All Posts: GUMC Stories

• Georgetown Breast Cancer Researcher Inducted as AAAS Fellow

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: breast cancer, cancer, faculty honors

• Portrait of Princy Kumar, MD, Adds to ‘Women on the Walls’

  (February 13, 2020) — A painted portrait of Princy Kumar, MD, senior associate dean of students and professor of medicine, was unveiled at a celebratory event held February 6 at the Georgetown University School of Medicine. Kumar is also the chief of infectious diseases and travel medicine at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, and has previously […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: faculty honors, School of Medicine, women in STEM

• Donors Get Firsthand Look at How Funds for New Medical Research Are Used

  (February 10, 2020) — Current and potential donors to the Partners in Research program were given a rare look into the laboratories where medical tests and drug trials get their start. During the recent “Night at the Lab” tour on the Georgetown University Medical Center campus, participants walked down white halls lined with posters of […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Alzheimer's disease, biomedical research, cancer, philanthropy

• Children’s Health and Environment Center Receives Renewed Funding

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: children's health, environmental health, Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Minority Health Initiative Council at School of Nursing & Health Studies Celebrates 10th Anniversary

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: diversity, health disparities, health equity, nursing, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Team Georgetown Lombardi Wins Hands on Hope Competition

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

• Empowering Future Generations of Diverse Physicians

  (February 2, 2020) — With a background in higher education, personal experience as a first-generation college student, and extensive work with student populations from diverse backgrounds, Isela Melendez-Carpio, M.Ed., is eager to bring her expertise and passion to the School of Medicine’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI). Melendez-Carpio started her new role as the […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: diversity, medical education, School of Medicine

• GUMC Events Keep Martin Luther King Jr.’s Message Alive

  (January 31, 2020) — The words and examples of Martin Luther King Jr. came alive again in the GUMC community through several events held on the campus in the days before and after the January 20 holiday. Among the events organized by the School of Medicine, including the Office of Diversity & Inclusion, were a […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: diversity, health disparities, health justice, medical education, School of Medicine

• Cancer Organization Recommends Genetic Testing for Jewish People of Ashkenazi Descent

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, genetic counseling, genetic testing, Georgetown Lombardi

• Nearly 70 Years After GU Graduation, NHS Alumna Reflects on Career and Education

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