All Posts: GUMC Stories

• NHS Senior Advisor for Nursing Receives Award from Villanova, Delivers Lecture

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

• Be a Family Detective This Holiday Season

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

• NHS Professor Enjoys Semester as Faculty Resident at Oxford

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

• Chief Wellness Officers Share Their Stories at CENTILE Conference

  (November 3, 2019) — Participants in the closing plenary panel at the 2019 CENTILE Conference reflected on the progress that has been made in advancing the need to address physician and caregiver burnout since the 2017 conference.  “Two years ago, we were here making the case for why burnout science matters,” said Daniel Marchalik, MD, […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cura personalis, physician wellness, wellness

• DC Community Out in Strength to Support Georgetown Lombardi’s Capital Breast Care Center

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: breast cancer, cancer, Georgetown Lombardi, Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention

• Biosafety in Research and Cura Personalis

  (October 24, 2019) — “When they work well, no one knows they’re there.” That’s how Julie Fischer, PhD, describes programs that protect biomedical scientists from the unintended consequences of their research, especially when their work involves infectious or otherwise hazardous materials.  Fischer is the director of the Elizabeth R. Griffin Program, a part of Georgetown’s Center […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: biosafety, Center for Global Health Science and Security, Elizabeth R. Griffin Program, global health

• NHS Nursing Professor Selected as Next Susan H. Mayer Professor in Health Equity

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

• Medical Student Wins Grand Prize at Medicine Hacking Competition

  (October 18, 2019) — Before beginning his studies at Georgetown University School of Medicine, Alex D. Luta (C’16, M’20) earned a degree in government with a minor in theology, received an award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science for his research on science and human rights, and served as CEO of Innovo […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: medical research, School of Medicine, spina bifida

• An Unstoppable Duo with a Vision for Cancer Care at Georgetown Lombardi

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, Georgetown Lombardi, patient navigation

• You Are What You Eat: Students Drive New Elective in Culinary Medicine

  (October 14, 2019) — A recent survey of 24 studies around the world found that nutrition is not well incorporated into the medical school curriculum. According to researchers, “Despite the centrality of nutrition to healthy lifestyle, medical students are not supported to provide high-quality, effective nutrition care.” However, some medical schools are determined to change […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: culinary medicine, medical education, nutrition and health, nutrition education, preventive medicine, School of Medicine