All Posts: population health
58 Articles
- GUMC Stories
Annual Colloquium Addresses Health Disparities in D.C.
The colloquium held on November 16 as part of this year's GUMC Fall Convocation brought together Georgetown faculty members to discuss the theme “Strategies for Reducing…
November 22, 2017
- News Release
Georgetown Study to Recruit Washington-area Children to Assess Probiotic to Prevent Diarrhea
A new multimillion dollar study at Georgetown University Medical Center will investigate whether a specific probiotic strain added to yogurt prevents diarrhea in children taking…
October 13, 2017
- GUMC Stories
Al-Refaie Leads Multidisciplinary Research Team
To answer the research questions that Waddah Al-Refaie, MD, FACS, was interested in asking, he required a team of researchers knowledgeable in biostatistics, health finance and…
October 5, 2017
- News Release
Indoor Tanning Dependency Common in Young Women, Especially in Those With Depression
A survey of young, white women who have used indoor tanning at least once in the past year showed that more than one in five of them have signs of being addicted to the high dose…
September 19, 2017
- GUMC Stories
University Begins Series on Condition of African American D.C. Residents
The NHS report that showed stark differences in the health of African American residents of Washington, D.C., versus their white counterparts was the subject of a policy briefing…
September 16, 2016
- News Release
Georgetown Institute Launches Real-Time Study of Smartphone Fertility App Use
WASHINGTON — In what is believed to be the first study of its kind, researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center’s Institute for Reproductive Health (IRH)…
June 24, 2016
- News Release
Graphic Cigarette Warnings Trigger Brain Areas Key to Quitting Smoking
WASHINGTON — Viewing graphic anti-smoking images on cigarette packs triggers activity in brain areas involved in emotion, decision-making and memory as observed via brain…
February 16, 2016
- News Release
GUN VIOLENCE AND MENTAL ILLNESS: Georgetown Expert To Speak at Charleston Summit
MEDIA ADVISORY: Georgetown University forensic psychiatrist Liza Gold, MD, an expert on gun violence and mental illness, is an invited speaker at “Moving from Crisis to…
December 3, 2015