All Posts: Georgetown Lombardi

• 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

• Georgetown Lombardi Launches COVID-19 Antibody Study in People with Cancer

  Category: News Release Tags: 2019 Novel Coronavirus, cancer, cancer research, COVID-19, Georgetown Lombardi, SARS-CoV-2

• Team Georgetown Lombardi Wins Hands on Hope Competition

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

• Cancer Organization Recommends Genetic Testing for Jewish People of Ashkenazi Descent

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, genetic counseling, genetic testing, Georgetown Lombardi

• Gut Bacteria May Be One Culprit for Increase of Colorectal Cancer in Younger People

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

• New Drug Prevents Liver Damage, Obesity and Glucose Intolerance in Mice on High-Fat Diet

  Category: News Release Tags: cancer, cancer research, Georgetown Lombardi, liver cancer, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

• Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hackensack Meridian Health Join New York Genome Center as Associate Members

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

• Palbociclib is Safe for Women with Advanced Breast Cancer Who Have Unique Gene Alteration

  Category: News Release Tags: breast cancer, cancer, cancer research, Georgetown Lombardi, health disparities

• Scientific Presentations at 2019 Ruesch Symposium Inspire

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, Georgetown Lombardi, Ruesch Center