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Endowment Provides Vital Research Lifeline for Neuroscience Investigator

In the research world, there is a familiar Catch-22. Bright ideas require research funding to generate preliminary data, but it is notoriously difficult for a researcher to…

September 12, 2014

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Georgetown Medical Student Receives Prestigious AMA Foundation Honor

A Georgetown University School of Medicine student is among 21 fourth-year medical students nationwide to receive a “Physicians of Tomorrow” Award from the American…

September 12, 2014

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Professor Recognized as Leader in Neurorehabilitation Research

A Georgetown University Medical Center professor has been selected to receive the Outstanding Neurorehabilitation Clinician-Scientist Award from the American Society of…

September 11, 2014

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Georgetown Lombardi Secures Prestigious NCI Endorsement

Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center has received the federal government’s most powerful endorsement for its work in cancer prevention, research and.…

September 9, 2014

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International Meeting to Promote Systems and Complexity in Medicine

Georgetown is hosting a pioneering international conference in November that aims to promote a new way to practice medicine—combining the ethos of early medical wisdom…

August 28, 2014

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Professor Honored for Contributions to Scleroderma Research, Education

A Georgetown University Medical Center professor recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Scleroderma Foundation during its National Patient Education Conference…

August 25, 2014

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As Neuroscience Applications Expand, Neuroethics Keeps Pace

Neuroscience, neurolaw, neuromarketing, neuroweapons. What do all these terms have in?…

August 15, 2014

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Academia Partners with Community Organizations to Improve Public Health

Too often, academic researchers and community-based organizations might be puzzling over the same problem, but through such different lenses that there is an enormous.…

August 15, 2014

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Service Day Connects New Medical to Students to Community

Every fall, incoming Georgetown University medical students have the chance to give back to the community before classes even begin. This year, 85 students volunteered for the…

August 14, 2014

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For New Students, White Coat Ceremony Marks Portal to Medical Profession

The White Coat Ceremony is an annual tradition that marks the official start of a medical student’s career. This year, 196 students hailing from 30 states, the District of…

August 11, 2014