Health care providers will increasingly encounter patients who have been affected by environmental factors as the effects of climate change grow, including climate migration and expanding infectious diseases. For Earth Month, we introduce a new Environmental Health and Medicine longitudinal academic track for Georgetown medical students to receive additional training to address those factors. |
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Modern Healthcare magazine has selected Roberta Waite, EdD, PMHCNS, RN, MSN, ANEF, FAAN, incoming dean of Georgetown University’s new School of Nursing, to its 2022 class of “Excellence in Governance” award recipients. The award recognizes health care organization board members who are fostering advancement in culture, mission and performance, and singles out leaders who “have prioritized turning diversity, equity and inclusion and environmental, social and governance from buzzy acronyms into real initiatives.” |
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Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam (AMDG), Latin for “for the greater glory of God,” is an expression that captures the cornerstone of the Jesuits’ mission and a motto engrained in Georgetown’s ethos. Through her work with Physicians for Human Rights and the School of Medicine’s student-run asylum clinic, Reice Robinson (M’23) demonstrates AMDG in action.
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Geoengineering the climate would have massive repercussions for the health of billions of people at risk of malaria who live in tropical countries, according to a new finding by scientists at Georgetown University Medical Center and colleagues. The study appeared April 20 in Nature Communications.
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Genetics and other factors that can determine if a woman is at risk for a recurrence of breast cancer have been identified by investigators at Georgetown Lombardi, providing new research avenues for preventing a new tumor from developing. The discovery was made possible by an advanced technology developed at Georgetown. The study appeared April 22 in Scientific Reports.
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Accepting Applications for AAMC Early Career Minority Faculty Leadership Development Seminar |
The Office of Faculty and Academic Affairs and Georgetown Women in Medicine will sponsor two GUMC faculty members to attend the AAMC Early Career Minority Faculty Leadership Development Seminar (expenses for registration, travel and meals). Full-time faculty members at the rank of instructor or assistant professor who identify as a member from an underrepresented population in academic medicine by the AAMC definition may apply by submitting their CV/biosketch and a 1 page letter of interest to ofaa@georgetown.edu by 11:59 p.m. on April 27. Please email ofaa@georgetown.edu with questions.
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Nominations are being accepted for inclusion in the next Staff/AAP Advisory Council Election, which will begin on May 17. Nominees must be full-time or part-time (at least 50% time) university staff employees or academic and administrative professionals (AAPs) with at least one year of service as a regular or term employee as of the first day of service on the council (July 1, 2022) should the nominated candidate win the election. Any eligible staff member or AAP may nominate themselves or another eligible colleague to run for the Advisory Council. Submit nominations here.
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Monday, April 25
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Mobile Blood Van
Lombardi Circle
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Tuesday, April 26
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Pharmacology Conference Room, MedDent-NE401 and via Zoom
Lance Johnson, PhD, from the University of Kentucky, presents “Apolipoprotein E and Immunometabolism in Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease.” Sponsored by the Department of Neuroscience and Neural Injury and Plasticity Training Grant, Center for Neural Injury and Recovery.
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Tuesday, April 26
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
“Insulin Resistance Oxysterol Dysregulation Initiate Liver Inflammation in NAFLD: Lessons From a Dietary Study in Multiple Mouse Models” with Genta Kakiyama, PhD, associate professor of medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine.
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Tuesday, April 26
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
“COVID Conversations: Prevention and Treatment Today” with Glenn Wortmann, MD, chief of the Infectious Diseases Division at MedStar Washington Hospital Center.
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Tuesday, April 26
7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Open to all. Co-sponsored by the Racial Justice Committee for Change, Hoya Med Alliance, and the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.
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Wednesday, April 27
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Research Building Auditorium/via Zoom
Two students in the Georgetown Experimental Medical Studies (GEMS) program present research on energy insecurity, environmental justice and public health, and racial disparities in reproductive health at this Health Equity Forum sponsored by the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. RSVP here.
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Wednesday, April 27
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
In honor of Holocaust Remembrance, Gerard Leval, pro bono general counsel of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council and partner, Arent Fox LLP, presents “The Complicity of Professionals in the Holocaust” with introductory remarks by Georgetown President John J. DeGioia.
