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Colloquium Fosters ‘Cross-Pollination’ in Health Professions Education
Dozens of faculty from Georgetown University Medical Center presented short talks or posters on education research projects, descriptions of curriculum, teaching or assessment examples, or ideas on innovations at a June 2 Colloquium for GUMC Educators in the Health Professions.
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GUMC Professor Selected as a Fellow in Executive Leadership Program
A Georgetown University Medical Center faculty member will embark on a yearlong fellowship designed to hone her executive leadership skills.
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Panel Examines Deeper Implications of Alzheimer’s Blood Test
Alzheimer’s disease is among the most feared diagnoses in the U.S. With no available treatment, the sense of despair and hopelessness that can accompany a diagnosis can quickly overwhelm a patient and his or her loved ones.
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Georgetown Lombardi Director Named to NIH Grant Advisory Role
The director of Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center has been appointed to serve on the advisory council for the Center for Scientific Review at the National Institutes of Health.
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Medical Students Seek to Add ‘Bilingual’ to their Resumes
Becoming a well-rounded physician requires a solid clinical foundation and a commitment to helping others. But a group of Georgetown University School of Medicine students believe that being bilingual should also rank high up that list of skills and talents.
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Genomic Medicine Gets Personal with New Online Course
Next month, more than 20,000 people will be introduced to the most personal of medicine — treatment based on an individual’s genome — and all that means for health and society through Georgetown University Medical Center’s first massive open online course (MOOC).
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Endowed Chair Honors Friendship Born Half Century Ago
A decades-long friendship rooted in a shared devotion to the health and well-being of children has culminated in a new endowed chair at Georgetown University.
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Researcher Applies Unique Model to Degenerative Eye Disease
Nady Golestaneh, PhD, has a theory about the origins of age-related macular degeneration, and she is employing a new grant and a unique human model of the disease to test her ideas. Stakes are high — there is no way to prevent blindness in this common disorder.
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Team Georgetown Joins PurpleStride 5K to Raise Awareness of Pancreatic Cancer
The Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal Cancers is teaming up with MedStar Georgetown University Hospital for the annual PurpleStride 5K on Saturday, June 14 at Freedom Plaza in Washington.
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MAGIS Society Inducts Newest Members, Celebrates Faculty Excellence
Graduation weekend ceremonies kicked off with the MAGIS induction ceremony on Thursday, May 15.
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