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School of Medicine Match Day 2019: By The Numbers

(March 17, 2019) — Sunshine poured through the windows of the Healey Family Student Center on an unseasonably warm March day as members of the School of Medicine Class of 2019…

March 17, 2019

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NHS Alumni at the School of Medicine Celebrate Match Day

(March 16, 2019) — On Match Day 2019, Nadeen Hussain (NHS’15, M’19) learned that she matched with the internal medicine residency program at Yale-New Haven Hospital. MaryJo…

March 17, 2019

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After Overcoming Match Week Adversity, Georgetown Alumni Thrive as Residents

(March 15, 2019) — After four years of medical school, many medical students look forward to finding out where they will complete the next phases of their education on Match.…

March 15, 2019

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Helping Future Caretakers Take Care of Themselves

(March 15, 2019) — When Simoné Jalon [SIM-oh-nay JAH-lahn], PsyD, discovered that Georgetown University was seeking a psychologist to work at the School of Medicine, she…

March 15, 2019

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Facing a Difficult Diagnosis, Why One Patient Chooses to Confront Cancer at Georgetown Lombardi

(March 7, 2019) — While living in Chattanooga, Tenn., Adam Skipper was one of the primary caregivers for his 69-year-old mother before pancreatic cancer took her life. In…

March 7, 2019

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‘Melanin in Medicine’ Reinforces Importance of Diversity in Medicine

(March 2, 2019) — Organized by the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) chapter at the School of Medicine (SOM), “Melanin in Medicine: Dissecting Diverse” …

March 2, 2019

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Teaching Health Informatics and Its Ethical Implications

(March 1, 2019) — In 2025 — just six years from now — the amount of information generated in the field of genomics alone will equal a zettabyte. Known as a ZB, a zettabyte…

March 1, 2019

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Medical Student Discusses His Journey to Georgetown at AAAS Annual Meeting

(March 1, 2019) — At the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., researchers, scientists, educators, students and…

March 1, 2019

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GHI Student Fellowships Combine Research and Mentorship in Global Health

February 28, 2019

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Carnegie Renews Classification of Georgetown as ‘Very High Research University’

February 26, 2019