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Timpone Receives Honorary Degree
This year at its 62nd annual commencement exercises, Fairfield University, in Fairfield Connecticut, bestowed an honorary degree on Joseph Timpone, M.D., Associate Professor in the Division of Infecti
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The Third Annual School of Medicine Golf Invitational
The Third Annual Georgetown University School of Medicine (GUSOM) Golf Invitational will take place at Raspberry Falls Golf Club in Leesburg, Virginia, on Monday, June 25, 2012. The GUSOM Invitationa
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CBCC Personal Navigation Program Receives Boost from Komen
Imagine if every woman had access to personal, one-on-one help in navigating her way through the health care system. In the world of breast cancer prevention, this would mean more mammography screenin
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Vanessa B. Sheppard: Righting a Deadly Imbalance
Vanessa Sheppard, Ph.D., an assistant professor at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, is a population scientist, a designation that conjures up visions of a life spent in the glow of the
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This Week Is Security Week at GUMC – Please Join Us
You are invited to join us for GUMC Security Week, Monday, June 18 –- Thursday, June 21 on the Medical Center campus. During Security Week, we will begin to implement new policies such as GUMC’s mand
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Learning to Be a Teacher
As a fourth-year Ph.D. student in the Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience [at Georgetown], I have turned my curiosity about how the brain works into a single-minded pursuit of the neural underpi
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Green Initiatives Announced at GUMC Town Hall
Medical waste is a huge problem—four billion pounds a year in U.S. landfills—second only to the food industry. GUMC intends to begin to reduce its share of waste by exploring greener items it can use
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Georgetown Lombardi Breast Cancer Expert to Lead ASCO
Sandra “Sandy” M. Swain, M.D., a member of Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and a professor of medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center, assumed the presidency of the American S
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Men Gather Together to Fight Prostate Cancer
The Men’s Event drew leading business men of Washington, DC, together for an evening of education and awareness-building around prostate cancer research and care. The 13th annual event took place June
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Ex-NFL Player Widowed by Cancer Tours Lombardi
A radiant, smiling picture of former NFL linebacker Chris Draft’s wife Keasha was never far from sight as he toured Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center on June 21. As Draft walked through
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