All Posts: MD/PhD Program

• With a New ‘Map’ of Cells, Georgetown Cancer Researchers Chart a Course to More Effective Treatment

  Faculty and students from Biomedical Graduate Education programs, the School of Medicine and Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center are developing a new technique that could revolutionize the way cancers are tracked and treated. Instead of invasive surgical biopsies or time-consuming scans, clinicians could use simple blood tests to determine where the cancer is and whether it is responding to treatment.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Biomedical Graduate Education, cancer, cancer research, cancer screening, Georgetown Lombardi, liquid biopsy, MD/PhD Program, research

• Tumor Biology Student Sidharth Jain Combines Discovery and Care on MD/PhD Path

  As an MD/PhD in Tumor Biology student, Sidharth Jain works between two worlds of health science. On the PhD side, lab research, data analysis and discovery; on the MD side, patients fighting for their lives.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: biomedical education, Biomedical Graduate Education, cancer, Georgetown Lombardi, MD/PhD Program, research, Tumor Biology Program

• Called To Be a Doctor-Doctor: MD/PhDs at Georgetown Move From Bench to Bedside and Back

  A subset of Georgetown students have made the decision to pursue both scientific research and clinical training through the MD/PhD program — allowing them to get the best of both worlds.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Biomedical Graduate Education, graduate education, MD/PhD Program, medical education, research, School of Medicine, student experience