Archive: News Release

• Critical Period After Stroke Study (CPASS): A Phase II Clinical Trial Testing an Optimal Time for Motor Recovery After Stroke in Humans

  For the first time, stroke study reveals optimal timing and intensity for arm and hand rehabilitation. Rehabilitation is most effective 60 to 90 days after a stroke. WASHINGTON (September 20, 2021) — A phase II randomized clinical trial found that the optimal period for intensive rehabilitation of arm and hand use after a stroke should […]

  Category: News Release Tags: rehabilitation, stroke

• Carnegie Corporation Awards Grant to Georgetown Global Health Law Expert to Explore Pandemic Treaty

  WASHINGTON (September 15, 2021) — The Carnegie Corporation of New York announced that it has awarded Alexandra L. Phelan, SJD, LLM, LLB, an expert in global health law and a member of the Center for Global Health Science & Security at Georgetown University Medical Center, a grant to investigate the new Pandemic Treaty and international law […]

  Category: News Release Tags: Center for Global Health Science and Security, global health, pandemic, pandemic preparedness

• Probotic-Containing Yogurt Protects Against Microbiome Changes That Lead to Antibiotic-Induced Diarrhea, Study Finds

  Multidisciplinary Team of Researchers Identifies Mechanism of Protection Conferred by Probiotic Supplement WASHINGTON (September 14, 2021) — Eating yogurt containing a particular strain of a well-studied probiotic appears to protect against harmful changes in the gut microbiome that are associated with antibiotic administration. That is the finding from a new randomized clinical trial led by […]

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• Insights Into How a Stroke Affects Reading Could Help With Rehabilitation

  WASHINGTON (August 29, 2021) — Georgetown University researchers, looking at the ability of people to sound out words after a stroke, found that knowing which region of the brain was impacted by the stroke could have important implications for helping target rehabilitation efforts. The finding appeared August 30, 2021, in Brain Communications. “One in five […]

  Category: News Release Tags: aphasia, brain, mind, rehabilitation, stroke

• Statement from Jesse L. Goodman, MD, MPH, on FDA Approval of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 Vaccine

  WASHINGTON (August 23, 2021) — Today, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration approved the two-dose COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Jesse L. Goodman, MD, MPH, professor of medicine and infectious diseases at Georgetown University Medical Center and former FDA Chief Scientist, shares the following comments: “In addition to evaluating the vaccine’s safety and efficacy in preventing COVID, FDA has […]

  Category: News Release Tags: COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, Vaccine

• Key Mental Abilities Can Actually Improve During Aging

  WASHINGTON (August 19, 2021) — It’s long been believed that advancing age leads to broad declines in our mental abilities. Now, new research from Georgetown University Medical Center offers surprisingly good news by countering this view. The findings, published August 19, 2021, in Nature Human Behavior, show that two key brain functions, which allow us […]

  Category: News Release Tags: aging, Alzheimer's disease, brain, executive function, mind, neuroscience

• DNA Tags Enable Blood-Based Tests to Assess Cancer Treatment Outcomes

  Category: News Release Tags: cancer, cfDNA, liquid biopsy

• Small Numbers of Cells in a Tumor Could Be Key Enablers of Cancer Metastasis

  Category: News Release Tags: breast cancer, cancer, cancer research, CRISPR, Georgetown Lombardi

• New Finding Suggests Cognitive Problems Caused by Repeat Mild Head Hits Could Be Treated

  WASHINGTON (May 10, 2021) — A neurologic pathway by which non-damaging but high frequency brain impact blunts normal brain function and causes long-term problems with learning and memory has been identified. The finding suggests that tailored drug therapy can be designed and developed to reactivate and normalize cognitive function, say neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical […]

  Category: News Release Tags: brain, brain function, brain research, neuroscience, non-damaging head impacts

• Georgetown University Selects Nationally Recognized Educator to Lead Its Medical School

  WASHINGTON (March 30, 2021) — Today, Georgetown University announced the selection of Leon “Lee” Jones, MD, as the new Dean for Medical Education at Georgetown University School of Medicine. Jones currently serves as Associate Dean for Students and Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine. […]

  Category: News Release Tags: medical education, new faculty appointment, School of Medicine