Chag Sameach! Wishing a blessed Yom Kippur to those observing the High Holy Day this week. May you have an easy fast.
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After a community-based learning project highlighted the challenges faced by refugees in picking up medication from a pharmacy, a group of medical students created a new program to help increase refugees' access to health care. |
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After demonstrating an interest in using their talents to address and improve the health outcomes of underserved and aging communities in the DC area, twelve Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) students received scholarships from The Washington Home, a charitable foundation. |
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Working side by side, Georgetown medical and nursing students delivered flu vaccines to approximately 1,500 of their fellow Hoyas during two clinics on campus, hosted by the Student Health Center and MedStar Health. |
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Medical students who are part of the student-run organization Hoya DOPE (Drug Overdose Prevention & Education) led a bystander training for congressional staffers on Capitol Hill. |
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Wearing a mask is now optional in indoor instructional settings on the Main and Medical Center campuses, such as classrooms and teaching laboratories. As a reminder, masks also are optional in all university-owned or operated buildings, including academic buildings, libraries, offices, dining facilities, residential buildings and fitness centers except for on university-sponsored public transportation (including GUTS buses, shuttles, vans) and in university health care facilities (such as the Student Health Center, One Medical testing sites and flu vaccination clinics). |
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Upcoming Flu Vaccination Opportunities |
The Student Health Center, with support from students at the School of Nursing and School of Medicine, will offer a free walk-in flu vaccination (injection) clinic in the Faculty Club at the Leavey Center on October 11, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Please bring your GOCard (mobile or physical). Masks are required.
Georgetown University is collaborating with LabCorp to offer free flu vaccination (injection) clinics in October and November for faculty and staff. Click here to see the complete schedule and learn how to schedule your flu vaccination.
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Scientists are still trying to understand why many breast cancer survivors experience troubling cognitive problems for years after treatment. Inflammation is one possible culprit. A new long-term study of older breast cancer survivors, published this week in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Jeanne Mandelblatt, MD, and colleagues , adds important evidence to that potential link.
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A clinical trial led by Michael Atkins, MD, showed a remarkable 20% advantage in the two-year overall survival rate for people with advanced melanoma who first received immunotherapy (72% survival rate) versus those who initially got targeted therapies (52% survival rate). |
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MedStar Health has received a nearly $2 million grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to expand its research collaboration with Stanford Medicine and Intermountain Healthcare focused on telehealth access, safety and equity.
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All graduate and professional students are invited to participate in an overnight retreat with opportunities for reflection, relaxation and relationship building with students from across the university October 15-16 at the Calcagnini Contemplative Center. Register by October 4 and contact Nick Endo or Lisa Directo Davis if you have any questions.
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For the Week Ending September 23, 2022 |
National Institute of General Medical Sciences “Systems Metabolomics for Biomarker Discovery” - Habtom Ressom (3R35GM141944)
National Institute on Aging “I-REACH: Infrastructure for Research in Equity, Aging, Cancer and Health” - Jeanne Mandelblatt (R21AG075008)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development “The brain bases of magnitude processing in children with math disability before and after math intervention.” Marissa Laws (1F31HD110223)
National Institutes of Health “Functional Annotation of Glycan Motifs using Common-Fund Data Resources” – Nathan Edwards (1R03OD034495)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke “HIV promotes dendritic degeneration by altering microtubule-associated protein” – Italo Mocchetti (1R21NS131097)
National Institute on Aging “International Labor Migration, Armed Conflict and Dementia Risk in Nepal: A Population Study” Carlos Mendes de Leon (1R01AG074079)
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Celebrating Hispanic/Latine Heritage Month Activities |
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Community Health Fair
Saturday, October 15
1:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Location TBD
Hispanic Health Folk Remedies
Monday, October 17
7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Latin Dance Night
Friday, October 21
7:00 p.m.
Location TBD
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Monday, October 3
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Presented by Marcia C. Haigis, PhD, professor, Department of Cell Biology and director, Gender Equity for Faculty in Science, Harvard Medical School. Part of the Center for Metabolomic Studies Seminar Series.
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Tuesday, October 4
9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Via Zoom
Learn how to upload your CV, add your personal website information, upload a syllabus, publications and more.
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“Polyamines are needed for E. coli to mount a general stress response”
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Tuesday, October 4
12:15 - 1:15 p.m.
Medical-Dental Building, SW107 and via Zoom
Nadim Majdalani, PhD, staff scientist, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, NCI presents this Department of Microbiology & Immunology seminar.
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Wednesday, October 5
7:00 - 9:30 a.m.
