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Georgetown’s Rebecca Katz Named Advisor on Biden Coronavirus Task Force

WASHINGTON (November 9, 2020) — Georgetown University Medical Center’s Rebecca Katz, PhD, MPH,  director of the Center for Global Health Science and Security, has been named…

November 9, 2020

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Study of Reaching and Grasping with Hand or Foot Reveals Novel Brain Insights

WASHINGTON (October 26, 2020) — People born without upper limbs who use their feet to reach for an item engage the same area in the brain that people with hands use to reach for…

October 26, 2020

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Answering 7 Key Questions About COVID-19 Vaccines

WASHINGTON (October 16, 2020) — When a vaccine to reduce the risk of getting COVID-19 becomes available, clinicians will be critical in helping people make decisions about…

October 16, 2020

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Immunotherapy Combo Halts Rare, Stage 4 Sarcoma in Teen

October 14, 2020

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Top Vaccine Experts Join Forces to Provide Objective Perspective and Analysis as COVID-19 Vaccine Data Emerge

The COVID-19 Vaccine Analysis Team (COVAT) also offers weekly media availability. WASHINGTON (October 12, 2020) — At a time of growing skepticism about COVID-19 vaccines, an…

October 13, 2020

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Georgetown Global Health Center Issues Pandemic Preparedness Report and COVID-19 Lessons

WASHINGTON (September 14, 2020) — In a new report commissioned by the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB), Georgetown global health experts say the success of any effort…

September 14, 2020

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Study Suggests Unconscious Learning Underlies Belief in God

WASHINGTON (September 9, 2020) — Individuals who can unconsciously predict complex patterns, an ability called implicit pattern learning, are likely to hold stronger beliefs that…

September 9, 2020

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Children Use Both Brain Hemispheres to Understand Language, Unlike Adults

WASHINGTON (September 7, 2020) — Infants and young children have brains with a superpower, of sorts, say Georgetown University Medical Center neuroscientists. Whereas adults…

September 7, 2020

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Georgetown’s Mark Dybul Named to Independent Panel Examining WHO’s Response to COVID-19

WASHINGTON (September 3, 2020) — Ambassador Mark Dybul, MD, professor of medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center and co-director of its Center for Global Health Practice…

September 3, 2020

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National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) and Georgetown University Commit to Reducing Health Care Quality Competency Variability

CHICAGO & WASHINGTON (August 28, 2020) — As the need for waste reduction and improved patient outcomes increases, the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) and…

August 29, 2020