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- GUMC Stories
Joy Williams Honored with “Legacy” Scholarship at SNMA’s 38th Annual Senior Awards Banquet
Commencement week brings!…
May 20, 2016
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MAGIS Society Honors Two Outstanding GUMC Educators
The MAGIS Society of Master Teachers welcomed its newest.…
May 12, 2016
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Georgetown Lombardi Urges HPV Vaccination for Cancer Prevention
WASHINGTON — In response to low national vaccination rates for the human papillomavirus (HPV), Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center joined with other top cancer…
January 26, 2016
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Georgetown Researcher Leads Effort to Decode Anti-malarial Drug Resistance
WASHINGTON — Even as the global malarial pandemic appears to be on a decline, drug resistant malarial parasites are on the rise, says an infectious disease researcher at…
December 16, 2015
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Two GUMC Researchers Named National Academy of Inventors Fellows
WASHINGTON – The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has named two Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) professors to its 2015 class of Fellows — Milton L.…
December 15, 2015
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Elissa Newport to Receive Prestigious Franklin Institute Award
Georgetown University Medical Center researcher Elissa L. Newport, PhD, has been announced as one of nine scientists and innovators who are selected to receive a 2015 Franklin…
November 3, 2014
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Researcher Debunks Alzheimer's Prevailing Development Theory
(October 31, 2014) – New research that dramatically alters the prevailing theory of how Alzheimer’s disease develops has been published online today by Georgetown researchers…
October 31, 2014
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Georgetown Bioethicist Tapped for Vatican Advisory Post
Kevin FitzGerald, PhD, SJ, a Jesuit priest, Georgetown bioethicist and cancer researcher, has been appointed by Pope Francis to serve as a consultor to the Pontifical Council for…
July 18, 2014
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Georgetown Starts Study to Halt Alzheimer’s Disease in Those at High-Risk
WASHINGTON--Georgetown University Medical Center researchers have launched a clinical study aimed at preventing or delaying Alzheimer’s disease in people who don’t…
June 9, 2014
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New Collaboration Seeks to Bridge East-West Medicine Divide
Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) is seeking to promote the integration of traditional Eastern approaches to medicine with evidence-based medicine through a new…
February 18, 2014