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Marilee Cole, MD, has been mentoring participants in the Georgetown Global Health Elective in Cameroon for several years. Their experience at the Banso Baptist Hospital (BBH) is transformative.
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Susan Cheng has a lot of experience cultivating leaders from underrepresented populations. As she begins her tenure at the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, she is poised to apply those skills to further diversify the School of Medicine.
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The event included a check presentation to grant winner Jeffrey Toretsky, MD, and a colorful handprint ceremony for the youngest attendees.
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Irene Jillson, PhD, is principal investigator on a $675,000 grant from the U.S. Department of State to support collaborative projects in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tunisia.
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 | GUMC IN THE NEWS
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For a complete listing of media coverage for Scott Turner's resveratrol study, click here (link will expire on 9/27/2015).
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| PRESS RELEASES
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Georgetown Professor's State Department Grant Focuses on "One Health"
Identifying emerging infectious disease threats and incorporating biosecurity and bioethics in the development of medical technology are the foci of a new grant from the U.S. Department of State awarded to Georgetown's Irene Jillson, PhD. |
Resveratrol Impacts Alzheimer's Disease Biomarker
The largest nationwide clinical trial to study high-dose resveratrol long-term in people with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease found that a biomarker that declines when the disease progresses was stabilized in people who took the purified form of resveratrol. |
Georgetown and Howard Receive $27M Award for Clinical and Translational Research
A large clinical research program led by Georgetown and Howard universities, facilitating the participation of more than four million Washington-area residents in clinical trials, has received a $27 million dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). |
Georgetown Lombardi Offers New Melanoma Study Comparing Two Treatment Regimens
A new nationwide clinical trial comparing two groups of drugs - both effective in treating melanoma-is now open at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center/MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. |
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Georgetown marks the first visit of Pope Francis to the United States with activities and events while scholars share their expertise on the pontiff, his visit and the future of the papacy.
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| | RECENTLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA |
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The issue of vaccine safety and vaccination timing was addressed during Wednesday's Republican debate on CNN. The answers by some candidates have left many confused. In this series of videos, Georgetown pediatrician Kevin Donovan, MD, clears up the debate: http://bit.ly/1guwQoF |
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Congratulations to Robert Carr, MD, MPH, director of the Executive Master's Program in Health Systems Administration, who has been elected president of the American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM), a voluntary role he will begin in 2017! http://bit.ly/1NBiTm0
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| UPCOMING GUMC EVENTS
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Tuesday, Sept. 22 11:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. New Research Building Auditorium Registration
7:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
New Research Building Auditorium
Registration
Walter Lester Henry, Jr, MD Auditorium
Towers Building
Family Medicine Grand Rounds
Thursday, Oct. 1
8:00 a.m.
New Research Building Auditorium
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T uesday, Oct. 13 9:00 a.m. - 7:45 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 13 - Tuesday, Dec. 8
New Research Building Auditorium
Registration
Friday, Oct. 16
8:30 a.m.
Ronald Reagan Building and International
Sunday, Oct. 18 - Wednesday, Oct. 21
Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center
Registration
Saturday, Oct. 24
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