A team of eager third graders from Van Ness Elementary in southeast Washington, D.C., teamed up with volunteers from Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center for hands-on experiences with robotics, programming, biology and engineering designed to encourage students to think about careers in science and medicine. |
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A medical trivia Easter egg hunt, a visit to the simulation lab and a campus tour were among the activities medical students organized as part of a School of Medicine visit for students from a local elementary school. |
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Deepening their commitment to the Jesuit values of “people for others” and pursuit of social justice, graduate students from Georgetown’s Nurse-Midwifery/Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner (NM/WHNP) and WHNP programs took to Capitol Hill with a mission to advocate for babies and their birth parents. |
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Seniors in the School of Nursing’s bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) program celebrated their ceremonial first steps into their professional careers with a white coat and pledge ceremony as faculty welcomed them to the nursing profession. |
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Forty first-year medical students and Georgetown Experimental Medical Studies (GEMS) program students gathered virtually for the seventh annual “I, Too, Am Georgetown Medicine,” an event dedicated to helping reflect on how to remain true to their authentic selves in stressful environments. |
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A new study conducted by an international team of researchers, including clinical investigators at Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, demonstrates that a personalized cancer mRNA vaccine combined with immunotherapy reduces recurrence and improves survival for people with advanced melanoma. |
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At this year’s Service Awards Ceremony, the Human Resources department honored employees who have dedicated 20 years or more to Georgetown University. In 2022 and 2023, more than 700 Georgetown employees were celebrated for their commitment to the institution.
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The McCourt School of Public Policy awarded its 2023 Georgetown Public Policy Challenge grand prize to BGE student Sparsha Muralidhara (G’23) and William Macci (L’24) for their proposal, E-QualityDC, which empowers DC public schools to bridge the digital divide for at-risk students, connecting families to accessible and affordable resources. Muralidhara is completing her Masters in Integrative Neuroscience. |
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Georgetown’s Student National Medical Association (SNMA) is collecting hygiene/self-care products for gift bags to share with mothers currently living at The Triumph for Mother's Day. The Triumph is a short-term family housing program in Ward 8. If you’d like to donate, SNMA has created an Amazon wish list. Please place orders by May 5 and select “Georgetown SNMA's Gift Registry Address” as the shipping address during checkout. Thank you for your support!
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Professional conduct is a cornerstone of our university community life. The university has created a new website resource to help all members of our community better understand the policies that guide our professional conduct and more easily identify ways to address unprofessional conduct.
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Dahlgren Memorial Library, GUMC’s graduate health and life sciences research library, is pleased to announce a new agreement with the publisher Wiley to provide subsidized open access article publication charges (APC) to the GUMC community. For more details, please see the Open Access Publishing and Resources Guide.
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Medical school mentors are needed for the Gateway Exploration Program, a summer pipeline program for high school students from underrepresented backgrounds who are interested in pursuing careers in medicine. Mentors must be available in person June 26 - August 4 for 1-2 hours per week. Apply here by May 19.
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New predoctoral students and postdoctoral fellows are invited to apply for the 2023-2024 NIH TL1 Translational Biomedical Science (TBS) Training Program, funded by the Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science (GHUCCTS). Apply by May 1. |
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Monday, May 1
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Join panelists and participants from across institutions for this Multi-Institutional Education Research Social Hour sponsored by CENTILE.
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Tuesday, May 2
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Research Building Auditorium and via Zoom
Presented by Jay Horton, MD, Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Chair in Obesity and Diabetes, Scott Grundy’s Director Chair, professor of internal medicine and molecular genetics, director of the Center for Human Nutrition, UT Southwestern Medical Center. Part of the Distinguished Scientist Seminar Series.
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Wednesday, May 3
7:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Via Zoom
Please join the NGO and Communities Unitaid board delegations, the People’s Health Movement, and the O’Neill Institute’s Global Health Policy and Politics Initiative for a virtual session on enablers for regional and local production of essential medical tools in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
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Clinical Research Unit Open House |
Wednesday, May 3
2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Pasquerilla Healthcare Center, first floor (1 PHC)
Learn about our clinical research team, services provided, and many resources available to promote and advance research protocols. Light refreshments will be served. Sponsored by GHUCCTS.
