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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.…
August 21, 2015
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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.…
August 20, 2015
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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…
August 17, 2015
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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…
August 9, 2015
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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…
August 8, 2015
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Nurses Help Conduct Clinical Studies While Protecting Patient Participants
The five nurses on the Clinical Research Unit (CRU) specialize in dozens of disorders — the range of maladies affecting patients who participate in research studies…
August 3, 2015
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Biologic Pathways Affected by Acupuncture in Rats Also Targeted by Drugs in Humans
New research on acupuncture in animal models suggests that the ancient Chinese therapy stimulates the same biologic pathways activated by pain and stress, similar to the way…
July 25, 2015
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Small Grants Supply the Research “Lifeblood” of Early Career Scientists
Three GUMC researchers describe the immeasurable impact of small grants from philanthropic organizations, foundations and the government on their.…
July 24, 2015
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Neuroscience Student Elected to the Board of the American Tinnitus Association
Neuroscience PhD student Ted Turesky hadn't even heard of tinnitus when he first came to Georgetown. In July, he was elected to the board of the American Tinnitus. …
July 24, 2015
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USAID Awards $30 Million to Georgetown Institute for Reproductive Health to Lead Passages Project
With a $30 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Institute for Reproductive Health (IRH) at Georgetown University Medical Center will lead…
July 22, 2015