All Posts: GUMC Stories
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Georgetown Researchers Weigh Lessons from Ebola Response in Guinea
Georgetown researchers awarded a cooperative agreement for post-Ebola outbreak recovery and rebuilding efforts in the West African nation of Guinea assess their successes and lessons learned.
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GWIM Celebrates Achievements of Female Faculty Members
Achievements of female faculty members were recognized December 7 at the Georgetown Women in Medicine Annual Awards Ceremony and Reception.
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ICBI Symposium Convenes Experts to Spark Collaborations and Address Challenges
More than 300 registrants from academia, government and industry attended the 6th Annual Big Data in Biomedicine Symposium, which was hosted by the Innovation Center for Biomedical Informatics.
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Sharing Innovation and Motivation at the Ruesch Center Symposium
Nearly 300 medical professionals, patients, caregivers and advocates attended the 8th Annual Ruesch Center Symposium on December 1, listening to lectures on topics including precision medicine, immunotherapy, proton therapy and molecular imaging.
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Systems Medicine Scholarship Honors the Late Robert Ledley
On December 6, family members and former colleagues of the late Robert S. Ledley, DDS, a pioneer of medical informatics, gathered to celebrate a contribution made in his honor that will support biomedical education at Georgetown.
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Addressing an “Aching Need to do Something” About Pancreatic Cancer
Jeanne Ruesch received the Margaret L. Hodges Leadership Award at the 31st annual Lombardi Gala for her advocacy on behalf of research into pancreatic cancer and other cancers of the GI tract.
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Annual Colloquium Addresses Health Disparities in D.C.
The colloquium held on November 16 as part of this year’s GUMC Fall Convocation brought together Georgetown faculty members to discuss the theme “Strategies for Reducing Health Disparities.”
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Dick Gillis Awarded GUMC’s Lifetime Achievement Award
During the 10th Annual GUMC Fall Convocation on November 16, awards were presented to faculty and students in the School of Medicine, School of Nursing & Health Studies and the Biomedical Graduate Education program recognizing outstanding achievements in research, teaching and service.
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Harold P. Freeman, Champion of the Underserved, Receives Top Honors at 10th Annual Convocation
Harold P. Freeman, MD, a champion of the poor and underserved, received the Cura Personalis Award and delivered the keynote address at this year’s GUMC Fall Convocation on November 16.
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31st Annual Lombardi Gala Raises $1.4 Million
Close to 700 Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center supporters turned out for the 31st annual Lombardi Gala in Washington on November 18 as the cancer center honored a philanthropist, a researcher and a broadcast journalist.
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