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Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Testing: Getting it ‘Morally Right’

(September 18, 2019) — The TV advertisements for DNA testing are ubiquitous: there’s one with the young man who thought he was part German until genetic testing led him to…

September 20, 2019

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Celebrating National Postdoc Appreciation Week

Reiko Asano, PhD, RN Reiko Asano, PhD, RN, is a postdoc in the department of professional nursing practice studying palliative care in heart failure. Reiko was inspired to study…

September 18, 2019

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Riegel Named Leader of Biomedical Graduate Education

(September 4, 2019) — The Biomedical Graduate Education (BGE) program, home to a robust variety of PhD, master’s and certificate programs, has a new leader. Research…

September 4, 2019

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Maguire-Zeiss Named New Chair of Department of Neuroscience

(August 29, 2019) — Since joining Georgetown’s faculty in 2007, Kathy Maguire-Zeiss, PhD, has taken on many roles. In addition to being a professor of neuroscience, she…

September 3, 2019

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Health Economist to Serve as Interim Dean of School of Nursing & Health Studies

September 3, 2019

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Friends of Lombardi Engaging Next Generation Leaders in Fight Against Cancer

August 30, 2019

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Christopher J. King Named New Chair of Health Systems Administration

(August 29, 2019) — A former MedStar Health executive with a focus on public health and social justice is the new chair of the Department of Health Systems Administration at…

August 29, 2019

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NHS Human Science Professor Becomes First Holder of Dekkers Endowed Chair

August 29, 2019

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Georgetown Pre-Orientation Program Connects Health, Justice, and Values

August 23, 2019

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ARCHES, GEP Participants Present Research Projects

(August 16, 2019) — After spending their summer learning about careers in medicine, participants in two pipeline programs run by the School of Medicine Office of Diversity and…

August 16, 2019