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GUMC Community Meeting, Monday, June 20, 2016

Our next GUMC Community Meeting is on Monday, June 20, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. in the Research Building Auditorium, which will feature discussion of our priority areas of focus and-…

May 9, 2016

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Medical Graduates Charged With Creating a “Caring Culture”

“The field of medicine has never had a greater need for people like you,” commencement speaker Kelley Skeff, MD, PhD told the.…

May 6, 2016

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A Cancer Survivors’ Luncheon Like No Other

Many melanoma patients treated by Georgetown Lombardi physicians will be guests at a Melanoma Survivors Celebration luncheon on May 6 at Georgetown.…

April 30, 2016

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Eleventh Annual Women & Wine Raised Record Funds, Support and Hope

With more than 600 attendees, the 11th Annual Women & Wine fundraiser for the Nina Hyde Center for Breast Cancer Research at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center…

April 29, 2016

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Georgetown Lombardi Director Joins Blue Ribbon Panel Working Group for National Cancer Moonshot Initiative

Louis M. Weiner, MD, has joined a blue ribbon panel-working group assembled by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to offer expert advice on the vision, goals and implementation…

April 29, 2016

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Biotechnology Poster Presentations Feature Wide Range of Research

Student research on social media marketing, microRNAs and their role in early cardiac development and much more was on display at the Biotechnology Internship Project Poster…

April 28, 2016

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Top Cancer Leaders, Including Atkins, Brief Congress

April 25, 2016 -- Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Michael Atkins, MD, translated his vast knowledge of cancer immunology into a classroom-style lecture…

April 26, 2016

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Therapeutic Qualities of Music and Dance Explored at Arts & Humanities Roundtable

How can music and dance add to conventional therapies? That was the focus for a recent gathering of artists who met April 18 for the The “Music and Dance in Healthcare…

April 25, 2016

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Forget Fukushima: Chernobyl still holds record as worst nuclear accident for public health

This week marks the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl. Georgetown University radiation expert and author Timothy Jorgensen, PhD, MPH, takes a look back at the…

April 25, 2016

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Zika Conference at Georgetown Bridges Science and Policy

A diverse group of Georgetown experts explored the complex scientific, legal and ethical questions raised by the Zika crisis at a conference on campus.…

April 25, 2016