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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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Raising Issues and Developing Solutions at the Ruesch Center Policy Briefing
Participants at the briefing discussed access to care, the growing cost of cancer research and the implications for policy makers, health care professionals, patients and society.
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University Begins Series on Condition of African American D.C. Residents
The NHS report that showed stark differences in the health of African American residents of Washington, D.C., versus their white counterparts was the subject of a policy briefing and luncheon on Thursday.
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Adams-Campbell Joins the National Human Genome Research Institute Board of Scientific Counselors
Georgetown Lombardi’s Lucile L. Adams-Campbell, PhD has begun serving on the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Human Genome Research Institute.
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Georgetown Readies Launch of a New Biomedical PhD Program
GUMC has offered a master’s degree in biostatistics since 2006. Now, given the success of that program and the growing need for professionals with more advanced training in the field, the Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Biomathematics is preparing to launch a new PhD program in biostatistics.
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Ingredients for Patient Safety: Teamwork and Communication
Third year medical students and newly-minted nurses from MedStar Georgetown collaborated during a day-long event devoted to patient safety.
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Celebrating a “landmark” gene editing technique
More than two decades ago, Todd Waldman published a study on gene editing in Cancer Research. It has been selected as a “landmark study” and will be republished in the journal’s 75th anniversary addition.
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Advice to medical students: Fill your heads while opening your hearts
By the end of the first semester of medical school, many students feel overwhelmed. This mind body medicine elective offers tangible skills to help students care for themselves.
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Class of 2020 Begins Its Journey In Medicine
(August 8, 2016) — They come from 31 states and nine countries including Canada, Korea, China, Ethiopia, Israel, Japan, Jamaica and Zimbabwe. Some come from the U.S. military. And others come from a long tradition of medicine. No matter the path they were on, the 196 students that make up the Georgetown University School of […]
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