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Children with dyslexia are more likely to have severe difficulty with math than children who do not. How these disabilities are linked, or even if they are, is the question that Guinevere Eden, D.Phil., is taking on.
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As a part of an intensive weeklong class on nutrition and patient health, Thomas Sherman, PhD, suggested that members of the School of Medicine Class of 2021 submit recipes for a cookbook. The result features more than 200 recipes reflecting the students' diverse backgrounds, experiences and tastes.
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An event held to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and reaffirm the university's dedication to
cura personalis, panelists at "The Voice: Medical Edition" also addressed microaggressions and immigration.
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The financial plan, approved last week, is designed to strengthen the university's competitiveness, maintain its financial stability and continue its commitment to the broadest possible access to a Georgetown education. The board also approved a new master of arts and certificate program in Catholic clinical ethics.
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Georgetown Women in Medicine (GWIM) will sponsor two Georgetown University women faculty to attend the 2018 AAMC Early Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar. The application deadline is Tuesday, February 20 at 11:59 p.m. To learn more and apply, click here.
Arts & Medicine, a School of Medicine student group dedicated to enhancing patient care and medical education through the arts, recently published the second volume of their annual creative journal. The latest issue of
SCOPE includes short stories, photography, paintings and more. It is available
here.
Interested in learning more about the best ways to use Blackboard, Canvas, Zoom and more? Check out UIS Educational Technology Training opportunities
here.
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A stroke in a baby - even a big stroke - does not have the same lasting impact as a stroke in an adult. A study led by Georgetown University Medical Center investigators found, a decade or two after a "perinatal" stroke damaged the left "language" side of the brain, affected teenagers and young adults used the right sides of their brains for language.
Family history of breast cancer continues to significantly increase chances of developing invasive breast tumors in women ages 65 and older, according to research published by a team led by Dejana Braithwaite, PhD, associate professor of oncology at Georgetown University School of Medicine and a member of Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. The findings could impact mammography screening decisions later in life.
A study led by Michael B. Atkins, MD, deputy director at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, that combined an agent that blocks blood vessel formation with an immunotherapy agent was found to have promising anti-tumor activity and no unexpected side effects in an early-phase clinical trial in patients with advanced kidney cancer who had not been previously treated.
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The O'Neill Institute for National & Global Health at Georgetown University Law Center has launched a
website that provides policy-oriented information about hepatitis C. The goal of the website is to fill any information void that currently exists between the information provided by websites such as that of the Centers for Disease Control, and the general public.
Steven Sabat, a professor emeritus in the department of psychology, taught on the Hilltop for 40 years before retiring from the classroom. He's still teaching now, but to a new audience: his latest book,
Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia: What Everyone Needs to Know, was recently published by Oxford University Press.
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Tuesday, February 20
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
The President's Room outside Riggs Library
Faculty and staff are invited to have their headshots taken by the university photographer. No appointment necessary. Headshots will also be taken on March 15 and April 6.
Wednesday, February 21
8:00 p.m.
Learn more about the program
here and RSVP
here.
Thursday, February 22
5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Mortara Building (3600 N St NW), Conference Room
Matthew Reinhard, PsyD, will speak about post-deployment psychiatric conditions in veterans, how to identify and cope with the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and depression, and overcoming stereotypes associated with mental health as part of the military-connected community. Refreshments will be provided. RSVP
here.
Sunday, February 25
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Yates Field House
Teams of 4-5 people will learn about wheelchair basketball from the Punishers, MedStar's wheelchair basketball team, then compete with each other in 3-on-3 wheelchair basketball. Spectators invited!
Proceeds to benefit the United Spinal Association and MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital. Co-organized by Georgetown's Special Master's Program. Learn more and register
here.
Thursday, March 1
5:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Friday, March 2
7:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center, Salon H
A conference exploring Edmund Pellegrino's philosophy of medicine and body of work. Click here to register for either one or both days. Contact Marti Patchell using this form if you have questions.
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Tuesday, February 20
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
W. Harvey Proctor Amphitheater
Medical-Dental Building
H. Clifford Lane, MD, from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, will speak at this seminar, hosted by the department of microbiology and immunology. Email Yvette Queen if you have questions.
Thursday, February 22
3:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center Ballroom
Sign up here and use the sponsor code MEDICINE. Call 1-866-236-3276 if you have any questions about eligibility.
Friday, February 23
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
St. Mary's, Room 110
Vicki Hines-Martin, PhD, CNS, RN, FAAN, will present during this first session of the Minority Health Research Speaker Series. The presentation will be followed by a luncheon.
Monday, February 26
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
By appointment only
Tuesday, March 13 - Tuesday, May 1
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Research Building Auditorium
This semester's Mini Medical School will include presentations from expert faculty on traumatic brain injury, immunotherapy, alternative medicine, plastic surgery, obesity and more. Learn more and register here. Email Sulphat Sanni if you have any questions.
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