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Data-Sharing Technology Enhancing HIV Public Health Action Across Region
An interdisciplinary study published last week in JMIR Public Health and Surveillance outlines how the D.C., Maryland and Virginia health departments, Georgetown and George Washington universities developed a novel privacy-enhanced data-sharing technology to improve HIV surveillance data across the region.
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Georgetown University Oncology Patient Support Delivers Art to Lombardi Patients
Georgetown University Oncology Patient Support connects Lombardi patients with Georgetown undergraduate students who do art projects and other activities to make their stay more comfortable.
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Extending Human Research Protection Standards Globally
Irene Jillson is leading an effort to make online courses on human subjects protection relevant to researchers in Arabic-speaking countries and North Africa
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Precision Medicine Pioneer Pursues New Cancer Treatments
Giuseppe Giaccone, MD, PhD, recognizes the promise of precision medicine, but he feels it is important to understand its limitations as well as celebrating its future benefits.
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Al-Rafaie Honored with First-Ever Gulf Cooperation Council Award of Excellence
Waddah B. Al-Refaie, MD, FACS, the John S. Dillon Endowed Chair in Surgical Oncology at MGUH and surgeon in chief at Georgetown Lombardi, was recently recognized for his outstanding achievements in medicine.
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Doctors Speak Out on How Patients Can Slow the Spread of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria
Patients have a role to play in minimizing the spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria, and at a recent Doctors Speak Out event, panelists shared strategies with attendees concerned about protecting their own health and the public’s health.
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White House, Georgetown Announce Early Childhood Innovation Network
GUMC’s Matthew Biel, MD, will co-lead a new Early Childhood Innovation Network with Dr. Lee Savio Beers of the Children’s National Health System. The network was announced on Wednesday at a White House event.
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Speakers at Ruesch Symposium Policy Forum Discuss the Cost of Cancer Care
At the first policy briefing held during the annual symposium of the Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal Cancers, speakers focused on issues related to the cost and value of cancer care.
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Two GUMC Researchers Named National Academy of Inventors Fellows
The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has named two Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) professors to its 2015 class of Fellows — Milton L. Brown, MD, PhD, and Usha N. Kasid, PhD.
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GWIM Celebrates Female Faculty at Annual Awards Ceremony
Georgetown Women in Medicine (GWIM) ended its 21st year by celebrating the achievements of female faculty members at its annual awards ceremony on Dec. 3.
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