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Thursday, April 28
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
An introduction to Excel’s capabilities, including basic features such as formulas, formatting, data charts and pivot tables.
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Thursday, April 28 and May 5
12:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
This two-day conference features keynote presentations and moderated panel discussions. The first day features Timothy McCaffrey, PhD, professor of medicine, professor of microbiology, immunology, and tropical medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences presenting “Long-Term Covid-19 and Vaccine Impact.”
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Thursday, April 28
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
David Mangelsdorf, PhD, professor and chair, Department of Pharmacology,
investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Alfred G. Gilman Distinguished Chair in Pharmacology, Raymond and Ellen Willie Distinguished Chair in Molecular Neuropharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, presents “FGF21 and Alcohol: Eat and Drink, But Don’t Get Too Merry.”
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Thursday, April 28
5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Via Zoom
Patricia Turner, MD, MBA, FACS, executive director of The American College of Surgeons, presents “The Equity Imperative for Surgery.”
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Friday, April 29
12:00-1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
This session focuses on how to use arts and humanities in health professions education. Participants discuss the assigned article in a session moderated by Ming-Jung Ho, MD, DPhil, professor, Department of Family Medicine, Associate Director, CENTILE, and Peggy Slota, DNP, RN, FAAN, professor, director, DNP Graduate Studies.
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Friday, April 29
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Ellen Puré, PhD, Grace Lansing Lambert Professor and chair of biomedical sciences and professor of systems pharmacology and translational therapeutics at the University of Pennsylvania, presents “Implications of Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity of Stromal Cells and Matrix Remodeling for Progression and Treatment of Solid Tumors.”
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Friday, April 29
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Panelists will speak about “How to Get Published in a Peer Reviewed Journal.” Sponsored by the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
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Wednesday, May 4
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Learn to make the most of Excel for cleaning and standardizing your data, including how to remove duplicates and extra spaces, highlight errors and use text to columns to parse data.
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Wednesday, May 4
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
The panelists will share their training and unique career paths, challenges they overcame while managing two of the largest hospitals in Washington DC, qualities and attributes they look for in trainees who are interested in clinical leadership, lessons for medical students in the context of a rapidly evolving clinical environment, and ways to get involved in leadership while training.
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Thursday, May 5
12:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
This two-day virtual conference features keynote presentations and moderated panel discussions. The second day features “Ethics of Artificial Intelligence” with James Giordano, PhD, professor of neurology and biochemistry, chief of the Neuroethics Studies Program at the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown.
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Thursday, May 5
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Zhijian ‘James’ Chen, PhD, investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, George MacGregor Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Sciences, director, Center for Inflammation Research, professor, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, presents “Igniting an Immune Response with cGAS.”
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Thursday, May 5
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Via Zoom
Michael Liebman, PhD, managing director, IPQ Analytics, LLC, presents “Dealing with Industry” as part of this training series for predoctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, and early career investigators on the NIH requirement of responsible conduct of research. Sponsored by the GHUCCTS TL1 TBS Program.
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Thursday, May 5
10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Via Zoom/Pre-Clinical Science Building
This annual event highlights the excellent research and scholarship that our postdoctoral community is producing. Postdocs will present their research through oral and poster presentations.
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Friday, May 6
5:30 p.m.
Location TBD
Jewish seniors will lead a service together and have a chance to reflect on their time at Georgetown, their Jewish experiences, and celebrate with the larger Georgetown Jewish community. Interested graduating seniors should reach out to Lily Rubinstein.
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Friday, May 6
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Sami L. Bahna, MD, DrPH, professor of pediatrics & medicine and chief of allergy/immunology at Louisiana State University, presents “The Impact of Modernization on Allergic Disease and Asthma Development.” Part of Pediatric Grand Rounds.
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Friday, May 6
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Alejandro Villagra, PhD, associate professor of oncology, Georgetown Lombardi, presents “Reprogramming Macrophages in Health and Disease.”
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Friday, May 6
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
“Teaching Procedural Skills” with Shimae Fitzgibbons, MD, MEd, associate professor of surgery at the School of Medicine, and surgery clerkship director and associate program director of general surgery at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.
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