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Georgetown Family Medicine Physician Elected to National Academy of Medicine
The National Academy of Medicine has elected Andrew William Bazemore, MD, MPH, director, Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care, and assistant professor of family medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine, as a lifetime member.
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Taking Aim at Breast Cancer in Underserved Communities
Undergraduate Cristeen Anyanwu (C’18) uses the Scott MacPherson Stapleton Award to make an impact on the health of underserved communities in the Washington, D.C. area through her work at the Capital Breast Care Center housed in Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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CBCC Supporters Celebrate the Gift of Life at Annual Breakfast Benefit
About 180 people, including breast cancer survivors and their loved ones, attended the 9th Annual Gift of Life Breakfast Benefit on October 14 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC.
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Striving to Show the Big Picture on Cancer
October 14th was the fifth annual Biomedical Informatics Symposium at the Georgetown University Conference Center, bringing together likeminded bioinformatics specialists to talk about the big data that exists but is not accessible, or seen, by all.
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Nobel Prize-winning Science is Key to Georgetown Neurotherapeutic Research
Today, the 2016 Nobel Prize in the category of medicine or physiology was awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi “for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy,” a fundamental process for degrading and recycling cellular components.
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GWIM Celebrates Milestone of 100 Women Professors
Even as Georgetown Women in Medicine celebrate 100 female school of medicine faculty members, they vow to work toward greater diversity.
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Clinical Trial Underway to Test Innovative Cancer Treatment Based on Georgetown Discoveries
This August, the first patient in a multi-center clinical trial being conducted by Oncternal Therapeutics began receiving an innovative new investigational cancer therapy based on discoveries made by Toretsky, professor and leader of the molecular oncology program at the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, and his colleagues.
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Georgetown Researchers Report on the Science of Stroke Recovery
As part of the so-called “stroke belt,” Washington, D.C. has high incidence of stroke and cardiovascular disease. At “Music for the Mind Presents Brain Recovery After Stroke,” three researchers from the Georgetown University – MedStar National Rehabilitation Network Center for Brain Plasticity and Recovery discussed stroke symptoms, prevention and the science of stroke recovery, with an audience of Georgetown friends and donors at Georgetown on September 21.
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Learning Societies Promote Student Mentoring and Friendships
In addition to the eponymous article of clothing, first-year students participating in Georgetown’s annual White Coat Ceremony receive a special pin — one that indicates their assignment to one of the School of Medicine’s five learning societies.
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Jesse Goodman: Taking on a "Slow Emergency"
On September 21, for only the fourth time in its history, the United Nations General Assembly is conducting a high-level meeting to address a critical global health issue. The topic is antimicrobial resistance, described by Georgetown’s Jesse L. Goodman, MD, MPH, as a “slow emergency” and an alarming situation that first grabbed his attention two decades ago.
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