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• Health Economist Joins Georgetown

  A well-known health economist says she wanted to join the faculty of the School of Nursing & Health Studies because of the school’s mission. “The school’s commitment to reflective scholarship and soc

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• Student Wins Health Policy Essay Contest

  A School of Nursing & Health Studies undergraduate earned first prize in a national essay contest held by KaiserEDU.org – a Web site of the Kaiser Family Foundation. Colleen Tapen (NHS’13) won in the

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• Giving People with Dementia a Voice

  It’s a common question that physicians ask patients suspected of having dementia. “Who is the president of the U.S.?” the doctor says. “He is a forgettable fellow,” the patient answers, with a laugh.

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• Cardiologist with a Heart

  On any given day, Allen J. Taylor, M.D., FACC, FAHA, can be found wearing his trademark bowtie and white coat, moving purposefully through Medstar Georgetown University Hospital from patient consultat

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• Putting the Patient First

  Health care providers must work in teams to improve patient safety and support quality health care, several experts said at a major lecture at Georgetown University on Tuesday, June 5. The Inaugural D

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• How to Prevent Nation’s Leading Killer

  America’s leading cause of death is also the most preventable: high blood pressure kills silently and slowly. Heart disease, the result of high blood pressure stealthily eroding vital organs and the b

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• Incubator for Growing Scientific Minds

  Paul Roepe, Ph.D., likes to pay it forward. Just as his teachers gave him time and attention, Roepe likes to mentor students who want to work with him. And it isn’t just a few. Over the last two decad

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• Graduate to Share Love of Science

  Von’Travis Dejanaro Crawford (NHS’12), a senior human science major at the School of Nursing & Health Studies, plans to teach high school science for Teach for America in Dallas-Fort Worth after gradu

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• Study On Anti-Epilepsy Drugs in Newborns

  Long after Karen Gale, Ph.D., a professor of pharmacology at Georgetown University Medical Center, began studying epilepsy, she gave birth to a daughter who experienced seizures as an infant. Gale kne

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• In Their Own Words

  On May 20, 193 medical students will graduate from the Georgetown University School of Medicine. Of the group, nine have chosen to become family medicine practitioners, and will soon be off to residen

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