All Posts: Biomedical Graduate Education

• Open Letter Leads to Launch of Racial Justice Committee

  (July 19, 2020) — As activists across the country protested against racism and police brutality, a group of Georgetown medical students exchanged text messages about how the university should respond. One of them suggested writing an open letter to university leaders.  Seventy-two hours later, more than 500 students had signed the letter, which inspired the […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: advocacy, Biomedical Graduate Education, Georgetown Lombardi, health equity, racial equity, RJCC, RJCC blog, School of Medicine, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Reflections of BGE First-Gens

  (May 15, 2020) — What does it mean to be a first-generation college graduate? It means making hard decisions, navigating unique paths, and working hard to accomplish your dreams. For the parents of first-generation students, their journey has not been easy. Some have experienced financial hardship, others have had to leave their home countries — […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: BGE Commencement 2020, biomedical education, Biomedical Graduate Education, student achievement

• Celebrating National Postdoc Appreciation Week

  Reiko Asano, PhD, RN Reiko Asano, PhD, RN, is a postdoc in the department of professional nursing practice studying palliative care in heart failure. Reiko was inspired to study cardiovascular disease after caring for patients suffering from high symptom burden and repeated hospitalizations. Alexandra Taraboletti, PhD Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Alexandra Taraboletti, PhD, is […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Biomedical Graduate Education, biomedical research, cancer, cancer research, epilepsy, Georgetown Lombardi, liver cancer, neuroscience, pharmacology

• Riegel Named Leader of Biomedical Graduate Education

  (September 4, 2019) — The Biomedical Graduate Education (BGE) program, home to a robust variety of PhD, master’s and certificate programs, has a new leader. Research oncologist Anna Tate Riegel, PhD, has been named senior associate dean of BGE following the retirement of Barbara Bayer, PhD, who led the program for eight years. Riegel joined […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Biomedical Graduate Education, biomedical research, Georgetown Lombardi, new faculty appointment

• Georgetown Introduces Biotechnology to High School Students Through New Partnership

  (August 2, 2019) — In collaboration with Biomedical Graduate Education (BGE), Georgetown’s School of Continuing Studies (SCS) recently launched the Experiences in Biotechnology Academy, a two-week summer program for high school students.  The inaugural cohort of 32 students began coursework on June 24 and concluded on July 6. Accepting both residential and commuter participants, the […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Biomedical Graduate Education, biomedical research, biotechnology, education, high school programs, School of Continuing Studies

• Students Leave BGE Programs Inspired by Courses, Faculty and Opportunities

  (May 19, 2019) — More than 550 students graduated from Biomedical Graduate Education (BGE) certificate, master’s and PhD programs over this past year, with many returning to the Hilltop to attend the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences commencement ceremony on May 17. Georgetown University Medical Center’s BGE supports the over 35 biomedical programs by […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: BGE Commencement 2019, Biomedical Graduate Education, biomedical research

• BGE Lunar New Year Celebration Offers Opportunity To Celebrate Student Diversity

  (February 15, 2019) — With Chinese food, games, dumpling making lessons and more, students filled a room in the Medical-Dental Building recently during the Biomedical Graduate Education (BGE) annual Lunar New Year celebration. Replicating the grand, longstanding celebration in Asia, the party started several years ago to help international students feel welcomed to the Georgetown community. […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Biomedical Graduate Education, diversity

• Doctoral Students Showcase Work at Student Research Day 2018

  Student Research Day provides an annual showcase for the research of doctoral students at Georgetown University Medical Center.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Biomedical Graduate Education, biomedical research, student research

• Training Programs Emphasize Mentoring for Biomedical Graduate Students

  For decades, the tumor biology and neural injury and plasticity programs at Georgetown University Medical Center have educated the next generation of biomedical researchers. Both programs focus on mentoring students to help them achieve their goals.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Biomedical Graduate Education, biomedical research

• Georgetown Lombardi Trainees Give Presentations at Research Poster Day

  Organized by the T32 Oversight Committee, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center hosted a poster day to showcase the work of its trainees, who include master’s students, postdoctoral fellows and others in advanced training.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Biomedical Graduate Education, biomedical research