a silver lining in her experience, Singh donated plasma at the NIH Clinical Center when she […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: convalescent plasma, COVID-19, pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, service to others