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Georgetown Alzheimer’s Researcher Has “BrightFocus”
(June 12, 2016) — Xiong Jiang, PhD, believes there is a way to identify patients at an early enough stage in Alzheimer’s disease — well before clinical symptoms crop up — that they could be effectively treated with novel agents. His ideas have earned him a 3-year $300,000 grant from the BrightFocus Foundation, and on […]
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Georgetown School of Medicine Student Selected as 2016 Tillman Scholar
Jeremy Marx, a U.S. Army veteran and incoming student at Georgetown University School of Medicine, has been selected as a 2016 Tillman Scholar.
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Seeking guidance for clinicians facing a question of human rights
Should a physician, after helping deliver a child to a women whose genitals had been cut and vulva stitched together — an outlawed procedure generally called female genital mutilation or FGM — close her up again? A Georgetown physician, ethicist and lawyer explore this complex moral problem.
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Rebecca Katz: Creating public health infrastructure to handle pandemics — before they occur
Meet Rebecca Katz, PhD, MPH. She and her global health team are watching with more than keen interest the way the U.S. is positioning itself to handle a potential Zika outbreak this summer.
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Women and Men for Others: Healing A Voluntary Military
Georgetown’s newest physician-officers talk about the challenges and benefits of military service.
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For Service of Others
After the best and brightest of the Class of 2016 were recognized for their exemplary work on Friday, they were quickly reminded that they would need to remain selfless to succeed in medicine.
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One Step Closer to Their Goals, BGE Students Receive Diplomas
They have been described as the “backbone” of the medical profession.
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Joy Williams Honored with “Legacy” Scholarship at SNMA’s 38th Annual Senior Awards Banquet
Commencement week brings surprises!
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MAGIS Society Honors Two Outstanding GUMC Educators
The MAGIS Society of Master Teachers welcomed its newest inductees.
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Partners In Research Funding Moves the Needle on Biomedical Research
Four Georgetown University Medical Center scientists studying stroke recovery, diabetes, multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer’s disease reconnected with the people helping to make their research possible.
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