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Nobel Prize-winning Science is Key to Georgetown Neurotherapeutic Research
Today, the 2016 Nobel Prize in the category of medicine or physiology was awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi “for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy,” a…
October 3, 2016
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GWIM Celebrates Milestone of 100 Women Professors
Even as Georgetown Women in Medicine celebrate 100 female school of medicine faculty members, they vow to work toward greater.…
October 3, 2016
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Clinical Trial Underway to Test Innovative Cancer Treatment Based on Georgetown Discoveries
This August, the first patient in a multi-center clinical trial being conducted by Oncternal Therapeutics began receiving an innovative new investigational cancer therapy based…
September 30, 2016
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Georgetown Researchers Report on the Science of Stroke Recovery
As part of the so-called “stroke belt,” Washington, D.C. has high incidence of stroke and cardiovascular disease. At “Music for the Mind Presents Brain…
September 28, 2016
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Learning Societies Promote Student Mentoring and Friendships
In addition to the eponymous article of clothing, first-year students participating in Georgetown’s annual White Coat Ceremony receive a special pin -- one that indicates…
September 28, 2016
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Jesse Goodman: Taking on a "Slow Emergency"
On September 21, for only the fourth time in its history, the United Nations General Assembly is conducting a high-level meeting to address a critical global health issue. The…
September 21, 2016
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Raising Issues and Developing Solutions at the Ruesch Center Policy Briefing
Participants at the briefing discussed access to care, the growing cost of cancer research and the implications for policy makers, health care professionals, patients and.…
September 16, 2016
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University Begins Series on Condition of African American D.C. Residents
The NHS report that showed stark differences in the health of African American residents of Washington, D.C., versus their white counterparts was the subject of a policy briefing…
September 16, 2016
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Adams-Campbell Joins the National Human Genome Research Institute Board of Scientific Counselors
Georgetown Lombardi's Lucile L. Adams-Campbell, PhD has begun serving on the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Human Genome Research.…
September 14, 2016
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Georgetown Readies Launch of a New Biomedical PhD Program
GUMC has offered a master’s degree in biostatistics since 2006. Now, given the success of that program and the growing need for professionals with more advanced training…
September 14, 2016