All Posts: GUMC Stories

• GWIM Unveils Toporowicz Portrait at Awards Ceremony

  (December 15, 2019) — In a conversation with pediatrics professor Miriam Toporowicz, MD, artist Gavin Glakas was surprised to learn that there were quotas for women medical students when she attended medical school in Chile. “I thought, ‘Oh, that’s great, that they were trying to encourage women to go to medical school,’” Glakas said, not […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Georgetown Women in Medicine, School of Medicine, women in STEM

• Partners in Research Supports Visionary Scientists

  (December 14, 2019) — Research is a chicken-and-egg phenomenon. One thing leads to another. But without investigational funding there is no chicken. And no egg.  So says Nady Golestaneh, PhD, MSc, adding that she would not be where she is today in her quest to prevent a common blindness in the elderly without small grants […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: aging, biomedical research, macular degeneration, ophthalmology, Partners in Research

• Georgetown Nursing Professor Selected to Serve in Fulbright Specialist Program

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: faculty honors, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Scientific Presentations at 2019 Ruesch Symposium Inspire

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, Georgetown Lombardi, Ruesch Center

• HOYA Clinic Toy Drive Exceeds Goal

  (December 9, 2019) — More than $10,800 raised… 400 toys purchased… 30 rolls of holiday wrapping paper. Those impressive numbers tallied by the Georgetown University School of Medicine’s annual HOYA Clinic 2019 Toy Drive were outdone only by the countless smiles and endless delight on display at the culminating holiday parties during the week of […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cura personalis, health disparities, HOYA Clinic, philanthropy, School of Medicine

• Cura Personalis Award Recipient: HIV/AIDS Epidemic Taught Me to be a Better Person

  (November 27, 2019) — When Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA, reflects on her graduation day from medical school at Cairo University many years ago, she admits that her perception then about what it meant to be a physician differed greatly from reality. The infectious-disease trained doctor, who leads ICAP — a global health center at […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Convocation 2019, cura personalis, HIV

• 33rd Annual Lombardi Gala Raises $1.4 Million for Cancer Research

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, cancer research, Lombardi Gala, philanthropy

• Colloquium Panelists Discuss Next Steps Toward Ending HIV Epidemic

  (November 26, 2019) — While remarkable strides have been made towards ending the HIV epidemic, an incredible amount of work remains, panelists agreed at the Colloquium on HIV/AIDS, part of the Twelfth Annual GUMC Convocation on November 18.  “I think we’re in a good place, but nonetheless I always say the accomplishments are fragile, very […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Convocation 2019, HIV

• Schlegel Honored at GUMC Convocation with Lifetime Contribution Award

  (November 26, 2019) — At the Twelfth Annual GUMC Convocation, Richard Schlegel, MD, PhD, was honored with the Lifetime Contribution to GUMC Award for his decades-long dedication to decreasing the incidence of cervical cancer worldwide. Demonstrating his continuing commitment, Schlegel is currently focused on two research priorities to help cancer patients. One: continue testing a […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Convocation 2019, Georgetown method, HPV, university awards

• Rhodes Scholarship Winner Pursues Equity for People With Disabilities

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