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Gale’s Legacy Honored Through Presidential Fellows Medal

Karen Gale, PhD, a longtime member of the Georgetown University Medical Center community who passed away in August, was honored for her significant contributions to the field of…

October 17, 2014

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CBCC Celebrates Decade of Service at Gift of Life Breakfast

Capital Breast Care Center hosted its 7th annual Gift of Life Breakfast today, where CBCC’s most loyal supporters gathered to pledge their continued support for CBCC and…

October 10, 2014

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Annual ICBI Symposium Gathers Steam at Nexus of Science and Informatics

The Innovation Center for Biomedical Informatics (ICBI) at Georgetown University Medical Center hosted its third annual Biomedical Informatics Symposium, breaking attendance…

October 10, 2014

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Georgetown Experts Tackle Complexities of Patient Safety

Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) convened an expert panel to discuss the challenges of creating and maintaining a culture of patient safety at the latest installment…

October 10, 2014

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Study Follows HIV-infected Women into Their ‘Golden’ Years

How well do individuals diagnosed decades ago with HIV manage their disease as they age? The issue is crucial, says Georgetown University Medical Center HIV specialist Mary, …

October 9, 2014

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Event Honors Harkin’s Contributions to Integrative Health and Medicine

Leaders from dozens of organizations devoted to integrative health and medicine convened at Georgetown at a recent event to celebrate the contributions to their field of U.S.. …

October 9, 2014

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Award Grants Medical Student Valuable Hematology Research Experience

A Georgetown University School of Medicine student was one of 12 first- and second-year medical students from the United States and Canada to participate in the American Society…

October 9, 2014

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Boys with High-Functioning Autism Show Surprising Strength at Language

Boys with high-functioning autism were found to be significantly faster at a key task of grammar abilities – producing past tenses for regular verbs – than were…

September 26, 2014

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Medical and Nursing Students Tackle Flu Season Together

Underscoring Georgetown’s ongoing commitment to interprofessional education, Georgetown University School of Medicine and the School of Nursing & Health Studies have…

September 25, 2014

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Research Day Gives Graduate Students Priceless Experience

Fifty students in Biomedical Graduate Education (BGE) programs at Georgetown University Medical Center showcased their research pursuits in this year’s Student Research,…

September 25, 2014