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In the brain, one area sees familiar words as pictures, another sounds out words
Skilled readers can quickly recognize words when they read because the word has been placed in a visual dictionary of sorts which functions separately from an area that processes the sounds of written words, say GUMC neuroscientists. The visual dictionary idea rebuts a common theory that our brain needs to “sounds out” words each time we see them.
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Georgetown Opens Six-Week Camp for Children With Math and Reading Difficulties
Does your child struggle with math and reading? If so, consider a special camp this summer hosted by Georgetown University Medical Center.
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Georgetown Data Scientist Comments on Biden's Announcement on Open Genomics Database
CHICAGO — Vice President Joe Biden will reportedly announce the launch of a cancer database with genomic data and other patient information called “Genomic Data Commons” that will be open to researchers. Biden will discuss the effort when he addresses attendees at the 2016 American Society for Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting in Chicago about the National Cancer Moonshot Initiative.
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GI Cancers Alliance Launches to Elevate Patients’ Voices Against Gastrointestinal Cancers
CHICAGO — Twenty cancer advocacy groups from around the United States announce the formation of the GI Cancers Alliance, committed to the fight against gastrointestinal cancers, which include many of the leading cancer killers. The groups’ leadership met June 4 during the ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago to elect its chairs.
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Georgetown University and The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research Offer Fellowship in Regulatory Science
WASHINGTON and NEW YORK — Georgetown University Medical Center and The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research announce a fellowship in regulatory science that will promote postgraduate training in the Parkinson’s research field to optimize clinical trial design and support approval of novel therapies.
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Global Health Expert Rebecca Katz Joins Georgetown University Medical Center
WASHINGTON — Georgetown University Medical Center announced today that Rebecca Katz, PhD, MPH, a specialist in global health science and security, has joined its faculty. Katz, her research partner, Julie Fischer, PhD, and four other members of her research team, were recruited to Georgetown from the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University.
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Review Finds Fathers’ Age, Lifestyle Associated With Birth Defects
WASHINGTON — A growing body of research is revealing associations between birth defects and a father’s age, alcohol use and environmental factors, say researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center. They say these defects result from epigenetic alterations that can potentially affect multiple generations.
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A Yellow Fever Epidemic: A New Global Health Emergency?
WASHINGTON — Evidence is mounting that the current outbreak of yellow fever is becoming the latest global health emergency, say two Georgetown University professors who call on the World Health Organization to convene an emergency committee under the International Health Regulations. In addition, with frequent emerging epidemics, they call for the creation of a “standing emergency committee” to be prepared for future health emergencies.
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Georgetown Professor: FDA Deeming Rule has “Good and Bad Aspects”
WASHINGTON — In a historic development to the long-awaited “deeming rule,” the FDA today has finalized its authority to regulate all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, cigars, hookah tobacco and pipe tobacco.
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Sandra Swain, MD Appointed Associate Dean for Research Development
April 11, 2016 Dear Colleagues: We are pleased to announce the appointment of Sandra M. Swain, MD, as the Associate Dean for Research Development, effective July 1. In this important strategic role,
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