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As chair of Georgetown's pharmacology and physiology department, Kenneth Kellar, PhD, holds the Schering Professorship of Pharmacology, the oldest endowed professorship at the university.
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A new program that allows Georgetown University medical students to complete an elective "rotation" at the Health Justice Alliance is yielding immediate results for underserved families in the Washington, D.C. area.
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After battling stage-three non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Daisy Diggs volunteered for a phase-2 CAR-T cell clinical trial, an experimental therapy that using her immune system to fight the cancer. Three months after starting treatment, her tumors had disappeared.
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A frigid weekend covered by a sheet of snow only contributed to the festive mood in the Lombardi Atrium, as the Walking Warriors set in motion their second year of fundraising for breast cancer care and research.
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Due to construction activities, beginning Tuesday, January 22, the Wisconsin Avenue GUTS shuttle pickup location will relocate to the intersection of 37th Street NW and Winfield Lane NW, along Reservoir Road NW. The route stops along Wisconsin Avenue NW will remain the same. Learn more here.
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Lucile Adams-Campbell, PhD, professor of oncology and associate director for minority health and health disparities research at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been appointed senior associate dean for community outreach and engagement for Georgetown University Medical Center, which will expand Georgetown's interdisciplinary efforts to eliminate health disparities. Learn more here.
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Georgetown Lombardi has announced the availability of grants providing seed money to launch new projects leading to peer-reviewed funding and/or high-impact publications. Letters of intent are due by Friday, March 1. Learn more here. Contact Sharon Levy with questions.
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Findings in a new study by researchers from Georgetown University Medical Center suggest that the majority of people with chronic fatigue syndrome who seek treatment at hospital emergency departments do not receive proper care.
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Sabrina Corlette, a research professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy, shares her analysis on how the longest-ever government shutdown and the subsequent changes in critical government services have affected Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces and the millions of Americans who rely on the federal government for their health care.
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Tuesday, January 22
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
W. Proctor Harvey Clinical Teaching Amphitheater, Medical-Dental Building
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Wednesday, January 23
Grand Rounds: "Educational Scholarship: Where We Need to Go and How to Start"
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Medical-Dental Building, SW 107
Workshop: "Creating a Road Map for Educational Scholarship"
2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Dahlgren Memorial Library, TBL Space, Second Floor
Wednesday, January 30
12:00 p.m.
Warwick-Evans Conference Room, Building D
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Monday, February 4
3:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Copley Formal Lounge, Copley Hall
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Wednesday, January 23
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
W. Proctor Harvey Clinical Teaching Amphitheater, Medical-Dental Building
Thursday, January 31
12:00 p.m.
Virtual
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Thursday, February 7
12:00 p.m.
Virtual
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