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Meet Moshe Levi, MD, Interim Dean for Research

(October 8, 2019) — Moshe Levi, MD, describes himself as a “card-carrying kidney doctor” who says he once focused 100% of his time on research and another 25% on patient…

October 8, 2019

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Georgetown Offers Multiple Clinical Trials for People with Lewy Body Dementia

WASHINGTON (October 8, 2019) — Georgetown University Medical Center, a Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) Association Research Center of Excellence, is now offering three clinical trials…

October 8, 2019

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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…

September 18, 2019

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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…

September 4, 2019

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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…

August 2, 2019

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Studying Barriers to Health Care to Help Women with HIV

(June 12, 2019) — Seble G. Kassaye, MD, MS, can’t help but see parallels between HIV-positive African American women in the DC area and conditions surrounding rising rates of…

June 13, 2019

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Researchers Find Labels of U.S. Probiotic Products Lacking

MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (June 4, 2019) — When it comes to buying probiotics, many product labels do not give consumers enough information to…

June 4, 2019

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Clinical Trial for Men With Osteoporosis Now Open for Volunteers

MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (June 4, 2019) — Enrollment in a clinical trial testing a new treatment for men with osteoporosis is now open at…

June 4, 2019

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MedStar Health-Georgetown University Symposium Illustrates Emphasis on Community Care

(June 2, 2019) — Since its founding, Georgetown University Medical Center has committed itself to the principle of cura personalis, caring for the whole person. However, based…

June 2, 2019

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Georgetown University Launches Clinical Trial for Lewy Body Dementia

MEDIA CONTACT:(for members of the press only) Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu PATIENT INFORMATION:Joy Arellanomja6@gunet.georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (May 30, 2019) — Georgetown…

May 30, 2019