All Posts: GUMC Stories
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GWIM Celebrates Achievement, Looks Ahead at Annual Ceremony
Georgetown Women in Medicine (GWIM) culminated its 20th anniversary year with its annual awards ceremony Dec. 11, honoring achievements of female faculty and supporters.
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Program Sharpens Medical Observation Skills Through 'Art of Perception'
Georgetown recently hosted a program called The Art of Perception for students, faculty and members of the community. The program was designed originally for medical students is a way to enhance their observation and perception skills, and to communicate inferences more effectively.
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‘Doctors Speak Out’ Panelists Optimistic on Alzheimer’s
There is more reason to feel hopeful about future prospects for Alzheimer’s treatment and prevention as research continues to yield important new insights about the disease, Georgetown University Medical Center experts said at the Dec. 3 Doctors Speak Out quarterly lunch education series.
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Science Comes Alive for Visiting High School Students
In an effort to make biomedical education more accessible to diverse populations, faculty and students from Georgetown University School of Medicine hosted some 70 local high school students Dec. 3 under the auspices of the Project Lead the Way program.
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IPN Student to Research Cell-to-Cell Communication Through NSF Fellowship
A Georgetown University Medical Center PhD student who received a National Science Foundation graduate research fellowship is gearing up to begin her project, examining how cells communicate with one another in the brain.
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Researchers Find Common Factors in Teens at Risk for Alcohol Abuse
Neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) are zeroing in on brain factors and behaviors that put teens at risk of alcohol use and abuse even before they start drinking.
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Inaugural Conference Advances New Health Care Paradigm
Researchers, clinicians and educators came together for the First International Conference on Systems and Complexity Sciences for Healthcare at Georgetown Nov. 13-14. The thematic areas, as varied as the attendees’ expertise, were grounded in this emerging cross-disciplinary way of thinking about wellness, disease and care.
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More Than Flavor: Menthol Cigarettes Desensitize Lung Airways
Georgetown neuroscientists say menthol and nicotine work together to desensitize receptors in the lungs’ airways, possibly encouraging people to inhale menthol cigarettes more deeply and exposing them to more toxins.
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GUMC Convocation Honoree: ‘Ask a Question that Matters’
Helen S. Mayberg, MD, the honored speaker at the Seventh Annual Georgetown University Medical Center Convocation, shared her journey on an unconventional career path that has led her to become one of the world’s leading authorities on the use of imaging to study neuropsychiatric disorders.
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To Reduce Health Disparities, First Acknowledge Past Research Wrongs
With the goals of righting past wrongs and building trust between researchers and racially and ethnically diverse communities, Georgetown University Medical Center has developed a novel pilot study consisting of a series of community forums called “Truth and Reconciliation.”
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