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Seeking Social Justice for Patients, Medical Students Turn to the Law

(January 11, 2019) — A new program that allows Georgetown University medical students to complete an elective “rotation” in a law clinic is yielding immediate results…

January 11, 2019

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First Patient in a Clinical Trial Using Her Own Blood to Personalize Treatment for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Experiencing Remission

(January 11, 2019) — The first cancer patient to be treated as part of the CAR-T cell clinical trial at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital through Georgetown Lombardi…

January 11, 2019

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As Schering Professor of Pharmacology, Kellar Brings Decades of Research Experience

(January 10, 2019) — In 1966, the Schering-Plough Corporation and Foundation established the first-ever endowed professorship at Georgetown University, in memory of…

January 10, 2019

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Giving Patients A Voice in Breast Cancer Research

(January 4, 2019) — Soon after Hillary Stires, PhD, came to Georgetown Lombardi as a postdoctoral fellow, she started a grant application and asked for feedback from the…

January 4, 2019

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Movement for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Program

(January 4, 2019) — Julia Langley, faculty director of the Georgetown Lombardi Arts and Humanities Program (AHP), Carlo Tornatore, MD, director of the neurology department…

January 4, 2019

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Adams-Campbell, Internationally Renowned Cancer Epidemiologist, Named a 2018 Washingtonian of the Year

(December 19, 2018) — Lucile Adams-Campbell, PhD, professor of oncology and associate director for minority health and health disparities research at Georgetown Lombardi…

December 19, 2018

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Ruesch Center and OncLive Recognize Former VP Biden at the Luminary Awards

(December 9, 2018) — Former Vice President Joe Biden was among those who were recognized for improving the lives of patients with gastrointestinal cancer at the Second…

December 9, 2018

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GWIM Honors ‘Role Models’ in Medicine

(December 9, 2018) — At their annual awards ceremony and reception, Georgetown Women in Medicine (GWIM) recognized women on the faculty at GUMC for their accomplishments…

December 9, 2018

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Georgetown Team Finds Richness in Collaboration with Jesuit Clinic in Liberia

(December 7, 2018) — The team from Georgetown’s School of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS) didn’t know what to expect when they set out in early November for,…

December 7, 2018

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Center for Translational Imaging to Capitalize on Georgetown’s History and Expertise in Imaging Science

(December 7, 2018) — The ability to peer inside the body to learn if something has gone wrong and if so, what, is one of the critical pillars of health care today, but as…

December 7, 2018