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Georgetown Pediatrics Gala Celebrates 20 Years
(April 12, 2019) — Stories of sacrifice, hope, loss and triumph were told and honored at the 20th Annual Georgetown Pediatrics Gala. Donors and other supporters, including foreign dignitaries, business leaders and prominent figures in Washington’s health, medicine and law communities, gathered at the historic Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium on April 6 to celebrate at […]
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41st Annual Golden Apple Awards Presented
(April 9, 2019) — Georgetown University School of Medicine faculty, students and staff were honored at the 41st Annual Golden Apple Awards. This year’s event was held on April 6 at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. Golden Apple Awards Each class presents the Golden Apple Award annually to a faculty member whose outstanding professional […]
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Once His Home, Medical Student Uses Research Requirement to Investigate Hypertension in Zimbabwe
(March 29, 2019) — The nearly 200 independent scholarly projects completed by students at Georgetown University School of Medicine this year varied from topics including depression patterns, opioid usage, barriers to health care, attitudes about firearms, pregnancies complicated by HIV and even findings on hypertensive patients thousands of miles from campus. As a graduation requirement, […]
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Mayer Professor in Health Equity Delivers 2019 NHS Values Based Lecture
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Georgetown Lombardi Team Takes on 50-Hour Challenge to Win Hyundai Research Funding — and a Car!
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MCGSO Welcomes Hardy Middle School During Brain Awareness Week
(March 29, 2019) — In an effort to promote brain research and awareness, the Medical Center Graduate Student Organization (MCGSO) hosted more than 100 seventh graders from a local middle school for a full day of creative, interactive brain-related activities and demonstrations. The March 14 visit to Georgetown gave MCGSO members a potent opportunity to […]
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Alternative Spring Break Experience Provokes Reflection, Introspection for NHS Student
(March 29, 2019) — Growing up in Nebraska, Emily Graul (NHS’20) was already familiar with the challenges associated with rural health care accessibility, but leading an alternative spring break in Oaxaca, Mexico showed her that such difficulties are not confined to the U.S. The program in Oaxaca was one of more than 20 Alternative Break […]
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Creating Leaders in Health Justice Beyond the Hilltop
(March 29, 2019) — As a medical school applicant, Hunter Fraker (M’19) was not only interested in learning about medicine but also how to advocate for his patients through policy. He was drawn to Georgetown University School of Medicine by its Health Justice Scholar (HJS) Track, a longitudinal four-year academic track that empowers student physicians […]
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Students Honor Anatomical Donors with Murals
(March 29, 2019) — Transformed from a morbid space with photos of sliced cadaver parts, the hallway of the anatomy lab at Georgetown University School of Medicine (GUSOM) now dances with bright branches of a cherry blossom tree, iconic Healy Hall and inspiring words of wisdom. On March 21, members of the Class of 2021 […]
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Going with Your Gut: Exploring the Microbiota’s Role in Colorectal Cancer Among the Young
(March 26, 2019) — When figures released by the American Cancer Society in 2017 showed a rise in colorectal cancer cases and deaths among young people, Benjamin Weinberg, MD, was alarmed, but not surprised. The young medical oncologist at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center is accustomed to treating men and women in their 60s and […]
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