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As a Washington, D.C., native who trained to become a doctor during the civil rights movement, Harold P. Freeman, MD, developed a strong sensitivity around social injustice. This November, Freeman's work as a patient advocate, surgical oncologist, researcher and national leader will be recognized with GUMC's highest honor.
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In addition to the $100,000 award to Rebecca Riggins, PhD, six projects by GUMC researchers received funding from Partners in Research, which has raised more than $850,000 since its inception.
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To answer the research questions Waddah Al-Refaie, MD, FACS, was interested in asking, he needed to find experts in biostatistics, health finance and economics, public policy and law. He found them at Georgetown.
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As co-inventor of the technology that led to the development of a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, Richard Schlegel, MD, PhD, has focused on decreasing the incidence of cervical cancer for more than 30 years.
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A student of the late bioethics giant Edmund D. Pellegrino, Daniel Sulmasy, MD, PhD, returned to Georgetown earlier this year to join the faculty as the inaugural André Hellegers Professor of Biomedical Ethics, with appointments in the departments of medicine and philosophy.
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The Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics hosted Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, D.C., for a panel discussion titled "Lives Worthy of Respect," to reaffirm the Catholic community's reverence for all stages of life.
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Blythe Shepard, PhD, a new assistant professor of human science at NHS, is directing her research to understand the activity of olfactory receptor 1393 in the kidneys.
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Rebeck Recognized with 2017 President's Award for Distinguished Scholar-Teachers
Georgetown University President Jack DeGioia
announced
that William Rebeck, PhD, is one of three recipients of this year's President's Awards for Distinguished Scholar-Teachers. The awards celebrate individuals who have made an exceptional impact through the integration of ambitious research and extraordinary student engagement. Rebeck will receive the award at the Fall Faculty Convocation on Tuesday, October 24.
Inaugural Class of
Cura Personalis Fellows Selected
Twenty physicians and residents from a wide range of specialties were selected to serve as the first School of Medicine
Cura Personalis
Fellows for 2017-2018. The
Cura Personalis
Fellowship was created to serve as a platform for physicians to establish a strong and diverse foundation in existing and emerging concepts in physician professional identity formation. The fellowship and curriculum are described
here
and the list of this year's fellows can be viewed
here
.
Evangelista Appointed to GUMC-MedStar Health Joint Role
Rebecca Evangelista, MD, has been appointed as the GUMC Associate Dean for Clinical Faculty and the MedStar Health Director of Clinical Faculty Affairs. This joint role supports a unified effort by both MedStar and GUMC to provide more structure, support and resources to assisting clinical faculty to advance professionally and thrive academically within our learning environment. Read more here.
Toretsky to Lead Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Division at MGUH
Jeffrey Toretsky, MD, has been named chief of the pediatric hematology/oncology division at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. In this capacity, Toretsky will assume administrative oversight of the division.
Sexton Named as Editor-in-Chief of American Family Physician
Sumi Sexton, MD, has been named
editor-in-chief for American Family Physician
, the peer-reviewed journal of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Sexton, an assistant professor in the department of family medicine, replaces current editor-in-chief, Jay Siwek, MD, a professor in the department. Her tenure begins February 1, 2018.
The Student Health Center, in partnership with GUWellness and the Office of Faculty and Staff Benefits, will offer influenza immunization clinics for the 2017-2018 season for all Georgetown students, faculty and staff. The vaccinations are free with a valid Georgetown ID (GOCard) and they will be administered on a first-come, first-served basis. The on- and off-campus
schedule is now available.
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Reuters Switching to e-cigarettes could save 6.6 million American smokers: researchers with David Levy, Oct. 2, 2017
Politico
Racial Gap (available upon request) study by Waddah Al-Refaie, Oct. 5, 2017
NPR 1A The Living Wounded with Priscilla Dass-Brailsford, Oct. 4, 2017
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The 2001 New York State Medicaid expansion - considered a precursor to the Affordable Care (ACA) - widened the racial disparity gap when it came to access to high-quality hospitals for cancer surgery, according to a new study from Georgetown University.
When combined with an already FDA-approved chemotherapy, a novel agent developed by researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center appears to halt the ability of Ewing sarcoma to grow and progress.
It is often claimed that bilinguals are better than monolinguals at learning languages. Now, the first study to examine bilingual and monolingual brains as they learn an additional language offers new evidence that supports this hypothesis, researchers say.
Up to 6.6 million cigarette smokers will live substantially longer if cigarette smoking is replaced by vaping over a ten-year period, calculates a research team led by investigators from Georgetown Lombardi Cancer Center. In all, cigarette smokers who switch to e-cigarettes could live 86.7 million more years with policies that encourage cigarette smokers to switch completely to e-cigarettes.
A study that teases apart the biological mechanisms by which human papillomaviruses (HPV) cause cancer has found what researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center say is a new strategy that might provide targeted treatment for these cancers.
Georgetown University Medical Center has named Charles B. Holmes, MD, MPH, as faculty co-director of its Center for Global Health and Quality. Holmes, an infectious disease physician, is a visiting associate professor of medicine at Georgetown's School of Medicine
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Tuberculosis is a preventable and treatable disease which kills more people globally than any other infectious disease, approximately 5,000 every day. Despite grim statistics and the plethora of human rights violations that occur in the context of TB, there is inadequate funding, and limited public awareness that TB remains a public health crisis.
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Thursday, November 16
Colloquium
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Convocation and Awards Ceremony
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Research Building Auditorium
Join us as the GUMC community comes together to celebrate academic achievement in research, education and service.
Tuesday, October 10
8:00 a.m. Registration
Medical-Dental Building, South Lobby
9:00 Oral Presentations
Medical-Dental Building, NE 401
2:00 p.m. Poster Presentations
4:45 p.m. Reception
Pre-Clinical Science Building Hallway
Nora Volkow, MD, on "Scientific Solutions to the Opioid Epidemic"
Thursday, October 12
4:00 p.m.
Research Building Auditorium
Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds hosts Nora Volkow, MD, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Sunday, October 22 - Wednesday, October 25
Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center
Co-hosted by CENTILE and MedStar Health. Register
here.
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Tuesday, October 10
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Healey Family Student Center, Social Room
RSVP (required)
here. Co-hosted by Georgetown University's Center on Child and Human Development, the Walsh School of Foreign Service and the Global Health Initiative.
Tuesday Evenings
October 3 - November 21
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Research Building Auditorium
Taught by medical school faculty, Mini Medical School offers practical and applicable lessons from medical school courses. Weekly lectures will cover autoimmune disorders, neuroscience, transfusion medicine and more.
Friday, October 13
7:30 a.m. Registration and Coffee
8:00 p.m. Discussion with Ambassador Jimmy Kolker
Intercultural Center, Executive Conference Room
Friday, October 27
8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center
Hosted by ICBI. Register
here.
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