All Posts: Biomedical Graduate Education
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Georgetown BGE Alumni Selected as Rising Stars
(January 8, 2021) — Several Georgetown alumni have been singled out as “Rising Stars” in a list of “1,000 Inspiring Black Scientists in America” published at the end of December in “Crosstalk,” the Cell Mentor blog hosted by Cell Press. The Community of Scholars, responsible for the selection, described the scientists as “champions of change” […]
Category: Announcements
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Grad Student Uses Skills Honed at Georgetown to Help DC Fight Coronavirus
(October 9, 2020) — When the pandemic forced Georgetown University to move to a virtual setting and research labs were temporarily shuttered, Suzie Stephenson (G’17, G’22) drew upon her training in virology to make a difference. “You think, ‘What are you going to do when something bad happens?’” said Stephenson, a PhD candidate in microbiology […]
Category: GUMC Stories
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National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) and Georgetown University Commit to Reducing Health Care Quality Competency Variability
CHICAGO & WASHINGTON (August 28, 2020) — As the need for waste reduction and improved patient outcomes increases, the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) and Georgetown University Medical Center recognize a coordinated, competent workforce begins in the classroom. The two entities have collaborated to hardwire content aligned with NAHQ’s industry-standard Healthcare Quality Competency Framework […]
Category: News Release
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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
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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
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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 […]
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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
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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
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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 […]
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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. […]
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