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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
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Giordano to Serve on Committee Advising HHS Secretary on Human Research Protections
James Giordano, PhD, a Georgetown bioethics expert, was recently appointed to a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) committee charged with protecting human research…
December 20, 2016
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Faith Organizations Gather in Rome to Discuss Ways to Fight Antimicrobial Resistance
A Georgetown co-sponsored workshop examining ways faith-based organizations might address the growing global health threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) can help “…
December 15, 2016
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Doctoral Student to Use Fellowship for Brain Iron Deficiency Research
Erika Raven (G’17), a Ph.D. candidate in Georgetown’s Interdisciplinary Program for Neuroscience (IPN), has been selected as the 2017 Marshall Sherfield Fellow for…
December 14, 2016
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Researchers Design Innovative System to Universally Catalogue Cancer Gene Variants
Subha Madhavan, PhD, and her colleagues have developed a standard way for researchers everywhere to describe and catalog the gene mutations found in cancer biopsies. They also…
December 9, 2016