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By the Numbers: Match Day 2018
Match Day for the School of Medicine Class of 2018 was filled with suspense, joy and celebration as students, surrounded by friends, family, classmates and instructors, found out which residency programs accepted them to continue their medical training.
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Georgetown’s Health Justice Alliance, O’Neill Institute Welcome World Bank President Jim Kim
Georgetown’s Health Justice Alliance and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law hosted a screening of the film “Bending the Arc,” about the founding of the NGO Partners in Health, on March 7. One of the film’s subjects, Jim Yong Kim, MD, PhD, now president of the World Bank, was present for a discussion afterward.
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Junior Science and Humanities Symposium Brings High Schoolers to the Hilltop
While Georgetown students were on spring break, about 150 high school students and teachers from 26 local schools in the greater Washington metropolitan area came to campus March 8 and 9 for the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium.
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Transforming Physicians of the Future
The Cura Personalis Fellowship, an innovative formal mentorship program at Georgetown University School of Medicine, pairs clinicians with students to support students’ professional identity formation and well-being throughout their medical school journey.
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Frederick National Laboratory and Georgetown Launch Research and Education Collaboration
A new collaboration between Georgetown University and the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research in Frederick, Maryland, aims to expand both institutions’ research and training missions in the biomedical sciences.
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Making Medical School a Positive Experience
As associate dean for assessment and educational scholarship, Carrie Chen, MD, PhD, is helping Georgetown University School of Medicine continue developing a medical school experience that both supports and educates students.
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Helping First-Year Medical Students Get Cooking
As a part of an intensive weeklong class on nutrition and patient health, members of the School of Medicine Class of 2021 completed a range of projects, including submitting recipes for a cookbook, that encouraged them to think about the many connections between diet and health.
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Researcher Analyzes Potential Connection Between Reading and Math Disabilities
Guinevere Eden, D.Phil., director of the Center for the Study of Learning at Georgetown University Medical Center, will start a four-year study to investigate a potential link between the reading disability dyslexia and math disability dyscalculia.
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Panelists Discuss Diversity in Medicine at “The Voice”
Diversity in medicine, microaggressions and the state of immigration in the U.S. were among the topics discussed at “The Voice: Medical Edition – Candid Consciousness versus Silent Protests,” an event held on February 7 to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and reaffirm the university’s dedication to cura personalis.
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From DC to Zambia and Back, Infectious Disease Expert Keeps Eye on “Big Questions”
For Charles Holmes, MD, MPH, the inaugural faculty co-director for the new Center for Global Health and Quality at Georgetown University Medical Center and visiting associate professor of medicine at its School of Medicine, the common denominator and driving force in his career has been tackling the big questions facing the local and global health communities.
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