All Posts: GUMC Stories

• GWIM Honors Outstanding Women in Medicine

  (January 31, 2021) — Celebrating excellence in research, mentoring and teaching, the Georgetown Women in Medicine (GWIM) annual awards ceremony honored women faculty members on January 28 via Zoom. After the organization’s fall reception was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, Kimberly M. Davis, PhD, GWIM president and associate professor of psychiatry, felt especially motivated […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: faculty honors, Georgetown Women in Medicine, School of Medicine, School of Nursing & Health Studies, women in STEM

• Medical Humanities Initiative Creates Novel Learning Opportunities with Interdisciplinary Students and Faculty

  (January 28, 2021) — For years to come, the social, cultural and historical contexts of the coronavirus pandemic will be subjects of intense interest and study. In the fall semester of 2020, several Georgetown students started to dive into these areas through the recently established Georgetown Medical Humanities Initiative. As the founding director of this […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: interdisciplinary programs, medical education, medical humanities, Medical Humanities Initiative, School of Medicine

• Art Installation Illustrates Dyslexic Brains at Work

  (January 14, 2021) — When a person practices a skill, the neural representations in the relevant parts of the brain change, allowing the person to perform the skill better. Research by Guinevere Eden, PhD, a Georgetown University professor of pediatrics and the director of the Center for the Study of Learning, found that the same […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: brain, brain plasticity, brain research, dyslexia, neuroimaging, neuroscience

• Georgetown Doctor of Nursing Practice Students Selected for AACN Digital Innovators Program

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: School of Nursing & Health Studies, student achievement

• Glynda’s Story: A Chance to Advance Treatment for Aggressive Cancer

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: breast cancer, cancer, cancer research, clinical trials, Georgetown Lombardi

• Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Honors Journalist Theresa Vargas

  (January 10, 2021) — Theresa Vargas, a metro columnist with The Washington Post, recently received the Geraldine P. Waldorf Making a Difference Award from the Georgetown University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (GUCEDD), part of the Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development (GUCCHD).  “Each of her articles amplified the voices and issues […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development, Georgetown University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, university awards

• Georgetown Nursing Alumna, Award-Winning Author Has Spent Decades Advocating for Women

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: alumni, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• NHS Alumnae Live Georgetown Values During COVID-19 Pandemic

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: alumni, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Division of Comparative Medicine Honored with C.A.R.I.S. Award

  (December 11, 2020) — Recognizing their tireless dedication and commitment to excellence in spite of the unprecedented challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, the Division of Comparative Medicine (DCM) was recently recognized with the C.A.R.I.S. Award at the December 9 GUMC virtual community meeting.  Coming from the Greek word for kindness and grace, the C.A.R.I.S. […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: CARIS Award, university awards

• One Hundred Years Ago, GU Nursing Graduates Praised for Work During Flu Pandemic

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: nursing, School of Nursing & Health Studies