All Posts: GUMC Stories

• Music for the Mind – Old Songs Create New Memories

  (March 08, 2012) — This year’s Music for the Mind brings together songs of the past and present with entertainer Wayne Brady’s imaginative and comic look back on vocalist and Rat Pack member, Sammy Davis Jr. and singer Sam Cooke’s soulful artistry. Wayne Brady has been featured in television shows such as Who’s Line Is […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Alzheimer's disease, brain, brain research, Music for the Mind, Parkinson's disease

• Keeping Cells Alive in the Lab

  (January 19, 2012) — There is a lot of talk about personalized cancer treatment in medicine these days. One idea is to subject a tumor to different therapies to find the cocktail of drugs that will w

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, cancer research

• Discussion on Pharmacogenomics Kicks off Third Annual GUMC Convocation

  (March 16, 2011) — Despite having been in existence for more than half a century, in some ways the field of pharmacogenomics is practically in its infancy. Pharmacogenomics, which explores the way genes influence one’s response to drug therapies, is still years away from providing consistently reliable personalized therapies. At the March 15 colloquium to […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cura personalis, pharmacogenomics, university awards

• Medical Ethicist Receives Cura Personalis Medal at Convocation

  Edmund D. Pellegrino, MD (September 24, 2009) — The Medical Center honored Edmund D. Pellegrino, MD, with a medal for his outstanding scientific, medical and educational achievements in the spiri

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: medical ethics, university awards