All Posts: Georgetown Lombardi

• Georgetown Training Programs Mentor Top Scientists

  (September 24, 2021) — It is a prestigious hallmark of an internationally recognized academic health and science center like Georgetown University Medical Center: the coveted “training grant.” Federally funded training grants, such as the so-called T32 and K12 grants, allow universities to recruit and train innovative, high-caliber scientists. With seven National Research Service Award (NRSA) […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Biomedical Graduate Education, cancer research, education, Georgetown Lombardi, post-doctoral education, student mentoring

• Virtual Lombardi Women Event Celebrates 15 Years of Support for Breast Cancer Research

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: breast cancer, cancer research, Georgetown Lombardi, philanthropy

• Small Numbers of Cells in a Tumor Could Be Key Enablers of Cancer Metastasis

  Category: News Release Tags: breast cancer, cancer, cancer research, CRISPR, Georgetown Lombardi

• Clinical Trial Result Leads to New Treatment Option for Hard-to-Treat Breast Cancer

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: breast cancer, cancer, Georgetown Lombardi, triple-negative breast cancer

• GUMC Community Meeting Focuses on Racial Justice, ‘Our Highest Priority’

  (February 26, 2021) — Students, staff, faculty and Georgetown University leadership gathered virtually for the first GUMC Community Meeting of 2021 that carried a singular focus: racial justice. “We have devoted our time together to this topic because the journey toward and the achievement of equity and racial justice at all levels of our community […]

  Categories: GUMC Stories, Special Stories Tags: collaboration, Georgetown Lombardi, GUMC community meeting, racial equity, racial justice, Racial Justice Initiative, racism, School of Medicine, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• New Racial Justice Institute Co-Director Combines Psychology and Public Health to Advance Health Equity

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Georgetown Lombardi, new faculty appointment, racial equity, Racial Justice Initiative, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Music to Our Ears: Georgetown Lombardi’s Arts & Humanities Program Receives National Endowment for the Arts Grant

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Arts & Humanities Program, cancer, Georgetown Lombardi, music and healing, patient care

• Georgetown Celebrates Women in Science

  (February 11, 2021) — Georgetown University commemorated the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (February 11, 2021) with a collection of video messages provided by students and faculty from across campus. Each woman answered the question, “What inspired you to become a scientist?” Video Messages Collection Part I Video Messages Collection Part II […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Biomedical Graduate Education, biomedical research, cancer research, Georgetown Lombardi, School of Medicine, School of Nursing & Health Studies, women in STEM

• Mechanism for How Pancreatic Cancer Evades Immunotherapy Elucidated

  Category: News Release Tags: cancer, cancer research, Georgetown Lombardi, pancreatic cancer

• Male Breast Cancer Patients Face High Prevalence of Heart Disease Risk Factors

  Category: News Release Tags: breast cancer, cancer, cardio-oncology, cardiology, cardiovascular risk, Georgetown Lombardi, male breast cancer