All Posts: GUMC Stories

• GUMC Staff/AAP Caucus: A Voice for GUMC’s Staff and AAPs

  (November 6, 2020) — Never before the COVID-19 pandemic has the Staff and Academic and Administrative Professionals (AAP) Advisory Council, which includes representatives of the staff and AAPs of the medical center, played such a crucial role for Georgetown University employees. Established in 2011, the Staff/AAP Advisory Council represents staff and AAPs in discussions with […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: diversity, Staff/AAP

• NHS Professor to Serve on NASEM Committee on Respiratory Protection

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

• NHS Family Nurse Practitioner Program Receives Funding for Student Scholarships

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

• NHS Department Chair Offers New Independent Study Course on Racial Equity in Health Care

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

• Food Insecurity Caused by Coronavirus May Have Long-Term Health Consequences

  (October 16, 2020) — As a postdoctoral research associate in nephrology and hypertension, Aline de Souza, PhD, studies the long-term impact of drastic weight loss due to severe calorie restriction with Kathryn Sandberg, PhD, professor and vice chair for research in the Department of Medicine.  When studying female rats that experienced severe calorie restriction, de […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: calorie restriction, COVID-19, food insecurity, population health, public health

• NHS Global Health Major Focuses on Improving Health Systems, Advancing Health Equity

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: global health, health equity, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• BellRinger Bike Ride Announcement Concludes ‘Five Days with Lombardi’

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, cancer research, Georgetown Lombardi, philanthropy

• Grad Student Uses Skills Honed at Georgetown to Help DC Fight Coronavirus

  (October 9, 2020) — When the pandemic forced Georgetown University to move to a virtual setting and research labs were temporarily shuttered, Suzie Stephenson (G’17, G’22) drew upon her training in virology to make a difference. “You think, ‘What are you going to do when something bad happens?’” said Stephenson, a PhD candidate in microbiology […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: 2019 Novel Coronavirus, biomedical education, Biomedical Graduate Education, biomedical research, coronavirus, COVID-19, graduate education, service to others

• O’Neill Family Foundation Clinical Simulation Center at NHS Goes Virtual During Pandemic

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: COVID-19, education, nursing, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Health Informatics and Data Science Symposium Goes Virtual

  (September 18, 2020) — For the ninth consecutive year, the Innovation Center for Biomedical Informatics (ICBI) will host the Health Informatics & Data Science Symposium. As in previous years, the event provides an opportunity for thought leaders in the fields of precision and molecular medicine, health data analytics and bioinformatics to come together, learn and […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: big data, data science, Health Informatics & Data Science Symposium, ICBI