All Posts: GUMC Stories

• Georgetown Center Funded to Support Children’s Programs with COVID-19 Recovery

  (February 11, 2021) — The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Office of Head Start has selected the Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development (GUCCHD) to lead the new National Center on Health, Behavioral Health, and Safety (NCHBHS). Among other objectives, NCHBHS will support capacity building for Head Start and other early […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: early childhood development, Education Development Center, funding awards, Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development, NCHBHS

• Georgetown Celebrates Women in Science

  (February 11, 2021) — Georgetown University commemorated the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (February 11, 2021) with a collection of video messages provided by students and faculty from across campus. Each woman answered the question, “What inspired you to become a scientist?” Video Messages Collection Part I Video Messages Collection Part II […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Biomedical Graduate Education, biomedical research, cancer research, Georgetown Lombardi, School of Medicine, School of Nursing & Health Studies, women in STEM

• Human Science Professors Develop Online Courses in Human Anatomy and Physiology

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: medical education, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Celebrating the First GU African American Nursing School Graduates During Black History Month 2021

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: alumni, diversity, nursing, racial equity, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• GWIM Honors Outstanding Women in Medicine

  (January 31, 2021) — Celebrating excellence in research, mentoring and teaching, the Georgetown Women in Medicine (GWIM) annual awards ceremony honored women faculty members on January 28 via Zoom. After the organization’s fall reception was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, Kimberly M. Davis, PhD, GWIM president and associate professor of psychiatry, felt especially motivated […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: faculty honors, Georgetown Women in Medicine, School of Medicine, School of Nursing & Health Studies, women in STEM

• Medical Humanities Initiative Creates Novel Learning Opportunities with Interdisciplinary Students and Faculty

  (January 28, 2021) — For years to come, the social, cultural and historical contexts of the coronavirus pandemic will be subjects of intense interest and study. In the fall semester of 2020, several Georgetown students started to dive into these areas through the recently established Georgetown Medical Humanities Initiative. As the founding director of this […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: interdisciplinary programs, medical education, medical humanities, Medical Humanities Initiative, School of Medicine

• Art Installation Illustrates Dyslexic Brains at Work

  (January 14, 2021) — When a person practices a skill, the neural representations in the relevant parts of the brain change, allowing the person to perform the skill better. Research by Guinevere Eden, PhD, a Georgetown University professor of pediatrics and the director of the Center for the Study of Learning, found that the same […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: brain, brain plasticity, brain research, dyslexia, neuroimaging, neuroscience

• Georgetown Doctor of Nursing Practice Students Selected for AACN Digital Innovators Program

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

• Glynda’s Story: A Chance to Advance Treatment for Aggressive Cancer

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: breast cancer, cancer, cancer research, clinical trials, Georgetown Lombardi

• Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Honors Journalist Theresa Vargas

  (January 10, 2021) — Theresa Vargas, a metro columnist with The Washington Post, recently received the Geraldine P. Waldorf Making a Difference Award from the Georgetown University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (GUCEDD), part of the Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development (GUCCHD).  “Each of her articles amplified the voices and issues […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development, Georgetown University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, university awards