All Posts: GUMC Stories

• Following Family’s Dreams, ARCHES Alumna to Start at School of Medicine

  (August 6, 2020) — Over 20 years ago, after immigrating to the United States from Pakistan, Rimsha Rana (M’24) and her family dreamed about her going to Georgetown University School of Medicine (GUSOM). On her father’s commute to and from work, he would pass Georgetown and pray, “Dear God, please give my children a chance […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: ARCHES Program, cura personalis, diversity, medical education, School of Medicine

• 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