All Posts: GUMC Stories

• Schlegel Strives to Create Another Cervical Cancer Game Changer

  While the HPV vaccine has been a game changer, recent research by Richard Schlegel, MD, PhD, may lead to another advance by treating women already infected with HPV and a precancerous condition that often leads to the development of cervical cancer.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, cancer research, HPV

• Dr. Daniel Sulmasy: Bridging Medicine and Philosophy

  Earlier this year, Daniel P. Sulmasy, MD, PhD, MACP, joined the faculty at Georgetown University as the inaugural André Hellegers Professor of Biomedical Ethics, with appointments in both the department of medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine and the department of philosophy at Georgetown College.

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• Partners in Research Funds New $100,000 Research Breakthrough Award

  Rebecca Riggins, PhD, is the first recipient of a new Partners in Research award worth $100,000.

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• Georgetown Women In Medicine Celebrates Women in Leadership at Welcome Reception

  It was standing room only at the annual Georgetown Women in Medicine Fall Welcome Reception earlier this month as the organization’s leaders set the tone and priorities for the academic year ahead.

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• Color Field Pioneer Brings Original Art to Georgetown Lombardi Atrium

  The walls of the Lombardi Atrium are newly adorned with Frieze, an original site-specific collection of eleven framed, color-saturated monotypes by Sam Gilliam, an internationally renowned artist.

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• Doctors and Lawyers Speak Out for Health Justice Alliance

  At Doctors and Lawyers Speak Out, representatives from Georgetown’s medical and law centers came together to celebrate the launch of the Georgetown University Health Justice Alliance, a medical-legal partnership dedicated to training future generations of lawyers and medical professionals to work together to improve the health and wellbeing of children and families.

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• Postdoc Appreciation Week

  National postdoc appreciation week was September 18-21, and to celebrate we highlighted the fascinating research of five postdocs with our video series, “Research in a Minute.”

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• Hyundai Hope on Wheels Funds Lombardi Research on Rare Childhood Cancer

  As part of their national tour for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Hyundai Hope on Wheels made a stop at Georgetown Lombardi, to award Dr. Todd Waldman with a $250,000 grant for his work on Ewing sarcoma.

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• As Director of New Global Health Center, Dybul Comes Home to Georgetown

  In his new role at the Center for Global Health and Quality, Mark Dybul (C’85, M’92) will build upon Georgetown’s expertise in big data and commitment to social justice to develop data-driven global health programs.

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• Dear First Years…You’re Not Alone

  The first year of medical school can be overwhelming. That’s why recent graduates and M4s created Dear First Years, a collection of nearly 20 letters of advice and reflections for the Class of 2021.

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