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Georgetown University Medical Center Names Cancer Expert as Dean for Research
Georgetown University Medical Center has named Robert Clarke, Ph.D., D.Sc., as its Dean for Research. The new position will lead GUMC’s high performance research community and is a critical first step in the implementation of its strategic planning initiative launched in 2008.
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GUMC Awarded Grant to Develop Smoking Cessation Aids Based on Unconventional Theory of Nicotine Addiction
A Georgetown University Medical Center research team has been awarded a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to discover and develop new smoking cessation drugs based on an unconventional theory about nicotine addiction. Kenneth Kellar, PhD, a professor of pharmacology at GUMC is principal investigator of the five year grant totaling $4.6 million.
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Georgetown University Medical Center Receives More than $28 Million in Grants From ARRA
Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) has received millions in research awards made possible by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). To date, 35 scientists and physicians representing a diverse cross-section of biomedical research at GUMC have received $28.9 million in stimulus funding. The ARRA funding program commenced in 2009 and final grants were awarded in September 2010. In addition to funding important laboratory research, ARRA grants have allowed researchers to support, new full and part time jobs, many of which are permanent.
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GUMC Regulatory Science & Medicine Program to "Follow the Science" in Decision-Making
The GU PRSM will be a key component of a new affiliation between Georgetown University Medical Center and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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Georgetown University Medical Center and Howard University Receive $38.2 Million NIH Grant to Form Center for Clinical and Translational Science
In support of a critical partnership between Georgetown University Medical Center and Howard University, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a $38.2 million Clinical and Translational Sciences Award to aid the universities’ effort to transform health care and preventive practices in communities through medical discoveries made in laboratories and clinical settings.
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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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