All Posts: GUMC Stories
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“What A Doc Looks Like” Explores Identity Challenges In Medical Careers
What A Doc Looks Like addressed barriers that marginalized people encounter within the medical community, and proposed ways forward.
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Roth Scholarship Honors Alum Known for Commitment to Cura Personalis
The inaugural Dr. Katy Roth Scholarship at Georgetown University School of Medicine was recently awarded to Lindsey Hastings-Spaine (SOM’19), a first-generation medical student whose parents immigrated to Langley Park, Maryland from Sierra Leone prior to its civil war.
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Using Statistics Ethically to Combat “A Scientific Credibility Crisis”
A recent survey suggests that many researchers have tried and failed to reproduce other scientists’ experiments as well as their own. GUMC’s Rochelle Tractenberg is on a mission to change that through promoting ethical statistical practices.
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Survival On the Seventh Continent
Before a team of Georgetown researchers could start sequencing the DNA of ancient microbes collected on Antarctica, they spent three days learning how to survive in one of the world’s most hostile environments.
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Giving a Voice to Research Participants and Their Caretakers
A new effort by the Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science (GHUCCTS) will help those participating in research studies and their caretakers learn about the clinical research process, offer feedback on participant recruitment strategies and ultimately serve as ambassadors for research in their communities.
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Exploring Identity Through Monologues, Poetry, Music and More at “What Makes You … ?”
At “What Makes You … ?,” a celebration of the artistic and diverse perspectives of the Georgetown University School of Medicine community, students, faculty and staff shared the ways in which their rich backgrounds shaped their identities.
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Arts & Medicine Club Showcases Diverse Student Talent
The Arts & Medicine Club was founded by students who wanted to foster their peers’ creativity, and give back to the community at the same time.
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Overcoming Unconscious Bias: What Works and What Doesn’t
“The question is not about whether you have biases, it’s a question of what is your bias,” H. Anna Han, PhD, said at “Great Minds Think Differently: The Science of Diversity and the Impact of Unconscious Bias” on January 12 in Proctor Harvey Amphitheater. “We’re all biased, we’re all flawed, we’re not perfect and we’re going to work to overcome that.”
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Global Health Experts Advise Advance Planning for Inevitable Pandemic
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), speaks at Georgetown University Medical Center and urges the incoming Trump administration to plan ahead for infectious disease outbreaks.
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GWIM Recognizes Outstanding Female Faculty at Awards Ceremony
With a nod to the past and a focus on the future, the annual Georgetown Women in Medicine Awards Ceremony celebrated the achievements of six women faculty in the areas of mentorship and outstanding achievement.
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