All Posts: MD/PhD Program

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Innovative Biomedical and Genetics Research Projects Net PhD Students ARCS Scholar Awards

Four doctoral candidates at Georgetown University, including MD/PhD candidate Alexander Lekan (G’26, M’28) in the Tumor Biology Program at the School of Medicine, have been…

February 9, 2026

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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…

January 14, 2025

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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,…

January 13, 2025

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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…

October 19, 2023