All Posts: research
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Georgetown Sweeps BIG EAST Undergraduate Symposium
Three Georgetown students, including a School of Nursing student, took home the three top prizes at the 2025 BIG EAST Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium.
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Research Supports Move Toward Better Tailoring Stroke Rehabilitation
A new Georgetown University Medical Center study in collaboration with MedStar Health and the National Institutes of Health exploring a new brain imaging technique is bringing stroke experts a step closer to better tailoring rehabilitation.
Category: News Release
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Georgetown Secures Highest Research Classification for the 30th Year
Georgetown has received the highest classification for its research and training, earning the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education’s designation as an “R1” institution. The designation, awarded to U.S. universities with “very high research activity,” marks the 30th year Georgetown has achieved top-tier stature.
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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 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.
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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, patients fighting for their lives.
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Georgetown Helps Build a Community of Scholars in Neurorehabilitation
(January 3, 2025) — At the start of the academic year, an innovative initiative launched to support early-career researchers at Georgetown who are dedicated to understanding and solving challenges re
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Whiteness Could be Contributing to the Poor Health of Rural White Americans, According to School of Health Faculty
For almost two decades, the mortality rate for rural residents in the United States has been higher than their urban counterparts, and the difference in the rate has only increased.
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Oral Health Scholars Raise Awareness About the Relationship Between Oral and Systemic Health
While oral health is often treated as something separate from overall health, it can act as an early warning system for serious conditions, including cancer and heart disease. With funding from the George E. Richmond Foundation, researchers at Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center are training students to educate their communities about the importance of oral health.
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Investigational Drug Shows Promise in a Clinical Trial for Lung Cancers With ALK Mutations
Early signals from phase 1 of the ALKOVE-1 clinical trial suggest potential benefit from the use of an investigational drug called NVL-655 in people whose non-small cell lung cancer has alterations in a gene called ALK.
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Medical Students Present Summer Research Findings
Just over 130 School of Medicine second-year students presented their summer research findings at the annual capstone presentation event — with more than 65 of them from the 2024 MedStar Health Medical Student Scholars program.
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