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Georgetown Global Health Center Launches First Open-Access Wildlife Disease Database

Georgetown University Medical Center’s Center for Global Health Science and Security (GHSS) today announces the launch of a first-of-its-kind wildlife disease database — a…

November 15, 2023

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Computer Models Fill Critical Knowledge Gaps To Help Reduce Cancer Disparities

Reducing health disparities in incidence and mortality for major types of cancers can be aided by sophisticated computer modeling efforts, according to new, wide-ranging…

November 8, 2023

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Georgetown Co-Leads New NIH-Funded Multi-Institutional ALS Clinical Research Consortium

In an effort to disrupt the ALS clinical research landscape in the U.S., the National Institutes of Health has announced the establishment of a transformative national clinical…

November 3, 2023

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Tobacco Regulations Center Receives $20 Million for Tobacco Use Research

The Center for the Assessment of Tobacco Regulations (CAsToR) — a collaboration among Georgetown University, the University of Michigan, and the British Columbia (BC) Cancer…

November 1, 2023

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From One Nightmare to Another. Anthony Fauci’s New Concern

Writing in Science Translational Medicine, Anthony Fauci, MD, Distinguished University Professor at Georgetown University School of Medicine and the McCourt School of Public…

October 18, 2023

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IFRC and Georgetown Global Health Center Create Research-based Collaboration

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and Georgetown University’s Center for Global Health Science and Security (GHSS) today announce a…

October 6, 2023

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Georgetown’s School of Nursing Receives Grant to Upgrade Simulation Center

The E. L. Wiegand Foundation has awarded Georgetown University’s School of Nursing a grant of more than $825,000 to upgrade the school’s nursing simulation center —…

September 8, 2023

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Working in Extreme Heat: Deaths Underestimated and Protections Fall Short

Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, two occupational health experts outline three necessary steps to close gaps in the management of workers impacted by extreme heat…

August 30, 2023

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Drinking Kombucha May Reduce Blood Sugar Levels in People with Type 2 Diabetes

People with Type 2 diabetes who drank the fermented tea drink kombucha for four weeks had lower fasting blood glucose levels compared to when they consumed a similar-tasting…

August 1, 2023

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Georgetown’s Center for Innovation in Global Health, in Partnership with the Government of Malawi, Leverages Emerging Tools To Accelerate an End to National HIV Epidemic

Georgetown University’s Center for Innovation in Global Health (CIGH), in partnership with the Republic of Malawi’s Ministry of Health, will advance research and policy…

July 18, 2023