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Precision Medicine and Immunotherapy: Tomorrow's Cancer Treatments Today at Georgetown Lombardi
Diane Lucey's unusual cancer stumped her doctors. But after ordering a profile of her tumor, medical oncologist Louis Weiner knew exactly how to.…
February 24, 2017
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“I, too, am GUMC” Encourages Reflection, Empathy in Action
How does being a member of the GUMC community affect your identity? How do you relate to others with different identities? And how do issues of race, poverty and other social and…
February 16, 2017
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“What A Doc Looks Like” Explores Identity Challenges In Medical Careers
What A Doc Looks Like addressed barriers that marginalized people encounter within the medical community, and proposed ways.…
February 12, 2017
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Roth Scholarship Honors Alum Known for Commitment to Cura Personalis
The inaugural Dr. Katy Roth Scholarship at Georgetown University School of Medicine was recently awarded to Lindsey Hastings-Spaine (SOM’19), a first-generation medical…
February 10, 2017
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Using Statistics Ethically to Combat “A Scientific Credibility Crisis”
A recent survey suggests that many researchers have tried and failed to reproduce other scientists’ experiments as well as their own. GUMC’s Rochelle Tractenberg is…
February 10, 2017
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Survival On the Seventh Continent
Before a team of Georgetown researchers could start sequencing the DNA of ancient microbes collected on Antarctica, they spent three days learning how to survive in one of the…
January 29, 2017
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Giving a Voice to Research Participants and Their Caretakers
A new effort by the Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science (GHUCCTS) will help those participating in research studies and their caretakers…
January 27, 2017
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Exploring Identity Through Monologues, Poetry, Music and More at “What Makes You … ?”
At “What Makes You … ?,” a celebration of the artistic and diverse perspectives of the Georgetown University School of Medicine community, students, faculty…
January 27, 2017
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Arts & Medicine Club Showcases Diverse Student Talent
The Arts & Medicine Club was founded by students who wanted to foster their peers' creativity, and give back to the community at the same.…
January 16, 2017
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Overcoming Unconscious Bias: What Works and What Doesn’t
“The question is not about whether you have biases, it’s a question of what is your bias,” H. Anna Han, PhD, said at “Great Minds Think Differently:…
January 13, 2017