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Alternative Career Panel Exposes Biomedical Graduate Students to Unique Possibilities
On Thursday, April 7, a group of scientists gathered in Copley Hall to talk to Biomedical Graduate Education (BGE) and main campus students about leveraging their science backgrounds into careers across industries.
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38th Annual Golden Apple Awards Presented
Georgetown University School of Medicine students and faculty members were honored at the 38th Annual Golden Apple Awards.
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School of Medicine Students “Hear the Voiceless” During Health Justice Week
Physician-advocates in training from the School of Medicine’s Health Justice Track celebrated Health Justice Week by making visits to Capitol Hill, presenting their Advocacy Projects and participating in a plenary lecture.
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"Heart of the Harvey" Explores The Intersection of Art and Medicine
Georgetown’s main and medical campuses collaborated to create an evening of theater held March 31 at the School of Medicine’s newly renovated W. Proctor Harvey Clinical Amphitheater.
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Connecting Communities and Researchers Benefits Both
Promoting partnerships between members of community organizations and academic institutions was the goal of a March 22 symposium at Gallaudet University, sponsored by Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science (GHUCCTS).
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Bringing Brain Science Research to the General Public
Neuroscience experts spoke about language acquisition, traumatic brain injury and the way the brain makes connections at the second annual Georgetown University Free Neuroscience Public Lecture on March 16 at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) headquarters.
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HOYA Clinic Presence Grows at Society of Student Run Free Clinics Conference
HOYA Clinic student volunteers presented six posters at the Society of Student Run Free Clinics Conference, markedly increasing their participation at the international event.
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Georgetown Medical Students Find Their Match
For the Georgetown University School of Medicine Class of 2016, four years of hard work culminated at noon on March 18 at the annual event known as Match Day, when they joined fourth year medical students across the country in opening the envelopes that contain their assigned residencies.
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What Scott Kelly’s Year in Space Might Mean for a Mars Mission
GUMC Update sat down with Albert J. Fornace, Jr., MD, who holds the molecular cancer research chair at Georgetown Lombardi, to discuss his work on cosmic radiation and potential health concerns for astronaut Scott Kelly, who returned from a year in space on March 2.
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Exploring the Risks of Radiation Five Years After Fukushima
After being interviewed by dozens of news outlets during the Fukushima meltdown, Tim Jorgensen, PhD, MPH, realized most people do not understand radiation in a way that allows them to make an accurate assessment of its health risks. It is that lack of understanding that prompted Jorgensen to write “Strange Glow: The Story of Radiation,” which will be published March 9.
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