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Georgetown Offers Web-Based Tool to Educate Communities About Childhood Trauma
“Trauma Informed Care: Perspectives and Resources,” a website created by the National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health (part of GUCCHD) and JBS International, features issue briefs and resource lists to help those who work with children and families affected by trauma.
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Meet Edward Healton
A note from Edward Healton, MD, MPH, GUMC’s new executive vice president starting on July 1.
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Participants in CENTILE Colloquium Discuss Use of Technology and Simulation in Teaching
At the second Annual Colloquium for GUMC Educators in the Health Professions, panelists from a range of disciplines shared strategies for improving teaching and education, including using technology and simulations to enhance students’ learning experiences.
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Georgetown’s online nursing program spreads its appeal nationwide
One of the goals of the online Master of Science degree in Nursing program at Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies was to educate students to serve in rural, underserved areas where advanced nursing benefits the community. Today, many of the 583 program graduates are or will serve in those areas, carrying out the program’s mission.
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Researchers Strive to Solve the Mystery of Gulf War Illness
Little is known about Gulf War Illness, but innovative researchers at GUMC are working to identify ways to diagnose and ultimately treat the disease, giving hope to veterans and their families. On May 29, some of those researchers gathered at in the Rafik B. Hariri Building to participate in a discussion called, “Hilltop Dialogue: Georgetown Discovery Paves the Way for Diagnosis & Treatment of Gulf War Illness.”
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Student-Run Mentorship Program Enriches Georgetown Presence at D.C. Shelter
Georgetown medical students have been running the HOYA Clinic, a free clinic located in the old D.C. General hospital building, since 2007. But a year ago, a student had an idea that would bring the medical students even closer to the at-risk population living in the D.C. General Family Shelter: the Big HOYA Little Saxa (BHLS) mentorship program.
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New class of drugs is redefining traditional cancer treatment
After more than 30 years of research in the field, Michael Atkins, MD, deputy director of the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, is confident that immunotherapy is quickly becoming so promising that it will soon overtake use of chemotherapy and radiation, leading to a revolution in cancer care.
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Hope Grows as Understanding of Alzheimer’s Leads to Bevy of Clinical Studies
The sheer number of clinical studies underway at GUMC’s Memory Disorders Program is giving Program Director R. Scott Turner, MD, PhD new hope.
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A Mission to Ensure Quality Surgery For Cancer Patients
Waddah Al-Refaie, MD, FACS has established — and is already leading — what is arguably one of the strongest research relationships between Georgetown University and MedStar Health — the MedStar-Georgetown Surgical Outcomes Research Center (MG-SORC).
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Spring/Summer 2015
Georgetown Medicine Magazine, a publication for alumni and friends of Georgetown University Medical Center, is now available online. The theme of this Spring/ Summer issue is “Caring for the Whole Person with Integrative Medicine.”
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