All Posts: School of Medicine
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Medical Student Discusses His Journey to Georgetown at AAAS Annual Meeting
(March 1, 2019) — At the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., researchers, scientists, educators, students and journalists attended sessions on the ways in which science transcends boundaries. However, one boundary that continues to be a challenge for students to cross is the transition from community college to […]
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GHI Student Fellowships Combine Research and Mentorship in Global Health
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Carnegie Renews Classification of Georgetown as ‘Very High Research University’
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A Commitment To Evidence Helps Merenstein Thrive As Physician-Scientist
(February 15, 2019) —As a tenured professor and the director of research programs in the department of family medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine, Daniel Merenstein, MD, spends most of his time pursuing evidence-based answers to common clinical questions. A major focus of his research that epitomizes this quest involves probiotics — the so-called […]
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Training the Next Generation of Researchers in Movement Disorders
(February 8, 2019) — After she first developed a tremor in her right hand, years went by before Pam Cota was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease by Fernando Pagan, MD (M’96, R’00), director of the MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Movement Disorders Clinic. The number of Parkinson’s disease patients expected to grow to 1.2 million by 2030, according […]
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Large Study Reveals Long-Term Outcomes for Prostate Cancer Patients Treated with High Dose, Short Term Radiation
MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (February 8, 2019) — A large national study examining a radiation treatment for prostate cancer — popular because it delivers a high dose of therapy in a very short time frame — supports its routine use. The study, conducted at cancer centers around the country including at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, looks at long-term […]
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Study Finds HIV+ Cancer Patients Benefit From Immunotherapy
MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (February 7, 2019) — The immunotherapy that has revolutionized treatment of many cancers appears to offer similar benefit to cancer patients living with HIV, say researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. Their study, published in JAMA Oncology, focused on whether a relatively new class of drugs called checkpoint inhibitors is both safe and […]
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Students Find Support and Mentorship Through Anatomy Program
(February 1, 2019) — Despite attending lectures and memorizing diagrams of the human body, the sights, sounds and smells of gross anatomy lab can stir up unexpected emotions in first-year medical students. Therefore, a group of students with anatomy lab experience volunteer to support the first-year medical students at Georgetown University School of Medicine (GUSOM) taking […]
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GWIM Honors ‘Role Models’ in Medicine
(December 9, 2018) — At their annual awards ceremony and reception, Georgetown Women in Medicine (GWIM) recognized women on the faculty at GUMC for their accomplishments in mentoring, leadership and more. “Each year, GWIM recognizes the outstanding achievements of our women faculty through specific awards and honoring the accomplishments of women faculty will further our efforts […]
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Experts Explore Causes and Solutions to the Opioid Epidemic
(November 20, 2018) — Recognizing that addiction is a complex problem requiring a comprehensive, multi-pronged solution, experts from the fields of medicine, ethics and public policy joined Nora Volkow, MD, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), for a colloquium on the opioid epidemic. The colloquium, titled “Addiction: Medical, Legal and Ethical Perspectives,” was […]
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