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Georgetown Students' Essay Selected for '10 Ideas' Journal
Low health literacy often comes from a lack of communication between health care providers and their patients, according to a newly published essay by five Georgetown University…
February 19, 2014
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Georgetown Students Compete in International Global Health Case Competition
It’s 2017, and China is the world’s new economic leader. To maintain its position as a world power, China’s Ministry of Commerce wishes to invest in efforts…
February 19, 2014
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Georgetown Lombardi Puts Health Disparities on the Big Screen
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center recently shone the spotlight on the stark health disparities in Washington, DC, by dimming the lights for a movie screening.&;…
February 19, 2014
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Karen Anderson: A Passion Fulfilled for Treating, Researching Huntington Disease
While training in neuropsychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center, Karen E. Anderson, MD, was asked to fill in at the institute’s Huntington disease center for a. …
February 19, 2014
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Dr. Breland-Noble Appointed to PCORI Health Disparities Panel
Alfiee M. Breland-Noble, PhD, MHSc, assistant professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University Medical Center, has been selected to join the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research…
February 19, 2014
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Undergrads Showcase Diverse Research at Georgetown Conference
Anika Khan (C’13), who presented research on ways to prevent child marriage in Bangladesh, was one of several Georgetown students participating in the university’s…
February 19, 2014
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Physician Readiness in the Genomic Era
Are today’s and tomorrow’s medical professionals prepared for the genomic age? That’s the question Abhi Pandey (M’14), a third-year Georgetown…
February 19, 2014
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Dr. James B. Spies, Elected President-Elect of Society of Interventional Radiology
James B. Spies, MD, MPH, FSIR, professor of radiology at Georgetown University Medical Center, and chairman of the department of radiology at MedStar Georgetown University…
February 19, 2014
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35th Annual Golden Apple Awards Presented
For the 35th year, Georgetown University School of Medicine students and faculty members were honored at that annual Golden Apple Awards. This year’s event on April 13 was held…
February 19, 2014
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Students Act as CSI-type Forensic Investigators, Medical Examiners
A Georgetown professor recently turned the clinical simulation lab at theSchool of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS) into what looked like the set of the popular…
February 19, 2014