All Posts: Biomedical Graduate Education
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Student Research Day Celebrates 40th Year at Georgetown
Student Research Day has given generations of biomedical scientists-in-training their start. This year, Student Research Day celebrated its 40th anniversary on Oct. 15 with a daylong celebration of scientific advancement that included, for the first time, two keynote speakers.
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Why Research Matters at Georgetown
Georgetown researchers have made significant contributions to every academic field over the university’s long history, from the creation of a life-saving vaccine to the discovery of a new cosmic substance. Today, researchers at Georgetown push the boundaries in fields such as biomedical technology and microplastics while generating new insights in disciplines like business, international relations and the humanities.
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Students in Accelerated Master’s Programs Sharpen Career Focus Through Coursework
Georgetown undergraduates majoring in human science now have the opportunity to enroll in graduate-level courses during their senior year through accelerated master’s programs at the School of Medicine.
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Jesuit Urges Graduate School Class of 2025 to Be a ‘Defender of Hope’ in Graduation Address
With freshly donned academic hoods, 922 students from Georgetown University’s Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and Biomedical Graduate Education crossed the Healy Lawn’s commencement stage on May 16.
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In Photos: Biomedical Graduate Education Commencement 2025
BGE’s graduating Class of 2025 marked Commencement season with end-of-semester poster sessions, program galas and parties, the Doctoral Hooding Ceremony on May 15, and the Graduate School Commencement ceremony on May 16.
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Learning Together: Community Builders in BGE’s Class of 2025
As Biomedical Graduate Education (BGE) celebrates the accomplishments of the 462 graduating students at Commencement this year, we also recognize the communities that support and inspire them in their academic and professional journeys.
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NIH Funding Advances Health Sciences and Trains Biomedical Leaders at Georgetown University Medical Center
As an R1 research institution, Georgetown University is dedicated to fostering discoveries and scientific advancements while training the next generation of researchers. Nearly $3.8 million in government funding comes through training grants, which give students and postdoctoral fellows the opportunity to learn from leaders in biomedicine while contributing to cutting-edge, impact-focused projects. Four current NIH grant-supported PhD students share their research and how their studies and programs are helping them reach their career goals.
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Tumor Biology Program Alumnus Jean-Baptiste Mazarati Builds Health Care Excellence in Rwanda
Since graduating from Georgetown with a PhD in Tumor Biology in 2012, Jean-Baptiste Mazarati has emerged as a health leader in his native Rwanda.
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With a New ‘Map’ of Cells, Georgetown Cancer Researchers Chart a Course to More Effective Treatment
Faculty and students from Biomedical Graduate Education programs, the School of Medicine and Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center are developing a new technique that could revolutionize the way cancers are tracked and treated. Instead of invasive surgical biopsies or time-consuming scans, clinicians could use simple blood tests to determine where the cancer is and whether it is responding to treatment.
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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.
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