All Posts: GUMC Stories
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Understanding Risk Factors to Promote Healthy Aging
Knowing your numbers and family history, as well as exercise, are the keys to aging well, researchers explained at Doctors Speak Out.
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EIGHTH ANNUAL GUMC CONVOCATION TO HONOR FACULTY AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS
At the eighth annual Georgetown University Medical Center Convocation on November 3, Martin J. Blaser, MD, a world-renowned researcher and clinician, will be recognized with the Cura Personalis Award.
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Researchers Report First Therapy Appearing to Reverse Decline in Parkinson’s
OCTOBER 17, 2015 – An FDA-approved drug for leukemia improved cognition, motor skills and non-motor function in patients with Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia in a small clinical trial, say researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC). The drug, nilotinib (known as Tasigna® by Novartis) also led to statistically significant and encouraging changes in toxic […]
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Research Director at Institute for Reproductive Health Receives Prestigious USAID Award
Rebecka Lundgren, PhD, director of research at GUMC’s Institute for Reproductive Health (IRH), received the Marjorie C. Horn Operations Research Award in September.
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Facing Alzheimer’s Disease with Hope
Co-sponsored by GUMC and the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, more than 40 people attended the screening of “The Sum Total of Our Memory: Facing Alzheimer’s Together,” and enjoyed a panel discussion on the disease’s impact on relationships, the latest research findings and the ethical issues related to caring for a partner with a chronic illness.
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Inaugural Research Development Day Promotes Collaboration Across Medical Center
On September 22 in the New Research Building, more than 150 students, faculty and staff members gathered to learn about opportunities for collaboration with the remarkable range of research centers and services offered at Georgetown University Medical Center.
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Connecting Medical Students with Community Health Leaders in the Dominican Republic
Irma Frank, DDS, was recognized by the Institute for Latin American Concern (ILAC) Mission for organizing a month-long project where first-year medical students work with community health leaders in the Dominican Republic.
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Neuroscientists Uncover Brain Abnormalities Responsible for Tinnitus and Chronic Pain
Neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center and Germany’s Technische Universität München have uncovered the brain malady responsible for tinnitus and for chronic pain — the uncomfortable, sometimes agonizing sensations that persist long after an initial injury.
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Meet Susan Cheng: Senior Associate Dean for the Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Susan Cheng has a lot of experience cultivating leaders from underrepresented populations. As she begins her tenure at the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, she is poised to apply those skills to further diversify the School of Medicine.
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A Global Elective for Georgetown Residents Teaches Ethics and Character — Along with Medicine
Marilee Cole, MD, has been mentoring residents in the Georgetown Global Health Elective in Cameroon for 10 years. Their experience at the Banso Baptist Hospital (BBH) is transformative.
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