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Thursday, May 4
8:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Via Zoom
This Department of Medicine Grand Rounds is presented by Joseph S. Ross, professor of medicine (General Medicine) and public health (Health Policy and Management), Yale School of Medicine; associate physician, Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale-New Haven Health System; and co-director, National Clinician Scholars Program, Yale.
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Thursday, May 4
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Allison Marshall, PhD, MPH, MSSW, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health, Cizik School of Nursing, Center for Nursing Research. Sponsored by the Department of Human Science.
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Thursday, May 4
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Proctor Harvey Amphitheater, Medical-Dental Building and via Zoom
The presenters and moderator for this Health Equity Forum are members of the GEMS Class of 2023. Phoebe Ato will present “The ‘Golden Years’ of Health: Reducing Social Isolation in Elderly Minority Groups” and Henry Li will present “An Educational Approach to a ‘Weighted’ Public Health Issue: Weight Bias and Stigma’s Impact on Quality Clinical Care.” Ademide Young will moderate.
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Thursday, May 4
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Dr. Felesia Bowen, Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, will help us navigate the complex landscape of power and privilege and shift our attention to the concepts of advantage and disadvantage to help us better understand the concept of privilege within a social context. Sponsored by the School of Nursing.
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Thursday, May 4
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Research Building Auditorium and via Zoom
Presented by Dhirendra Simanshu, PhD, principal scientist and team lead – RAS Structural Biology, NCI RAS Initiative, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research. Part of the Joint Scientific Partners Distinguished Lecture Series and Distinguished Scientist Seminar Series.
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Third Annual Joseph A. Bellanti, MD, Lectureship |
Friday, May 5
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Via Zoom
Presented by Talal M. Nsouli, MD, a renowned pediatric allergist-immunologist in the Department of Pediatrics at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Part of Pediatric Grand Rounds. Co-sponsored by the Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Microbiology-Immunology.
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Friday, May 5
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
All GUMC and MedStar Health faculty and preceptors are invited to participate. Part of the RADIANCE Pedagogy Initiative. Contact Elke Zschaebitz, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, with any questions.
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Monday, May 8
7:45 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
This premier event brings together investigators, educators, executive leaders, associates, and collaborative partners from across our academic health system to learn together, share research, and build meaningful relationships that advance health for our communities. Keynote speaker is Eliseo Pérez-Stable, MD, director of NIH National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. Registration is open now through April 28.
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Wednesday, May 10
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
All GUMC and MedStar Health faculty and preceptors are invited to participate. Part of the RADIANCE Pedagogy Initiative. Contact Elke Zschaebitz, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, with any questions.
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Wednesday, May 10
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Learn about the best tools to use to sort through the millions of datasets available online. Presented by Dahlgren Memorial Library.
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Wednesday, May 10
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Maguire Hall 304 Conference Room and via Zoom
Presented by Emily Mendenhall, PhD, medical anthropologist and professor at Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service. RSVP requested. Sponsored by the Center for Global Health Science and Security, the School of Health’s Department of Health Management and Policy, and the Global Health Institute.
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Wednesday, May 10
4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Goldberg Auditorium, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
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Friday, May 12
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Via Zoom
Presented by June Chan, DSc, professor and vice chair for education, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Steven & Christine Burd-Safeway Distinguished Professor, Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco. Meet the Speaker Session 11:00 - 11:30 a.m. Part of the Survivorship Research Initiative Seminar Series.
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Friday, May 12
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Features two conversations moderated by Pellegrino Center director Myles N. Sheehan, SJ, MD. The first is “Medical Mistrust,” among Lee Jones, MD, dean for medical education at the School of Medicine, Christopher King, PhD, dean of the School of Health, Roberta Waite, EdD, dean of the School of Nursing, and Alyssa Newman, PhD, senior research scholar at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics. The second is “The Threat to Not-for-Profit Hospitals,” featuring Michael Bezney of Bon Secours Mercy Health. Register here. Sponsored by the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics.
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