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Top Cancer Leaders, Including Atkins, Brief Congress
April 25, 2016 — Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Michael Atkins, MD, translated his vast knowledge of cancer immunology into a classroom-style lecture Monday as part of Congressional briefing.
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Therapeutic Qualities of Music and Dance Explored at Arts & Humanities Roundtable
How can music and dance add to conventional therapies? That was the focus for a recent gathering of artists who met April 18 for the The “Music and Dance in Healthcare Roundtable.”
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Forget Fukushima: Chernobyl still holds record as worst nuclear accident for public health
This week marks the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl. Georgetown University radiation expert and author Timothy Jorgensen, PhD, MPH, takes a look back at the tragic events of April 26, 1986 and how it impacts humans and the environment.
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Zika Conference at Georgetown Bridges Science and Policy
A diverse group of Georgetown experts explored the complex scientific, legal and ethical questions raised by the Zika crisis at a conference on campus Friday.
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A Banner Fundraising Year for School of Medicine’s St. Baldrick’s Day
School of Medicine students broke the Georgetown fundraising record this St. Baldrick’s day, raising more than $40,000 for childhood cancer research.
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GUSOM Day of Service Builds Bonds Between Classes
Sixty-eight students from Georgetown University School of Medicine volunteered during the second annual GUSOM Day of Service, working alongside their classmates in their respective Learning Societies as they served at a food bank, a therapeutic horseback riding program and a local park.
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Alternative Career Panel Exposes Biomedical Graduate Students to Unique Possibilities
On Thursday, April 7, a group of scientists gathered in Copley Hall to talk to Biomedical Graduate Education (BGE) and main campus students about leveraging their science backgrounds into careers across industries.
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38th Annual Golden Apple Awards Presented
Georgetown University School of Medicine students and faculty members were honored at the 38th Annual Golden Apple Awards.
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School of Medicine Students “Hear the Voiceless” During Health Justice Week
Physician-advocates in training from the School of Medicine’s Health Justice Track celebrated Health Justice Week by making visits to Capitol Hill, presenting their Advocacy Projects and participating in a plenary lecture.
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"Heart of the Harvey" Explores The Intersection of Art and Medicine
Georgetown’s main and medical campuses collaborated to create an evening of theater held March 31 at the School of Medicine’s newly renovated W. Proctor Harvey Clinical Amphitheater.
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