All Posts: research
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At Student Research Day, Doctoral Students Translate Lab Research for Interdisciplinary Audience
(October 14, 2022) — An annual student-run research conference for graduate students in Biomedical Graduate Education (BGE) programs provided an opportunity for students to translate their passion for their research into a language understood by those outside of their labs. Organized by the Medical Center Graduate Student Organization (MCGSO) with support from BGE staff, Student […]
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After Stroke in an Infant’s Brain, Right Side of Brain Compensates for Loss of Language in Left Side
As Children with Left-hemisphere Strokes Grow Up, Ability to Understand Language Shifts to Right side. WASHINGTON (October 10, 2022) — A clinical study conducted by researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center found that, for children who had a major stroke to the left hemisphere of their brain within days of their birth, the infant’s brain […]
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The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Publishes a Checklist to Maximize the Benefit to Patients for Clinical Trials in Immuno-oncology
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Long-term Study Supports Link Between Inflammation and Cognitive Problems in Older Breast Cancer Survivors
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Advanced Melanoma Survival Improves Significantly When Immunotherapy is Given Before Targeted Therapy
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NSF Awards Georgetown University $12.5M to Establish Institute for Emerging Virus Research
WASHINGTON (August 10, 2022) — The National Science Foundation has awarded Georgetown University $12.5 million to lead a global team of scientists in establishing a collaborative institute designed to advance research and education around viral emergence — the process of viruses jumping from animals to humans. The Verena (Viral Emergence Research Initiative) Biology Integration Institute, […]
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Studying Strategies to Achieve Men’s Health Equity
(July 30, 2022) — As founder and director of the Center for Men’s Health Equity, Derek Griffith, PhD, strives to solve a mystery: Why do men, on average, live shorter lives than women, and what can be done to reduce that disparity? “When you look at sex differences and gender differences in the incidence and […]
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Georgetown Awarded $23.6M to Study Treatments for Acute Rhinosinusitis
WASHINGTON (July 28, 2022) — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has awarded a Georgetown University Medical Center research team led by Dan Merenstein, MD, professor of family medicine at Georgetown’s School of Medicine and professor of human science at the School of Health, $23.6 million in research funding to study treatments for acute rhinosinusitis. […]
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Undergraduates Study Respiratory Viruses from Bench to Bedside in School of Health-Led Internship in Argentina
(July 1, 2022) — Georgetown undergraduates taking part in the Translational Health Science Internship in Buenos Aires, Argentina, learned what patients with respiratory viruses experience by seeing how discoveries are made at the molecular level and then applying this knowledge to diagnosing patients. The program, led by the School of Health’s human science department, included […]
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New Study Finds Climate Change Could Spark the Next Pandemic
WASHINGTON (April 28, 2022) — As the Earth’s climate continues to warm, researchers predict wild animals will be forced to relocate their habitats — likely to regions with large human populations — dramatically increasing the risk of a viral jump to humans that could lead to the next pandemic. This link between climate change and […]
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