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At the Tuesday, Nov. 3 ceremony at 4:00 pm, faculty and staff who have made outstanding contributions will be honored; see the complete list. Martin Blaser, MD, who's made seminal discoveries about the human microbiome, will receive the Cura Personalis award. Learn more about the day's activities.
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At a panel discussion during the medical center reunion, a GUMC researcher who discovered the first physical evidence of Gulf War Illness said that the next step may be to develop a blood test for the illness.
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Milton Brown, MD, PhD, director of the Center for Drug Discovery (CDD) at Georgetown Lombardi, recently received the Percy L. Julian Award from the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Engineers.
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The Honorable Agnes Binagwaho, MD, PhD, Minister of Health for Rwanda, emphasized the need for strong knowledge-sharing partnerships between American universities and developing countries in a speech to the Georgetown community on Oct. 21.
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At its 8th Annual Gift of Life Breakfast, Capital Breast Care Center (CBCC) and its supporters recognized the incredible strides made by the organization, as well as the continued need for a strong community.
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The Biomedical Graduate Education's 30th Annual Student Research Day consisted of oral presentations, a poster session and a keynote speech by Jorge Cham, PhD, founder and creator of the wildly popular PHD Comics.
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| PRESS RELEASES
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Email, Text or Web Portal? New Study Probes Patients' Preferences for Receiving Test Results
The results of common medical tests are sometimes delivered to patients by email, letters or voice mail, but are these the most preferred methods? According to one of the first studies to look at this question, the answer is no. |
Stimulating Specific Brain Area Could Help Defrost Arms Frozen by Stroke
Little can be done to help the hundreds of thousands of people whose severe strokes have left them with one arm stuck close to the sides of their bodies like a broken wing. A 30-patient study by Washington researchers, however, has found that magnetically stimulating a specific part of their brains can affect arm movements - raising hope that, in the future, a short course of therapy targeting this area could help to free the arm and restore some use of the stroke-affected limb.
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Cancer Drug Improved Cognition and Motor Skills in Small Parkinson's Clinical Trial
An FDA-approved drug for leukemia improved cognition, motor skills and non-motor function in patients with Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia in a small phase I clinical trial, report researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center. |
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Women and men for others: The Minority Health Initiative Council at the School of Nursing & Health Studies again participated in the Walk to End HIV, an annual event supporting Whitman-Walker Health! Hoya Saxa!
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Learn about the panelists who will be discussing #AntibioticResistance at #GUMC's convocation on Nov. 3! http://bit.ly/2040cgw |
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center welcomed the 2015 winner of the NFL Players Association Georgetown Lombardi Award, Devon Still, to campus Oct. 23, 2015. NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith joined Still as "scientists for a day" in Dr. Jeffrey Toretsky's lab.
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| UPCOMING GUMC EVENTS
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Tuesday, Nov. 3
11:00 a.m. Colloquium Antibiotics: Panacea or Problem? 4:00 p.m. Convocation Ceremony Reception to Follow Research Building Auditorium
Medical Alumni & Student Networking Event
Thursday, Nov. 5
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Salon E/F
Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center
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Tuesday, Nov. 17
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
MedDent SW107
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