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Frederick National Laboratory and Georgetown Launch Research and Education Collaboration

A new collaboration between Georgetown University and the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research in Frederick, Maryland, aims to expand both institutions’…

February 27, 2018

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Making Medical School a Positive Experience

As associate dean for assessment and educational scholarship, Carrie Chen, MD, PhD, is helping Georgetown University School of Medicine continue developing a medical school…

February 23, 2018

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Helping First-Year Medical Students Get Cooking

As a part of an intensive weeklong class on nutrition and patient health, members of the School of Medicine Class of 2021 completed a range of projects, including submitting…

February 16, 2018

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Researcher Analyzes Potential Connection Between Reading and Math Disabilities

Guinevere Eden, D.Phil., director of the Center for the Study of Learning at Georgetown University Medical Center, will start a four-year study to investigate a potential link…

February 16, 2018

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Panelists Discuss Diversity in Medicine at “The Voice”

Diversity in medicine, microaggressions and the state of immigration in the U.S. were among the topics discussed at “The Voice: Medical Edition - Candid Consciousness…

February 14, 2018

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From DC to Zambia and Back, Infectious Disease Expert Keeps Eye on “Big Questions”

For Charles Holmes, MD, MPH, the inaugural faculty co-director for the new Center for Global Health and Quality at Georgetown University Medical Center and visiting associate…

January 31, 2018

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Taking a Broad Look at Aging

With collaboration from teaching faculty across the campus, Georgetown University will launch the new master’s in aging & health program in this fall. The new program…

January 31, 2018

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Creating Space for Self-Expression at “What Makes You?”

For the second year in a row, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion partnered with Georgetown Arts and Medicine to host “What Makes You?”, a celebration of the…

January 21, 2018

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Fitness Instructor and Former Felon Shares His Story With Medical Students

At a lunchtime talk hosted by the Inmate Wellness Interest Group (IWIG) on January 17, Dontrell “Trell” Britton spoke about his journey from prison to a career as a…

January 21, 2018

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Documenting Human Rights Abuses Against Rohingya Refugees

Ranit Mishori, MD, MHS, FAAFP, professor of family medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine, spoke to students on January 11 about her journey on behalf of Physicians…

January 19, 2018