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41st Annual Golden Apple Awards Presented

(April 9, 2019) — Georgetown University School of Medicine faculty, students and staff were honored at the 41st Annual Golden Apple Awards. This year’s event was held on…

April 9, 2019

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Once His Home, Medical Student Uses Research Requirement to Investigate Hypertension in Zimbabwe

(March 29, 2019) — The nearly 200 independent scholarly projects completed by students at Georgetown University School of Medicine this year varied from topics including…

April 8, 2019

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Mayer Professor in Health Equity Delivers 2019 NHS Values Based Lecture

April 8, 2019

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Georgetown Lombardi Team Takes on 50-Hour Challenge to Win Hyundai Research Funding — and a Car!

April 7, 2019

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MCGSO Welcomes Hardy Middle School During Brain Awareness Week

(March 29, 2019) — In an effort to promote brain research and awareness, the Medical Center Graduate Student Organization (MCGSO) hosted more than 100 seventh graders from a…

March 29, 2019

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Alternative Spring Break Experience Provokes Reflection, Introspection for NHS Student

(March 29, 2019) — Growing up in Nebraska, Emily Graul (NHS’20) was already familiar with the challenges associated with rural health care accessibility, but leading an…

March 29, 2019

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Creating Leaders in Health Justice Beyond the Hilltop

(March 29, 2019) — As a medical school applicant, Hunter Fraker (M’19) was not only interested in learning about medicine but also how to advocate for his patients through…

March 29, 2019

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Students Honor Anatomical Donors with Murals

(March 29, 2019) — Transformed from a morbid space with photos of sliced cadaver parts, the hallway of the anatomy lab at Georgetown University School of Medicine (GUSOM) now…

March 29, 2019

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Going with Your Gut: Exploring the Microbiota’s Role in Colorectal Cancer Among the Young

(March 26, 2019) — When figures released by the American Cancer Society in 2017 showed a rise in colorectal cancer cases and deaths among young people, Benjamin Weinberg, MD,…

March 26, 2019

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New Master’s in Global Infectious Disease Bridges Science and Policy

March 21, 2019