All Posts: GUMC Stories

• Adams-Campbell, Internationally Renowned Cancer Epidemiologist, Named a 2018 Washingtonian of the Year

  (December 19, 2018) — Lucile Adams-Campbell, PhD, professor of oncology and associate director for minority health and health disparities research at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, was named a 2018 Washingtonian of the Year by Washingtonian magazine. The annual honor is bestowed on individuals who contribute to the city’s health, welfare, community service and cultural richness, and who have generally made […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, Georgetown Lombardi, health disparities, population health

• Ruesch Center and OncLive Recognize Former VP Biden at the Luminary Awards

  (December 9, 2018) — Former Vice President Joe Biden was among those who were recognized for improving the lives of patients with gastrointestinal cancer at the Second Annual Luminary Awards, hosted by the Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal Cancers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and OncLive. “Each of these recipients have made transformative […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, cancer research, gastrointestinal cancer, Georgetown Lombardi, Luminary Awards, Ruesch Center

• GWIM Honors ‘Role Models’ in Medicine

  (December 9, 2018) — At their annual awards ceremony and reception, Georgetown Women in Medicine (GWIM) recognized women on the faculty at GUMC for their accomplishments in mentoring, leadership and more. “Each year, GWIM recognizes the outstanding achievements of our women faculty through specific awards and honoring the accomplishments of women faculty will further our efforts […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Georgetown Women in Medicine, School of Medicine, women in STEM

• Georgetown Team Finds Richness in Collaboration with Jesuit Clinic in Liberia

  (December 7, 2018) — The team from Georgetown’s School of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS) didn’t know what to expect when they set out in early November for Caldwell, Liberia, to conduct a three-day workshop for local midwives and health care workers. What they knew: that the scars of a protracted civil war and a massive […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: global health, population health, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Center for Translational Imaging to Capitalize on Georgetown’s History and Expertise in Imaging Science

  (December 7, 2018) — The ability to peer inside the body to learn if something has gone wrong and if so, what, is one of the critical pillars of health care today, but as a team of researchers have long realized, the field of imaging provides a powerful way to reveal unimagined clues to better understand […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: biomedical research, Center for Translational Imaging, neuroimaging, partnerships

• Experts and D.C. Residents Come Together for Breast Cancer Community Forum

  (November 27, 2018) — District of Columbia residents shared their stories, concerns and fears at Environment & Breast Cancer: Transforming Data Into Action, a community forum organized by Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center to explore the impacts of the environment on breast cancer in communities like Washington’s Wards 7 and 8. “We can more easily identify what’s […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: breast cancer, cancer, community outreach, health disparities, population health

• Lynce Receives Potter Award for Early Career Research

  (November 21, 2018) — In the ten years since coming to the U.S. from Portugal to complete her medical training, Filipa Lynce, MD, has conducted clinical trials to establish safe and effective cancer treatments for minority patients, including African Americans and Latinas, and studied the genetic differences in cancers among patients of different ethnicities. Now a medical […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, cancer research, clinical trials, Georgetown Lombardi, health disparities, university awards

• Lombardi Gala Celebrates Its Founder’s Legacy

  (November 20, 2018) — Each year, when the Margaret Hodges Leadership Award is bestowed on an individual who has demonstrated exceptional dedication to Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, recipients have expressed their admiration of Margaret Hodges, who helped found the Lombardi Gala. At this year’s 32nd Annual Lombardi Gala, those words of admiration carried an even […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, cancer research, Georgetown Lombardi, Lombardi Gala

• Experts Explore Causes and Solutions to the Opioid Epidemic

  (November 20, 2018) — Recognizing that addiction is a complex problem requiring a comprehensive, multi-pronged solution, experts from the fields of medicine, ethics and public policy joined Nora Volkow, MD, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), for a colloquium on the opioid epidemic. The colloquium, titled “Addiction: Medical, Legal and Ethical Perspectives,” was […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: addiction research, biomedical research, Convocation 2018, medical ethics, School of Medicine, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Nora Volkow: A Deep Commitment to Helping Others Borne From Tragic Family History

  (November 19, 2018) — When asked what led a Mexican-born woman to pursue the study of addiction in the United States, the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Nora Volkow, MD, reluctantly credited a tragic history and a family “decimated by intolerance.” In her keynote address delivered at the 11th Annual Georgetown University […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: addiction research, Convocation 2018, university awards