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Team Georgetown Joins Scope it Out 5K in Call for Colon Cancer Screenings

Joanne Wilson thought she was doing everything “right” to stay healthy. She stopped eating red meat years ago, avoided tobacco and excess alcohol, and was an avid…

February 19, 2014

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Sandra Swain: Helping Regionalize Cancer Research and Care

There have been two common threads throughout the career of medical oncologist Sandra Swain, MD. One is her desire to cure breast cancer through translational medicine and…

February 19, 2014

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Georgetown Students' Essay Selected for '10 Ideas' Journal

Low health literacy often comes from a lack of communication between health care providers and their patients, according to a newly published essay by five Georgetown University…

February 19, 2014

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Georgetown Students Compete in International Global Health Case Competition

It’s 2017, and China is the world’s new economic leader. To maintain its position as a world power, China’s Ministry of Commerce wishes to invest in efforts…

February 19, 2014

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Georgetown Lombardi Puts Health Disparities on the Big Screen

Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center recently shone the spotlight on the stark health disparities in Washington, DC, by dimming the lights for a movie screening.&;…

February 19, 2014

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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. …

February 19, 2014

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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…

February 19, 2014

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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…

February 19, 2014

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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…

February 19, 2014

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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…

February 19, 2014