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Incoming first and second-year Georgetown School of Medicine students forgo the typical summer break to plan and run a sports camp for homeless children living in the DC General Family Shelter. See video highlights from this year's camp.
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Ahead of the class of 2020 white coat ceremony this week, GUMC sat down with students and faculty to hear what the ceremony means to them, the School of Medicine community and the medical profession as a whole.
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Read about Mary Young's journey from volunteering at a Baltimore free clinic to medical school to developing the Washington DC Metropolitan Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) at Georgetown.
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Filipa Lynce is concerned that African American patients are excluded from a new drug that can extend survival because of an assumption not yet tested. Find out why, and what she's doing about it.
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The CDC recently classified opioid addiction in America as an "epidemic." Read about Peggy Compton's research on pain and opioids.
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Since its founding 10 years ago, the program has sent over 130 students to Argentina. "The [internship] reaffirmed my passion to pursue medicine," says Jake Schwartz, a 2016 intern. Find out why.
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| OTHER NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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Lombardi Leadership Changes
Dr. Louis M. Weiner, director of Georgetown Lombardi, announced key leadership changes at the cancer center.
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Congratulations!
The GUMC Faculty Development Committee congratulates
the first graduates of the Teaching Essentials Program. The program, grounded in education theory, experiential learning and small group workshops, is designed to foster teaching skills related to bedside teaching among junior clinical faculty with mentorship from senior faculty from MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and MedStar Washington Hospital Center.
Click here for more information about this year's class
beginning Sept. 1.
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Clinical Trial Management System Update
Georgetown University Medical Center and MedStar Health continue to make progress toward the implementation of a clinical trial management system (CTMS), OnCore®. The OnCore® CTMS suite will be implemented in cardiology and oncology departments for pilot testing this fall and will be integrated into all departments in 2017. More information here.
- Parkinson's Fellowship Opportunity
Application deadlines approaching for the Georgetown University and The Michael J. Fox Foundation fellowship in regulatory science for Parkinson's disease research at Georgetown.
- MedStar Georgetown's Dept. of Psychiatry's Mindfulness/Meditation Group
Starting Thursday, July 28, all faculty, staff and residents are invited to join the department for a weekly, drop-in mindfulness/meditation session. Sessions will be held on the 1st, 2nd and 4th Thursday of every month from 12:15-1:00 p.m. at 2115 Wisconsin Ave, 2nd floor faculty conference room, room 215.
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Still Capturing Hearts
You'll find Dr. Proctor Harvey's name among two dozen other doctors in a special Medscape feature titled "You picked 'em! The Most Influential Physicians in History." Read more here (free sign up required).
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| Switch from Observation Only to Active Treatment by Patients with Prostate Cancer Varies by Race and Ethnicity
New York, NY (July 29, 2016) -- Assessment of clinical and nonclinical factors indicates that black m
en on active surveillance are more likely to pursue active treatment, according to a new study pub
lished in The Journal of Urology.
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Toronto (July 27, 2016) - Resveratrol, given to Alzheimer's patients, appears to restore the integrity of the blood-brain barrier, reducing the ability of harmful immune molecules secreted by immune cells to infiltrate from the body into brain tissues, say researchers at GUMC. The reduction in neuronal inflammation slowed the cognitive decline of patients, compared to a matching group of placebo-treated patients with the disorder.
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More Evidence in Quest to Repurpose Cancer Drugs for Alzheimer's Disease
Toronto (July 27, 2016) -- An FDA approved drug to treat renal cell carcinoma appears to reduce levels of a toxic brain protein linked to dementia in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases when given to animals. This finding is the latest from GUMC's Translational Neurotherapeutics Program (TNP) examining tyrosine kinase inhibitors in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.
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Read about other GUMC faculty "In The News" here.
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AROUND CAMPUS
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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More events >
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SOM White Coat Ceremony
Friday, August 5
3:30 p.m
Ticketed Event
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Orientation Class
Thursday, Sept. 1
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Proctor Harvey Conference Room
PHC building, 5th floor
Sponsor:
GUMC Faculty Development Committee
Fourth Year Mock Residency Interview Session
Wednesday, September 14
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Integrated Learning Center, Pre-clinical Science
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