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Tim Jorgensen was prompted to write "Strange Glow: The Story of Radiation" when he realized that most people do not understand radiation well enough to assess its health risks.
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Head injuries in males and females appear very differently - in symptoms, treatment and recovery. Exploring those gender differences was the subject of the International Summit on Female Concussion and TBI, a recent two-day summit hosted by GUMC.
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At the NHS Values-Based Lecture, Sister Carol Keehan, DC, RN, MS, president and chief executive officer of the Catholic Health Association of the United States, encouraged students to think about their own values. Keehan also explained how her organization prepared for health care reform with a focus on values in her speech, "The ACA After 5 Years: The Importance of Values in a Dynamic Health Care Environment." Read More >
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Albert J. Fornace, MD, molecular cancer research chair at Georgetown Lombardi, discussed his work on cosmic radiation and potential health concerns for astronaut Scott Kelly, who returned from a year in space on March 2.
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"It was a horrible feeling," says Elizabeth Leigh, as she describes watching her mother, Mary, wanting to talk, but instead being trapped inside her body by Parkinson's disease. Elizabeth discusses her family's support for research and the hope that comes with it - research she knows is too late for her mom. Read More >
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Alumna Jennifer Walter, MD (M'07), reflects on spirituality and patient care.
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Just four years after opening, the Huntington Disease Care, Education and Research Center at Georgetown has been designated a "Center of Excellence" by the Huntington Disease Society of America.
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Zika virus - select media coverage:
Click here to view all media coverage of the Zika virus outbreak.
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| PRESS RELEASES
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Georgetown Radiation Expert, Author Reflects on Fifth Anniversary of Fukushima Meltdown
Five years ago on March 12, Fukushima Prefecture in Japan experienced the largest nuclear accident and release of radioactive materials since the events of Chernobyl in the Ukraine 30 years earlier. But Fukushima was no Chernobyl. |
Huntington Disease Center at Georgetown Designated As Center of Excellence
The Huntington's Disease Society of America (HDSA) has designated the Huntington Disease Care, Education and Research Center at Georgetown as an HDSA Center of Excellence for 2016. The designation comes with a grant to support services for Huntington disease patients and their families at the center, a collaboration between GUMC and MGUH with generous support from the Griffin Foundation. |
Georgetown Seeks Volunteers for New Immunotherapy Clinical Trial for Alzheimer's
The Memory Disorders Program at Georgetown University is seeking volunteers to participate in an international clinical trial of a drug that, in an early phase study, has demonstrated promise in slowing mental decline in Alzheimer's disease. Georgetown is the only institution in the greater Washington, DC, area offering access to the phase III study of the investigational immunotherapy drug aducanumab. |
Congressional Testimony on "Bioethics and Fetal Tissue" by G. Kevin Donovan, MD
Written Testimony of G. Kevin Donovan, MD, director of the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics at GUMC, a witness before the Select Investigative Panel of the Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 2, 2016 for a hearing on "Bioethics and Fetal Tissue." Read More > |
Georgetown Author Says Radiation Fears Will Be "Rearranged" With New Book
Why is it that some people fear using cellphones believing radiation from the device will cause a brain tumor, but will gladly have a whole body CT scan to check for diseases without any signs or symptoms of anything wrong? The answer is that most people do not understand radiation in a way that allows them to make an accurate assessment of its health risks, says Georgetown's Timothy J. Jorgensen. Read More > |
| AROUND CAMPUS
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The increased media attention around TBI has meant that we are getting better at identifying and understanding the causes and outcomes of TBI in sports and other obvious risk scenarios like car crashes, but there is a significant and important population who is being left out of the discussion - victims of domestic violence.
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Watch co-founder Rick Schena skydive over Dubai in honor of Fund a Fellow. As Rick says before he takes the plunge, "anybody can do anything they want." Rick is living proof that you can live well with Parkinson's disease, and the program that he helped found is a model for making feats like this possible!
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VIDEO: #Radiation expert Timothy Jorgensen explains risks Cmdr. Kelly faces after living for a #YearInSpace. #AskaGUProf
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Countdown to #GUMatchDay: Just three weeks until #GUSOM students can rip those envelopes open! #MatchDay2016
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| UPCOMING GUMC EVENTS
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Thursday, March 10
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center Freedom Auditorium, 4th Floor 50 Irving St. NW, Washington, DC RSVP to Sulphat Sanni
Wednesday, March 16
12:00 -1:00 p.m.
St. Mary's Hall, #104
Immediately following the opening of envelopes 12:00 p.m.
MedDent Podium
9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Kellogg Conference Center 800 Florida Ave. NE, Washington, DC Registration
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Wednesday, March 23
5:00 p.m. Reception
5:30 p.m. Lecture and Q&A
MedDent, SW 107
Speaker: Sheldon Rubenfeld, MD, FACP, FACE
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Research Building Auditorium
Saturday, April 16
6:00 a.m. (9:00 a.m. for 5K run/walk)
Yates Field House
Wednesday, April 20
5:30 p.m.
The Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner
1700 Tysons Boulevard
McLean, Va.
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