All Posts: Convocation 2018

• Experts Explore Causes and Solutions to the Opioid Epidemic

  (November 20, 2018) — Recognizing that addiction is a complex problem requiring a comprehensive, multi-pronged solution, experts from the fields of medicine, ethics and public policy joined Nora Volkow, MD, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), for a colloquium on the opioid epidemic. The colloquium, titled “Addiction: Medical, Legal and Ethical Perspectives,” was […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: addiction research, biomedical research, Convocation 2018, medical ethics, School of Medicine, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Nora Volkow: A Deep Commitment to Helping Others Borne From Tragic Family History

  (November 19, 2018) — When asked what led a Mexican-born woman to pursue the study of addiction in the United States, the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Nora Volkow, MD, reluctantly credited a tragic history and a family “decimated by intolerance.” In her keynote address delivered at the 11th Annual Georgetown University […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: addiction research, Convocation 2018, university awards

• Five Decades Focused on Giving a ‘Voice’ to Children — Locally to Globally

  November 17, 2018 — In recognition of her dedication to women and children locally and globally throughout her career, Phyllis R. Magrab, PhD, endowed professor of pediatrics and director of the Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development (GUCCHD), was honored at the 11th Annual GUMC Convocation. “For more than 50 years, Phyllis has worked […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Convocation 2018, Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development, pediatrics, Phyllis Magrab

• Georgetown University Medical Center Selects Nora Volkow for Highest Honor

  MEDIA CONTACTKaren Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (November 12, 2018) — Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) will present Nora Volkow, MD, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, a part of the National Institutes of Health, with its highest honor, the Cura Personalis Award, at a ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 4 p.m. “The tradition of bestowing […]

  Category: News Release Tags: addiction research, biomedical research, brain, Convocation 2018, university awards

• Bayer Extols the Virtues of “Showing Up and Doing Your Job”

  Barbara M. Bayer, PhD, delivered the “Life of Learning” address at the 2018 Spring Faculty Convocation, where she spoke about how showing up and doing her job opened doors in her career.

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