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Celebrating a “landmark” gene editing technique
More than two decades ago, Todd Waldman published a study on gene editing in Cancer Research. It has been selected as a “landmark study” and will be republished in the journal’s 75th anniversary addition.
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Advice to medical students: Fill your heads while opening your hearts
By the end of the first semester of medical school, many students feel overwhelmed. This mind body medicine elective offers tangible skills to help students care for themselves.
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Class of 2020 Begins Its Journey In Medicine
(August 8, 2016) — They come from 31 states and nine countries including Canada, Korea, China, Ethiopia, Israel, Japan, Jamaica and Zimbabwe. Some come from the U.S. military. And others come from a long tradition of medicine. No matter the path they were on, the 196 students that make up the Georgetown University School of […]
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A Community Staple, Student-Run Camp Enjoys Successful Fourth Year
The HoyaMed Summer Sports campers enjoyed fun games like red light, green light and freeze tag, participated in a competitive field day and rubbed elbows with DC athletes.
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Inspired by the Women She Has Studied for Decades
Mary Young, MD, who is newly retired, reflects upon the experiences that brought her to medical school and how they shaped the physician-researcher she came to be.
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Are African-Americans needlessly excluded from taking a new breast cancer therapy?
Filipa Lynce, MD, is concerned that her fellow oncologists may not be giving some African American patients with a common type of advanced breast cancer a new drug that can extend survival because of an assumption not yet tested.
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Kenneth Dretchen Retires
Dr. Dretchen officially retired from GUMC and the mission that he has been devoted to — although he isn’t leaving.
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Research on Preventing Student Burnout Presented at CENTILE Colloquium
Creating a “life vision” could promote resilience among medical students.
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Georgetown Medical Student Selected by American Society of Hematology for Minority Medical Student Award Program
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) has selected Georgetown School of Medicine student Serina Lewis to take part in the 2016 Minority Medical Student Award Program.
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Three Georgetown Medical Students Chosen for NIH Medical Research Scholars Program
The National Institutes of Health has selected three Georgetown School of Medicine students for its 2016-2017 Medical Research Scholars Program (MRSP).
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