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Karen Anderson: A Passion Fulfilled for Treating, Researching Huntington Disease
While training in neuropsychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center, Karen E. Anderson, MD, was asked to fill in at the institute’s Huntington disease center for a bit. Anderson’s main focus was A
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Dr. Breland-Noble Appointed to PCORI Health Disparities Panel
Alfiee M. Breland-Noble, PhD, MHSc, assistant professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University Medical Center, has been selected to join the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)’s Advi
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Undergrads Showcase Diverse Research at Georgetown Conference
Anika Khan (C’13), who presented research on ways to prevent child marriage in Bangladesh, was one of several Georgetown students participating in the university’s Undergraduate Research Conference. T
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Physician Readiness in the Genomic Era
Are today’s and tomorrow’s medical professionals prepared for the genomic age? That's the question Abhi Pandey (M’14), a third-year Georgetown University medical student, explores in an essay publishe
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Dr. James B. Spies, Elected President-Elect of Society of Interventional Radiology
James B. Spies, MD, MPH, FSIR, professor of radiology at Georgetown University Medical Center, and chairman of the department of radiology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, has been elected p
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35th Annual Golden Apple Awards Presented
For the 35th year, Georgetown University School of Medicine students and faculty members were honored at that annual Golden Apple Awards. This year’s event on April 13 was held at Sequoia restaurant i
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Students Act as CSI-type Forensic Investigators, Medical Examiners
A Georgetown professor recently turned the clinical simulation lab at theSchool of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS) into what looked like the set of the popular TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
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St. Baldrick's Creates a Buzz for Childhood Cancer Awareness
Visitors to Georgetown University this month might see a few more bald men and women than they’d expect. That’s because students, faculty, staff and even some visiting children turned out to participa
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Congresswoman Speaks to Minority Health Initiative Council
The first female physician to serve as a member of the United States Congress came to Georgetown April 24 to speak with students in the Minority Health Initiative Council. Del. Donna Christensen (D-Vi
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End of Life Can Be Meaningful, Richly Textured
Not a battle to be fought and won, death is a natural human health process enhanced by planning, communication and one’s own enduring ethical value. That was the take-home message delivered by a phy
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