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High School Scientists Come to Georgetown
On Thursday and Friday of the first week of 2013, the halls of Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) were filled with area high school students attending the Junior Science and Humanities Sympos
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Putting People First
Ambassador Mark Dybul (C’85, M’92, H’08) recently received the 2012 Timothy S. Healy S.J. Award for his outstanding public service in support of humanitarian causes and advancements for the benefit of
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In New Leadership Role, Student Gives Voice to Young Cancer Patients
FEBRUARY 13, 2014 — A Georgetown University Medical Center graduate student—who is president of his class—has assumed a new leadership role with a national cancer nonprofit organization that seeks to improve the lives of teens and young adults with cancer.
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Georgetown Medical Student Hopes to Help Others, Study Health Systems
Armond Esmaili (NHS’11, M’15) first became inspired to pursue a career in medicine in high school after his mother was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disorder. “It was during the hours I spent with
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Optimism, with Dash of Whimsy, Keeps Patient Smiling Through Tough Times
People dealing with a major illness, death or other personal loss are often told they might expect to experience the so-called five stages of grief, beginning with denial. According to this theory, kn
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Hope to Harness Brain’s Power to Repair Itself
What makes us laugh or cry? How do we solve a problem? How do we recall what we’ve learned? How do we breathe and blink without giving it a thought? What triggers dreams and sleep? How, basically, do
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Ruesch Symposium Seeks ‘Common Threads’ Around Clinical Trials
For researchers, the benefits of enrolling patients on clinical trials are evident: more participants leads to more robust trials and richer data, and these data then inform and improve tomorrow’s tre
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A Model to Reduce Health Disparities
Phyllis Magrab, PhD, has administered many grants, large and small — she is an expert at keeping the parts of studies and centers moving together and efficiently flowing in both vision and outcome. Bu
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iPad in Hand, Librarian Joins Rounds
Physicians often wish they could carry a medical library around with them when visiting hospitalized patients. Medicine is complex and ever advancing — each specialty has dozens of journals and public
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Fixing a Disparity in Autism Screening
Pediatricians and family physicians have long been used to treating their young patients’ bouts with flu and infections, and struggles with asthma and other chronic diseases. But, more and more, paren
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