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Tumor Biology Student Sidharth Jain Combines Discovery and Care on MD/PhD Path
As an MD/PhD in Tumor Biology student, Sidharth Jain works between two worlds of health science. On the PhD side, lab research, data analysis and discovery; on the MD side, patients fighting for their lives.
Category: GUMC Stories
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Medical Students Provide Early Childhood Assessments To Help Disadvantaged Children Reach Developmental Milestones
The Child Assessment Clinic, or CAT clinic, provided by students in the School of Medicine, is part of HOYA Clinic, which provides quality health care to underserved families in Washington, D.C., free of charge in the spirit of social justice and cura personalis.
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Georgetown Lombardi Announces 2025 Gala Co-Chairs
Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center today announced that philanthropist and business executive Sherrie Beckstead and Emmy award-winning sportscaster and community advocate Wes Hall will serve as the 37th annual Lombardi Gala co-chairs.
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Whiteness Could be Contributing to the Poor Health of Rural White Americans, According to School of Health Faculty
For almost two decades, the mortality rate for rural residents in the United States has been higher than their urban counterparts, and the difference in the rate has only increased.
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Donors Patty (NHS’93) and Chris (B’93) Mosher Establish Nursing Student Resource Endowed Fund
In gratitude to Georgetown University and its tenet cura personalis or “care for the whole person,” the Mosher family recently established the Nursing Student Resource Endowed Fund in the amount of $150,000 to provide immediate financial assistance to undergraduate nursing students who have an emergency and critical financial need. The Fund helps ensure that students can continue with their nursing education despite a financial setback.
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Celebrating Its 15th Anniversary, Ruesch Center Honors Founder
Since its establishment in September 2009, the Otto J. Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancers at Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center has been dedicated to advancing transformative research to save lives. At the Luminary Awards in GI Cancer, attendees honored the countless contributions of Jeanne Ruesch, chair of the Ruesch Family Foundation and founder of the Ruesch Center.
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Medical Students Gather for Interfaith Thanksgiving Dinner
Nearly 100 School of Medicine students gathered with members of different faith traditions for a Thanksgiving dinner to recognize the common ground shared by a broader faith-based community.
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Oral Health Scholars Raise Awareness About the Relationship Between Oral and Systemic Health
While oral health is often treated as something separate from overall health, it can act as an early warning system for serious conditions, including cancer and heart disease. With funding from the George E. Richmond Foundation, researchers at Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center are training students to educate their communities about the importance of oral health.
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Medical Students Organize Inaugural World Heritage Market
Medical students organized the first of its kind World Heritage Market to foster cultural awareness of the School of Medicine’s diverse student body.
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Investigational Drug Shows Promise in a Clinical Trial for Lung Cancers With ALK Mutations
Early signals from phase 1 of the ALKOVE-1 clinical trial suggest potential benefit from the use of an investigational drug called NVL-655 in people whose non-small cell lung cancer has alterations in a gene called ALK.
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