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New Amgen Foundation Grant Connects Georgetown Labs to Area Classrooms
In an effort to expose more Washington-area high school students to real-world laboratory experiences, the Amgen Foundation is expanding its Amgen Biotech Experience in…
February 19, 2014
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Study is First to Explain Type of Antimalarial Drug Resistance
A Georgetown professor has published in the online journal PLOS ONE the first study explaining why drugs designed to fight off malaria stop working in some people with the.…
February 19, 2014
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Inaugural Bergeron Lecturer Illuminates Research on Stroke Recovery
Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) faculty and students, researchers from MedStar National Rehabilitation Network (MedStar NRH) and interested community members heard…
February 19, 2014
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Georgetown Spotlights Intersection of Medicine and the Military
With the aim of educating future physicians about the importance of military medicine and of caring for veterans and their families, Georgetown University School of Medicine…
February 19, 2014
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‘Small fish’ in Global Pond Empowers Women Worldwide
Victoria Jennings, PhD , is an anthropologist — she has always been intrigued by the ways that individual behavior and culture interact. She also is an advocate for women&…
February 19, 2014
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Annual GWIM Reception Honors Female Faculty Contributions
Georgetown Women in Medicine (GWIM) celebrated camaraderie and contributions at its annual fall awards ceremony and reception Dec. 5. GWIM, which has grown into a robust…
February 19, 2014
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Georgetown to Help Drive Regional Stroke Research Network
Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) and its clinical partner, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (MedStar GUH), will play a key role in a new regional network to…
February 19, 2014
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Georgetown Medical Students Seek Public Health Lens
For some physicians-in-training at the Georgetown School of Medicine, cura personalis — “care of the whole person” — also means care of the whole…
February 19, 2014
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Family Foundations Unite to Support Hypertension Research at GUMC
Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) has received an important boost for research in hypertension and associated conditions, thanks to a total of $1 million in gifts from…
February 19, 2014
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Ruesch Symposium Focuses on Molecular Profiling and the Individual Patient
“What does tomorrow look like–what are we driving toward and how do we get there?” These words about the future of cancer care and molecular profiling from…
February 18, 2014