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GUMC Announces the George Bergeron Endowed Professorship in Neuroscience
Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) announces the establishment of the George Bergeron Endowed Professorship in Neuroscience. The $1.25 million gift will support an exceptional scientist and launch the Center for Brain Plasticity and Recovery.
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Georgetown University, MedStar National Rehabilitation Network Create Unique Brain Center
New collaboration harnesses the research expertise of Georgetown University and MedStar National Rehabilitation Network’s clinical research and patient care teams to form the Center for Brain Plasticity and Recovery.
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Georgetown Opens Office of Minority Health & Health Disparities Research in SE Washington
With a focus on conducting community-based research to address vast disparities in cancer outcomes in the nation’s capital, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, a part of Georgetown University Medical Center, today announces the opening of the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities Research in southeast Washington, D.C.
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Appointment of Doreen Robinson, PhD
(November 26,2013) — Doreen Robinson, PhD, has been appointed as the senior associate vice president for sponsored research at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC). In her new position, Doreen is responsible for the leadership and management of sponsored research administration and services, as well as the development of all proposal and award budgets throughout the […]
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NIH Awards $6.1 Million Grant to GUMC to Establish Center of Excellence for Health Disparities
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded a $6.1 million grant over the next five years to Georgetown University Medical Center to establish the Center of Excellence for Health Disparities in Our Nation’s Capital (CEHD). The vision of the Center of Excellence is to eliminate or dramatically reduce health disparities with a particular focus on minority populations in Washington, D.C.
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Georgetown University Medical Center Collaborates with Indivumed to Develop Cancer Research Database
Agreement is first step towards collecting –and analyzing—data designed to provide better, more personalized cancer treatment
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Georgetown University Medical Center and Oak Ridge National Laboratory Announce Unique Research Partnership
ORNL is the federal government’s largest, multi-purpose science and energy laboratory; GUMC will utilize supercomputing capabilities in order to synthesize molecular and clinical data
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‘Different Kind of Stem Cell’ Possesses Attributes Favoring Regenerative Medicine
A research team at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center say the new and powerful cells they first created in the laboratory a year ago constitute a new stem-like state of adult epithelial cells. They say these cells have attributes that may make regenerative medicine truly possible.
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