All Posts: Georgetown Lombardi

• Analyzing Tumors in Real Time to Detect Metastatic Cells Could Aid in Treatment

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, cancer research, Georgetown Lombardi, metastatic cancer

• Immunotherapy Combo Halts Rare, Stage 4 Sarcoma in Teen

  Category: News Release Tags: cancer, cancer research, epithelioid sarcoma, Georgetown Lombardi

• BellRinger Bike Ride Announcement Concludes ‘Five Days with Lombardi’

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

• FDA Approves Lung Cancer Drug Supported by Georgetown Lombardi Research

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, clinical trials, Georgetown Lombardi, lung cancer

• Georgetown Lombardi Patient Records Song with Cancer Can Rock

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, Georgetown Lombardi, patient care

• First-of-Its-Kind Clinical Trial at Georgetown Puts Mammography Technologies Under the Spotlight

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: breast cancer, cancer, clinical trials, Georgetown Lombardi, mammography

• Get to Know Georgetown’s COVID-19 Researchers

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: 2019 Novel Coronavirus, biomedical research, COVID-19, Georgetown Lombardi, global health, pandemic

• 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 Tags: advocacy, Biomedical Graduate Education, Georgetown Lombardi, health equity, racial equity, RJCC, RJCC blog, School of Medicine, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• BRIC Program Teaches Evidence-Based Strategies to Reduce Bias

  (June 5, 2020) — When participants in the Bias Reduction and Improvement Coaching (BRIC) program planned their June 3 quarterly workshop, they couldn’t have imagined what would transpire in the interim from their last meeting. Against the backdrop of a country grappling with racial violence and systemic racism, the “coaches” started their meeting via Zoom […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: diversity, Georgetown Lombardi, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, School of Medicine, School of Nursing & Health Studies, unconscious bias

• Cancer Genetic Counseling in the Time of COVID-19

  (May 28, 2020) — It may be hard to believe, but as recently as 2014, the idea of delivering genetic counseling for familial cancer risk remotely instead of in-person was quite controversial. Without data about whether this service could be provided effectively and without adverse effects, many genetic counselors were hesitant to adopt it and […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: COVID-19, genetic counseling, genetic testing, Georgetown Lombardi, telehealth, telephone genetic counseling