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To Teach is to Learn Twice
In early August 2009, two Georgetown medical student leaders approached Stephen Ray Mitchell, M.D., dean of medical education at the Georgetown University School of Medicine, with a proposal. They wan
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Summer Series: Georgetown Students Travel to China
Led by Zhihuan Jennifer Huang, PhD, associate professor of international health, the Global Health Summer Program took place at Fudan University and provided students with the opportunity to participa
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Links That Build A Neuroscience Powerhouse
A tidal wave is coming and it has nothing to do with planetary conditions. Physicians who treat the human brain know that as the American population ages, the rapid rise in neurodegenerative diseases
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Team Tackles Provocative Cancer Question
Serendipity — the sweet thing that plays a big role in scientific discovery — happened between labs at Georgetown University Medical Center and Harvard University, just before the National Cancer Inst
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Medical Student Saving Lives with Baking Soda in Haiti
Imagine the dangers of cooking inside your home on a charcoal stove while your young children play at your feet. That’s the deadly reality of many living in Haiti where kitchen fires quickly get out o
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Video Exercise Helps Overweight, Obese Teenagers Lose Weight
The first study demonstrating weight loss from video games that require physical activity has been published online in the journal Obesity by a Georgetown team including Anisha Abraham, MD, associate
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Peace Corps Alumna Becoming a Nurse-Midwife
Caitlin Givens (NHS’11, G’13) is a School of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS) graduate student who has always had a strong interest in women’s health. Currently enrolled in the Nurse-Midwifery/Women’s H
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NHS Summer Profile Series: Kopp Conducts Research in Argentina
For six weeks, human science major Antonia Kopp (NHS’14) interned in Buenos Aires, Argentina at the INFANT Foundation as part of the Translational Health Science Internship. The annual program – direc
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Discovering New Uses for Old Drugs
It’s widely estimated that it takes at least $1 billion to develop a new drug. More than 100,000 compounds are screened to find about 10,000 that are worthy of studying in preclinical laboratory cell
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Georgetown Alum With the Blues (Angels)
AUGUST 15, 2012--Most people don't get the chance to live out their dream, let alone two dreams at once. But that’s exactly what a recent Georgetown University School of Medicine graduate is doing. Ma
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