GUMC Update is a biweekly online newsletter highlighting recent events, news stories and more from the Georgetown University Medical Center community.
January 5, 2020 Highlights Include: – Medical students responded to the need to reduce opioid overdose deaths in the District with the Hoya Drug Overdose Prevention & Education (DOPE) Project. – A recent Georgetown Lombardi clinical trial of immunotherapy for liver cancer has delivered promising results. – The student-driven HOYA Clinic reopened in its new location at The Triumph in DC’s Congress Heights neighborhood last September.
December 15, 2019 Highlights Include: – NHS Nursing Professor Kelley M. Anderson, PhD, FNP, CHFN-K, was selected for the Fulbright Specialist Program. – The annual HOYA Clinic Toy Drive raised more than $10,800 to purchase 400 toys. – The Georgetown Women in Medicine (GWIM) annual awards ceremony celebrated the progress of women in medicine. – The 10th annual Ruesch Center symposium highlighted cutting-edge research in GI cancer.
December 1, 2019 Highlights Include: – Sara Rotenberg (NHS’20) is the first Rhodes Scholarship recipient from Georgetown’s School of Nursing & Health Studies. – Cura Personalis Award Recipient Reflects on HIV/AIDS Epidemic Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA, spoke at the Twelfth Annual GUMC Convocation. – HIV experts discussed success stories and lessons learned at the 2019 Convocation Colloquium – Richard Schlegel, MD, PhD, received the Lifetime Contribution Award for his decades-long dedication to decreasing the incidence of cervical cancer worldwide.
