All Posts: women in STEM

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GUMC Stories

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…

March 1, 2019

GUMC Stories

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…

December 9, 2018

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Honoring the Legacy of Dean Joy Phinizy Williams

The October 25 dedication and unveiling of the portrait of former Dean Joy Phinizy Williams honored a woman regarded as a pillar of wisdom and support at Georgetown University…

November 2, 2018

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GWIM Announces New Portrait for 'Women on the Walls'

Georgetown Women in Medicine leadership announced that the late Estelle Ramey, PhD, will be the subject of the first portrait commissioned as part of its Women on the Walls…

October 7, 2018

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Global Health Experts Advise Advance Planning for Inevitable Pandemic

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), speaks at Georgetown University Medical Center and urges the incoming Trump…

January 12, 2017

News Release

Sunlight Offers Surprise Benefit – It Energizes Infection Fighting T Cells

Georgetown University Medical Center researchers have found that sunlight, through a mechanism separate than vitamin D production, energizes T cells that play a central role in…

December 16, 2016