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Click here for the Fall/Winter 2015 issue of Georgetown Medicine magazine, "At the Intersection of Faith and Healing."
The Institute for Reproductive Health (IRH) is celebrating its 30th year. Click here to learn more about this exciting milestone.
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Helen Scharfman, PhD, delivered the inaugural lecture of the Karen Gale Memorial Lectureship for Outstanding Women in Neuroscience, in memory of longtime GUMC professor Karen Gale, PhD. Read More >
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The newly completed W. Proctor Harvey Clinical Teaching Amphitheater was dedicated to its namesake, noted cardiologist and esteemed professor W. Proctor Harvey, MD, during the School of Medicine's reunion weekend.
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Over three days of plenaries, symposia, discussions, workshops and poster sessions, complemented by morning yoga and meditation sessions, participants in a conference organized by CENTILE learned about stress management, fostering empathy, professional identity formation and more.
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At the fourth annual symposium, speakers discussed some of the obstacles and opportunities for researchers striving to maximize the potential of biomedical informatics.
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At the 29th Annual Lombardi Gala, nearly 800 attendees gathered at the Washington Hilton to raise money for cancer research, treatment and education.
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 | GUMC IN THE NEWS
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Click here to view all stories for this time period (link will expire Dec. 6).
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| PRESS RELEASES
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Majority of Car-Pedestrian Deaths Happen to Those in Wheelchairs, Often at Intersections
An investigation into how often wheelchair users are killed in car-pedestrian crashes finds they are a third more likely to die than non-wheelchair users; more than half of those deaths occur at intersections. |
Brain Scan Reveals Cognitive Deficits in Older "Cognitively Normal" HIV+ Individuals
Neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center have found in a small study that although a group of HIV+ older individuals scored "cognitively normal" in standard neuropsychology testing, a scan of their brains tells a different story. |
Righting a Wrong? Right Side of Brain Can Compensate for Post-Stroke Loss of Speech
After a debate that has lasted more than 130 years, researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have found that loss of speech from a stroke in the left hemisphere of the brain can be recovered on the back, right side of the brain. This contradicts recent notions that the right hemisphere interferes with recovery.
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Georgetown Professor Honored for Lifetime Achievement in Public Health Law
Lawrence Gostin, JD, LLD (h.c.), Faculty Director of the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown Law, was honored for his "Lifetime Achievement in Public Health Law" by the American Public Health Association (APHA) Law Section. Gostin, who holds Georgetown University's highest academic rank of University Professor, is also a professor of medicine at Georgetown's School of Medicine. |
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. |
| AROUND CAMPUS
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The Food Minority: Food Labels, Eating Disorders and People Who Need More Food
Aliza Glasner of the O'Neill Institute recently asked a fundamental question about the move towards food labeling that not only tells you about what nutrients are in the food, but also provide warnings about unhealthy food: What is healthy food? What is unhealthy food?
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Jacqueline Payne (NHS'16), a human science major who is president of Georgetown's Pre-Dental Society, is planning a dental career focused on kids. She says, "Through my interview process for dental school, I have realized how interesting and unique the human science major truly is." Read more: https://nhs.georgetown.edu/.../human-science-major-jacqueline... |
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Congratulations Amanda DiBattista on your award. Amanda is in Dr Bill Rebeck's lab in the Neuroscience Department!! https://t.co/6VNuBin5DF |
LCDR Mark DeBuse, M.D., (M'09) speaking at the Ruggles Lecture on Military Medicine
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| UPCOMING GUMC EVENTS
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Wednesday, Dec. 2
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Grand Rounds
MedDent, W. Proctor Harvey Amphitheater
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Workshop: "A Template for Lecture Storytelling"
Building D, Warwick Evans Conference Room
Associate Director, Cancer Program Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT Wednesday, Dec. 2 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Building D, Warwick Evans Info
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Thursday, Dec. 3
6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Leavey Center Program Room
Tuesday, Dec. 8
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Basic Science Building, 341
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