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Hyundai Hope on Wheels Brings Fun and Funding to Georgetown Lombardi
The event included a check presentation to grant winner Jeffrey Toretsky, MD, and a colorful handprint ceremony for the youngest attendees.
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Virtual Molecular Tumor Board Brings a Collaborative Approach to Precision Medicine
Through its participation in a Virtual Molecular Tumor Board, Georgetown Lombardi is helping physicians take advantage of the latest advances in precision medicine to treat cancer and save lives.
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Developing a Regional Clinical Research Powerhouse
The Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science (GHUCCTS), is one of 62 clinical research hubs in the United States created by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences CTSA Program. The National Institutes of Health has renewed the CTSA grant, awarding GHUCCTS $27 million over five years.
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New Clinical Trial Led by Lombardi Doctor to Compare Drug Sequences in Treatment of Melanoma
Dr. Michael Atkins is leading a new nationwide clinical trial that recently opened at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital that will help doctors determine not only which drugs are most effective, but how the order in which the drugs are administered affects patient outcomes.
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NIH Grant Supports Research on Radiation Injury Assessment
How would one quickly assess the radiation doses received by hundreds of thousands of people following a large-scale radiological event? With the help of a NIH grant, Albert J. Fornace Jr., MD, is working with other researchers to answer that question.
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School of Medicine Celebrates 20 Years of Service-Learning
School of Medicine faculty and students reflect on the impact of 20 years of service learning.
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Lombardi Researcher Receives $6.4 Million Grant to Study Cancer and Aging
With the support of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), Georgetown Lombardi scientist Jeanne Mandelblatt, MD, MPH will explore the relationship between cancer and aging.
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Building Creative Connections Between Medicine and Art
After encouraging medical students to hone their observational and creative thinking skills, Caroline Wellbery, MD, PhD, took her own advice and spent a month as an artist-in-residence in California this summer.
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White Coat Ceremony Welcomes School of Medicine Class of 2019
Nearly 200 members of the School of Medicine Class of 2019, representing seven countries, 26 states and the District of Columbia, were given their first white coats on August 7 at the White Coat Ceremony.
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Student-Run Sports Camp for DC General Children Flourishes in its Third Year
Since 2013, Georgetown University Medical Students have run HoyaMed Summer Sports Camp for children at DC General Family Shelter. This year, students garnered more support from the community, including visits from a former professional soccer player and members of the Georgetown men’s basketball team.
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