Via Zoom
Experts introduce liability risk management and analyze the challenges and lessons learned from COVID-19 and other health crises in the first webinar of the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) Legal Preparedness Action Package, a two-part webinar series on the complexities of addressing liability risk while promoting equity during public health emergencies. Sponsored by the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law.
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Wednesday, October 5
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Building on the PubMed Basics course (strongly suggested as a prerequisite), you’ll learn advanced techniques and broaden your searching capabilities in PubMed.
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Optimizing HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis in Family Practice |
Thursday, October 6
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
With Dawn K. Smith, MD, MS, MPH, clinical biomedical prevention activity lead in the HIV Research Branch of the Division of HIV Prevention at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Presented by the Department of Family Medicine.
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Thursday, October 6
9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Medical-Dental Building, Pre-Clinical Science Building and via Zoom
Students in the medical center’s PhD programs showcase their research in oral presentations (9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. in the Medical-Dental Building, NE201A and via Zoom) and poster presentations (2:30 - 4:30 p.m. in the Pre-Clinical Science Building hallway). Cindy Buckmaster, PhD, will give a keynote presentation titled “It’s Time to GetReal! About Animal Research!” at 1:00 p.m. in the Pre-Clinical Science Building, LA2 and an awards presentation/reception will follow at 4:30 p.m. in the tent outside the Pre-Clinical Science Building.
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Thursday, October 6
10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Leavey Center, Program Room and via Zoom
Learn about the types of software innovations that are eligible for patenting, the steps that can be taken to increase the likelihood of obtaining patent protection, and the non-patent ways to protect innovative software at this Invention 2 Innovation Seminar presented by the Office of Technology Commercialization.
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Office of Technology Commercialization Office Hours |
Thursday, October 6
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Leavey Center, Program Room
Researchers, faculty, staff, students and postdoctoral fellows are invited to discuss to discuss invention disclosures, patenting, start-ups and the commercialization process, and ask questions about technology transfer related to material or data transfers, external collaborations and funding opportunities.
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Thursday, October 6
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Faculty and staff can receive assistance with online teaching and learning tools available to them.
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Thursday, October 6
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Presented by Daniel Drucker, MD, senior scientist, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, and professor of medicine, University of Toronto. Sponsored by the Office of the Dean for Research.
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Friday, October 7
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Research Building Auditorium and via Zoom
Presented by Carolyn Y. Fang, PhD, professor and co-leader, Cancer Prevention and Control Program, and associate director for population science, Fox Chase Cancer Center. Sponsored by Georgetown Lombardi.
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Friday, October 7
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Presented by S. Ananth Karumanchi, MD, professor of medicine and Medallion Chair in Vascular Biology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The Clinical and Translational Research Grand Rounds is co-sponsored by GHUCCTS and MedStar Health Research Institute.
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Friday, October 7
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
The first of 12 sessions of the CENTILE-sponsored Teaching Certificate Program is presented by Adi Haramati, PhD, director of CENTILE, professor of biochemistry, molecular & cellular biology, and co-director, CAM Graduate Programs.
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Wednesday, October 12
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Learn what preprints are, how their landscape has evolved over time, what their positive and negative characteristics are, as well as metrics, publisher viewpoints, and tips for evaluating and citing.
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Wednesday, October 12
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Maguire Hall 304 Conference Room and via Zoom
Presented by Erin M. Sorrell, director of the Elizabeth R. Griffin Program at the Center for Global Health Science and Security and assistant professor in Georgetown’s Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Part of the Global Health Security Seminar Series.
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Wednesday, October 12
2:00 p.m.
Georgetown University Law Center and via Zoom
Pulitzer Prize winning journalists Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz join Regina LaBelle, director of the Addiction and Public Policy Initiative at the O’Neill Institute, to discuss their new book “American Cartel: Inside the Battle to Bring Down the Opioid Industry.”
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Thursday, October 13
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Dubin Classroom, Lauinger Library Room 156
Learn about resources and skills needed to keep yourself afloat while researching and writing your thesis or dissertation.
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Friday, October 14
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Via Zoom
Featuring Smita Bhatia, MD, MPH, director, Institute for Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship, Gay and Bew White Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oncology, professor and vice chair, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Part of the Survivorship Research Initiative Seminar Series.
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Friday, October 14
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Research Building Auditorium and via Zoom
Presented by Eytan Ruppin, MD, PhD, chief, Cancer Data Science Lab, National Cancer Institute, NIH. Part of the Oncology Grand Rounds Lecture Series.
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