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Med Students Connect with DC Homeless Youth Through Sports Camp
Demonstrating that community outreach and service to others can be fun as well as fulfilling, 20 first- and second-year Georgetown medical students hosted a weeklong camp July 28-Aug. 1 for nearly 50 homeless children from Washington, D.C.
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Georgetown Minority Health Leader Named to National Cancer Policy Forum
Lucile Adams-Campbell, PhD, a leader in minority health and health disparities research and associate dean for community health and outreach at Georgetown University Medical Center, has been appointed to the Institute of Medicine’s National Cancer Policy Forum.
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Cancer Researcher Goes in New Direction with St. Baldrick’s Support
A Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer investigator is able to branch off into a new research direction thanks to a recent influx of support from the St. Baldrick’s Foundation.
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The Downside of Mindfulness: Implicit Learning May be Impaired
Mindfulness – being aware and “in the moment” – has many positive effects but may impair implicit learning, according to a study by Georgetown researchers recently published in the journal Consciousness and Cognition.
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Student Mentored in Georgetown Lombardi Lab Wins Goldwater Scholarship
A Georgetown undergraduate who has been researching one of the most common and devastating pediatric brain tumors at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center has been awarded a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship.
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From Policy to Community, Fellowships Reflect Health Care Continuum
With perspectives ranging from the macro to the micro, two Georgetown University Medical Center fellowship programs share a common goal: to position physicians for success in increasingly diverse health care settings.
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Georgetown Bioethicist Tapped for Vatican Advisory Post
Kevin FitzGerald, PhD, SJ, a Jesuit priest, Georgetown bioethicist and cancer researcher, has been appointed by Pope Francis to serve as a consultor to the Pontifical Council for Culture.
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AAKOMA Director Recognized for Adolescent Psychiatry Contributions
Alfiee M. Breland-Noble, PhD, MHSc, has been selected to receive the Jeanne Spurlock Lecture and Award on Diversity and Culture by the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.
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Professor Named President of American Society of Echocardiography
Neil Weissman, MD, professor of medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine and president of MedStar Health Research Institute, has been named president of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) for a one-year term.
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Retiring Dean Leaves 35-Year Legacy of Mentoring Disadvantaged Students
In 1979, when Joy Phinizy Williams accepted a job at Georgetown University Medical Center, she thought twice about making a two-year commitment.
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