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Conference Kicks Off Conversation on the Health Care Needs of Transnational Patients
A recent conference at Georgetown brought together an international team of scholars with expertise in transnational science, health promotions, medical anthropology, ethics and…
March 12, 2017
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Researcher Focused on Reversing Stroke-Induced Brain Damage Wins Neurology Prize
Peter Turkeltaub, MD, PhD, assistant professor of neurology and rehabilitation medicine, and director of the Cognitive Recovery Lab, has been chosen by an international society…
March 10, 2017
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New MS in Integrative Neuroscience to Focus on Research, Science Policy
This fall, a new master’s degree program at Georgetown will give students the opportunity to pursue advanced study in neuroscience while gaining experience in research or…
March 8, 2017
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Novel Course Cluster Explores "Challenges in Childhood and Society"
The course cluster is among the first offerings from the Provost’s Designing the Future(s) Initiative, which features a bold new set of educational and research…
March 6, 2017
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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