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Why Research Matters at Georgetown
Georgetown researchers have made significant contributions to every academic field over the university’s long history, from the creation of a life-saving vaccine to the…
September 9, 2025
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New NIH-Funded Study Deepens Understanding of How Some Stroke Patients Can Recover Their Ability To Communicate
A new NIH-funded study led by Georgetown University Medical Center researchers deepens our understanding of the role that the right side of the brain can potentially play in…
September 8, 2025
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Clinical Study Deepens Understanding of Mesothelioma and Opens the Door to Potential Treatment Options
People with operable diffuse pleural mesothelioma may benefit from immunotherapy before and after surgery, based on results of a clinical trial exploring the sequence of…
September 8, 2025
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Does Your Brain Respond to What You Are Doing or How You Do It?
New research from Georgetown University provides insight into how the brain is organized around function versus body part, which has important implications for rehabilitation and…
August 19, 2025
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Meet the 2025 BellRinger Fellows
Meet this year's BellRinger Fellows, who worked alongside investigators at Georgetown University's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, gaining valuable experience and insight…
August 19, 2025
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NIH-Funded Study Leads to New Understanding of How Stroke Impacts Reading
A key discovery about the impact of stroke on a person’s ability to read reveals why a deficit occurs — a finding that presents a possible opportunity for new therapeutic…
August 13, 2025
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Celebrating a Milestone in Cancer Research
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of a paper by now-Georgetown Lombardi member Marc E. Lippman, MD, MACP, FRCP, and his colleague Gail Bolan, MD, that…
August 8, 2025
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HIV Has Devastated Her Home. She’s Pursuing a PhD to Channel Aid Where It’s Needed
Martha Cameron (G’25, G’30), from Lusaka, Zambia, has both lived with HIV and built a globe-spanning career in HIV awareness. She has continued her work at Georgetown, first…
August 7, 2025
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Georgetown Faculty Share Research and Explore Collaborations on Global Cervical Cancer
In June 2025, the Global Cancer Collaborative, a joint initiative between the Georgetown University Global Health Institute and Georgetown's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center,…
July 31, 2025
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New Blood Test Holds Potential to Reduce Liver Transplant Failures
A new study by scientists from Georgetown University and MedStar Health describes how a single blood sample can be used to catch problems with liver transplants at the earliest…
June 17, 2025