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Dr. Harold P. Freeman to Receive Cura Personalis Award
This November, the work of Harold P. Freeman, MD, as a patient advocate, surgical oncologist, researcher and national leader will be recognized with the Cura Personalis Award, Georgetown University Medical Center’s highest honor.
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Al-Refaie Leads Multidisciplinary Research Team
To answer the research questions that Waddah Al-Refaie, MD, FACS, was interested in asking, he required a team of researchers knowledgeable in biostatistics, health finance and economics, public policy and law. He was able to find those experts at Georgetown.
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Schlegel Strives to Create Another Cervical Cancer Game Changer
While the HPV vaccine has been a game changer, recent research by Richard Schlegel, MD, PhD, may lead to another advance by treating women already infected with HPV and a precancerous condition that often leads to the development of cervical cancer.
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Dr. Daniel Sulmasy: Bridging Medicine and Philosophy
Earlier this year, Daniel P. Sulmasy, MD, PhD, MACP, joined the faculty at Georgetown University as the inaugural André Hellegers Professor of Biomedical Ethics, with appointments in both the department of medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine and the department of philosophy at Georgetown College.
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Partners in Research Funds New $100,000 Research Breakthrough Award
Rebecca Riggins, PhD, is the first recipient of a new Partners in Research award worth $100,000.
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Georgetown Women In Medicine Celebrates Women in Leadership at Welcome Reception
It was standing room only at the annual Georgetown Women in Medicine Fall Welcome Reception earlier this month as the organization’s leaders set the tone and priorities for the academic year ahead.
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Color Field Pioneer Brings Original Art to Georgetown Lombardi Atrium
The walls of the Lombardi Atrium are newly adorned with Frieze, an original site-specific collection of eleven framed, color-saturated monotypes by Sam Gilliam, an internationally renowned artist.
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Doctors and Lawyers Speak Out for Health Justice Alliance
At Doctors and Lawyers Speak Out, representatives from Georgetown’s medical and law centers came together to celebrate the launch of the Georgetown University Health Justice Alliance, a medical-legal partnership dedicated to training future generations of lawyers and medical professionals to work together to improve the health and wellbeing of children and families.
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Postdoc Appreciation Week
National postdoc appreciation week was September 18-21, and to celebrate we highlighted the fascinating research of five postdocs with our video series, “Research in a Minute.”
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Hyundai Hope on Wheels Funds Lombardi Research on Rare Childhood Cancer
As part of their national tour for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Hyundai Hope on Wheels made a stop at Georgetown Lombardi, to award Dr. Todd Waldman with a $250,000 grant for his work on Ewing sarcoma.
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