All Posts: Convocation 2019

• Cura Personalis Award Recipient: HIV/AIDS Epidemic Taught Me to be a Better Person

  (November 27, 2019) — When Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA, reflects on her graduation day from medical school at Cairo University many years ago, she admits that her perception then about what it meant to be a physician differed greatly from reality. The infectious-disease trained doctor, who leads ICAP — a global health center at […]

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• Colloquium Panelists Discuss Next Steps Toward Ending HIV Epidemic

  (November 26, 2019) — While remarkable strides have been made towards ending the HIV epidemic, an incredible amount of work remains, panelists agreed at the Colloquium on HIV/AIDS, part of the Twelfth Annual GUMC Convocation on November 18.  “I think we’re in a good place, but nonetheless I always say the accomplishments are fragile, very […]

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• Schlegel Honored at GUMC Convocation with Lifetime Contribution Award

  (November 26, 2019) — At the Twelfth Annual GUMC Convocation, Richard Schlegel, MD, PhD, was honored with the Lifetime Contribution to GUMC Award for his decades-long dedication to decreasing the incidence of cervical cancer worldwide. Demonstrating his continuing commitment, Schlegel is currently focused on two research priorities to help cancer patients. One: continue testing a […]

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