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“What A Doc Looks Like” Explores Identity Challenges In Medical Careers
What A Doc Looks Like addressed barriers that marginalized people encounter within the medical community, and proposed ways.…
February 12, 2017
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Roth Scholarship Honors Alum Known for Commitment to Cura Personalis
The inaugural Dr. Katy Roth Scholarship at Georgetown University School of Medicine was recently awarded to Lindsey Hastings-Spaine (SOM’19), a first-generation medical…
February 10, 2017
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Using Statistics Ethically to Combat “A Scientific Credibility Crisis”
A recent survey suggests that many researchers have tried and failed to reproduce other scientists’ experiments as well as their own. GUMC’s Rochelle Tractenberg is…
February 10, 2017
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Survival On the Seventh Continent
Before a team of Georgetown researchers could start sequencing the DNA of ancient microbes collected on Antarctica, they spent three days learning how to survive in one of the…
January 29, 2017
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Giving a Voice to Research Participants and Their Caretakers
A new effort by the Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science (GHUCCTS) will help those participating in research studies and their caretakers…
January 27, 2017
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Exploring Identity Through Monologues, Poetry, Music and More at “What Makes You … ?”
At “What Makes You … ?,” a celebration of the artistic and diverse perspectives of the Georgetown University School of Medicine community, students, faculty…
January 27, 2017
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Arts & Medicine Club Showcases Diverse Student Talent
The Arts & Medicine Club was founded by students who wanted to foster their peers' creativity, and give back to the community at the same.…
January 16, 2017
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Overcoming Unconscious Bias: What Works and What Doesn’t
“The question is not about whether you have biases, it’s a question of what is your bias,” H. Anna Han, PhD, said at “Great Minds Think Differently:…
January 13, 2017
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Global Health Experts Advise Advance Planning for Inevitable Pandemic
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), speaks at Georgetown University Medical Center and urges the incoming Trump…
January 12, 2017
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GWIM Recognizes Outstanding Female Faculty at Awards Ceremony
With a nod to the past and a focus on the future, the annual Georgetown Women in Medicine Awards Ceremony celebrated the achievements of six women faculty in the areas of…
December 21, 2016