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NIH Grant Supports Research on Radiation Injury Assessment
How would one quickly assess the radiation doses received by hundreds of thousands of people following a large-scale radiological event? With the help of a NIH grant, Albert J. Fornace Jr., MD, is working with other researchers to answer that question.
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School of Medicine Celebrates 20 Years of Service-Learning
School of Medicine faculty and students reflect on the impact of 20 years of service learning.
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Lombardi Researcher Receives $6.4 Million Grant to Study Cancer and Aging
With the support of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), Georgetown Lombardi scientist Jeanne Mandelblatt, MD, MPH will explore the relationship between cancer and aging.
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Building Creative Connections Between Medicine and Art
After encouraging medical students to hone their observational and creative thinking skills, Caroline Wellbery, MD, PhD, took her own advice and spent a month as an artist-in-residence in California this summer.
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White Coat Ceremony Welcomes School of Medicine Class of 2019
Nearly 200 members of the School of Medicine Class of 2019, representing seven countries, 26 states and the District of Columbia, were given their first white coats on August 7 at the White Coat Ceremony.
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Student-Run Sports Camp for DC General Children Flourishes in its Third Year
Since 2013, Georgetown University Medical Students have run HoyaMed Summer Sports Camp for children at DC General Family Shelter. This year, students garnered more support from the community, including visits from a former professional soccer player and members of the Georgetown men’s basketball team.
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Nurses Help Conduct Clinical Studies While Protecting Patient Participants
The five nurses on the Clinical Research Unit (CRU) specialize in dozens of disorders — the range of maladies affecting patients who participate in research studies conducted by GUMC or MedStar investigators on the CRU.
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Biologic Pathways Affected by Acupuncture in Rats Also Targeted by Drugs in Humans
New research on acupuncture in animal models suggests that the ancient Chinese therapy stimulates the same biologic pathways activated by pain and stress, similar to the way drugs work in humans.
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Small Grants Supply the Research “Lifeblood” of Early Career Scientists
Three GUMC researchers describe the immeasurable impact of small grants from philanthropic organizations, foundations and the government on their work.
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Neuroscience Student Elected to the Board of the American Tinnitus Association
Neuroscience PhD student Ted Turesky hadn’t even heard of tinnitus when he first came to Georgetown. In July, he was elected to the board of the American Tinnitus Association.
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