All Posts: GUMC Stories

• From Husband and Wife to Caregiver and Patient, John and Liza Marshall Reflect on Their Personal Cancer Journey in New Memoir

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: breast cancer, cancer, memoir

• NHS Senior Writes Forthcoming Book on Innovation

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: School of Nursing & Health Studies, student achievement

• At ‘I, Too, Am Georgetown Medicine,’ Participants Urged to ‘Find the People Who Lift You Up’

  (April 9, 2021) — Find mentors who believe in you and will encourage you to go far. Create safe spaces to celebrate your gifts and help you find resiliency. That was some of the advice attendees heard during the fifth annual “I, Too, Am Georgetown Medicine” event, an opportunity for medical students to discuss mentorship, […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: diversity, medical education, School of Medicine

• Georgetown Nursing Helps Promote Public Health Through COVID-19 Efforts

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: community outreach, public health, School of Nursing & Health Studies, service to others

• Meet Leon ‘Lee’ Jones, Georgetown’s New Dean for Medical Education

  (March 30, 2021) — From a young age, Leon “Lee” Jones, MD, was drawn to a career in medicine borne out of two traits: a love for science and a deep curiosity about people. Now, as the newly appointed dean for medical education at Georgetown’s School of Medicine, he will have the opportunity to nurture […]

  Categories: GUMC Stories, Special Stories Tags: medical education, School of Medicine

• In Memoriam: Georgetown BSN Alumna and Renowned Nurse Leader Dr. Bernardine M. Lacey (1932-2021)

  Category: GUMC Stories Tag: School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Two Georgetown Lombardi Researchers Win Top Award in Back-to-Back Years

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, cancer research, faculty honors, grants and awards, health disparities, Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities Research

• Medical Student Uses Instagram to Share Recipes, Build Community and Make a Difference

  (March 27, 2021) — When grocery stores and restaurants closed due to the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020, Georgetown medical student Karen Li (M’24) and her sister, Winnie, a pre-med student at Northeastern University, started Quaraneat, an Instagram account, to share easy recipes their friends could use to stretch their ingredients while practicing social distancing. […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: community outreach, COVID-19, racism, School of Medicine

• NHS Professor Develops New Course on Social Determinants of COVID-19

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: COVID-19, medical education, nursing, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Medical Humanities Minor Launched by University

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: medical education, medical humanities, Medical Humanities Initiative