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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…
February 11, 2014
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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…
February 11, 2014
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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,…
February 11, 2014
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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…
February 11, 2014
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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…
February 11, 2014
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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.…
February 11, 2014
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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.…
February 11, 2014
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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…
February 11, 2014
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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…
February 11, 2014
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Boot Camp For a Young Clinical Researcher
Brandon Smaglo, M.D., wants to test a combination of two cancer drugs that he suspects—and hopes—will keep different kinds of tumors at bay. But he expected it…
February 11, 2014