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RefWorks 101
Monday, April 15
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Learn how to obtain, manage and manipulate citations using RefWorks: export/import citations, organize and share collected citations, create bibliographies, and enter/track citations while writing. Presented by Dahlgren Memorial Library.
Analysis and Mapping of Policies on Childhood Vaccination
Monday, April 15
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Maguire Hall, Conference Room 304 and via Zoom
Presented by Ciara Weets, senior research associate at the Center for Global Health Science and Security. Sponsored by the Center for Global Health Science and Security, the Department of Health Management and Policy, and the Global Health Institute. RSVP here.
“How the Endocrine/Paracrine System ‘Jumps the Minotaur’ to Regulate the Enhancer Activation Network”
Tuesday, April 16
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Med-Dent NE201C and via Zoom
Featuring M. Geoffrey Rosenfeld, MD, professor of medicine, UC San Diego. Part of the Distinguished Scientist Seminar Series.
“The Powerful Effect of Meaningful Activities for Upper Extremity Recovery”
Tuesday, April 16
12:00 p.m.
MedStar NRH Auditorium and via Zoom
Presented by Dorothy Farrar-Edwards, PhD, Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor, professor of kinesiology and medicine, director, Collaborative Center for Health Equity, core leader, Wisconsin ADRC Outreach, Recruitment and Encouragement Core, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Part of the Alexander W. Dromerick, MD Neurorehabilitation and Stroke Lecture. Sponsored by MedStar National Rehabilitation and Department of Rehabilitation Medicine MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and Georgetown University Medical Center.
“Delving Into the Realms of Cancer Survivorship, Behavioral Medicine, and Health Equity”
Tuesday, April 16
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
St. Mary’s Hall, Room 204 and via Zoom
Presented by Natasha Burse, DrPH, MS, NCI K00 Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Nursing, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Part of the Department of Human Science Research Seminar Series.
“Stress and Metabolic Systems as Novel Targets for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder”
Tuesday, April 16
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Med-Dent NE401 and via Zoom
Presented by Leandro Vendruscolo, PhD, PharmD, MSc, Stadtman Investigator Stress and Addiction Neuroscience Unit, NIDA/NIH. Part of the Neuroscience Seminar Series.
Bias & Microaggressions in the Learning Environment
Tuesday, April 16
12:00 - 1:15 p.m.
Via Zoom
Presented by Sneha Daya, MD, associate professor, Department of Medicine. Part of the Equity Forward Faculty Workshops series.
2024 Georgetown University Undergraduate Research Conference
Wednesday, April 17
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Herman and Social Rooms, Healey Family Student Center
Georgetown’s student-run research conference focused on health and scientific research. Featuring a noontime keynote address titled “Telomeres in Health and Disease” by Sharon Savage, MD, Clinical Genetics Branch, NIH. Open to all undergraduate students. Presented by the Department of Human Science.
Poll Everywhere: a Polling Tool for Students Engagement
Wednesday, April 17
11:00 - 11:50 a.m.
Via Zoom
Learn how to use Poll Everywhere, a web-based polling tool, for classroom activities to engage students. Presented by Dahlgren Memorial Library.
“Hotter, Sicker, Everywhere, All at Once: Re-Conceptualizing Infectious Disease Epidemiology for a +1.2° Warmer World”
Wednesday, April 17
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Via Zoom
Featuring Colin Carlson, PhD, assistant research professor at the Center for Global Health Science and Security. Part of the Health and the Public Interest (HAPI) MS program seminar series.
“Becoming A Doctor: How Resilience Defines My Medical Journey”
Wednesday, April 17
6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Via Zoom
Featuring Sarah Kureshi, MD, associate professor and vice chair for education in the Department of Family Medicine. Part of the “We Messed Up” Lecture Series, a student-led initiative that invites physicians to share stories of setbacks and failures when the stakes are more than just passing exams. RSVP.
U.S. State Abortion Bans: Medical Exceptions, Human Rights Impacts
Thursday, April 18
9:30 - 10:45 a.m.
Via Zoom
Join the Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Tlaleng Mofokeng, MD, and leading medical and human rights experts for a discussion about how clinicians and advocates in the United States can draw on international standards and comparative experiences to counter narrow medical exceptions and promote human rights. Sponsored by Global Health Institute, Ipas, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Physicians for Human Rights, and Physicians for Reproductive Health.
“The Status of Services to Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities in Ukraine: The Effects of Two Years of War”
Thursday, April 18
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Car Barn 427
Presented by Toby Long, PhD, professor, Department of Pediatrics, Georgetown University, and director of professional development, Center for Child and Human Development. Sponsored by the Global Mental Health & Well-being Initiative.
“Harnessing Genome Editing Technologies to Elucidate Cancer Biology”
Thursday, April 18
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Research Building Auditorium and via Zoom
Presented by Raj Chari, PhD, director, Genome Modification Core Laboratory, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research. Part of the Joint Scientific Partners Distinguished Lecture Series & Distinguished Scientist Seminar Series.
“DNA Damage and Tumor Suppression via the BRCA Axis”
Friday, April 19
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Research Building Auditorium and via Zoom
Presented by Patrick Sung, PhD, professor of biochemistry and structural biology, Robert A. Welch Distinguished Chair in Chemistry, associate dean for research, Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, director, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, UT Health San Antonio. Part of the Oncology Grand Rounds Lecture Series.
“Bayesian Statistics”
Friday, April 19
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Presented by Paul Kolm, PhD, associate director in the Department of Biostatistics and Biomedical Informatics at MedStar Health Research Institute. Part of the MHRI-GHUCCTS Monthly Statistical Seminar Series.
“Novel Functions for Atypical Sphingolipids”
Monday, April 22
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Presented by L. Ashley Cowart, PhD, professor, biochemistry & molecular biology, director, Lipidomics and Metabolomics Shared Resource, Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University. Part of the Center for Metabolomic Studies Seminar Series.
“Long COVID and a History of Invisible Illness”
Thursday, April 23
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Car Barn 427
Presented by Emily Mendenhall, PhD, MPH, medical anthropologist and professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. Sponsored by the Global Mental Health & Well-being Initiative.
Re-using Images for Scholarship Purposes
Wednesday, April 24
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
This workshop will offer guidance on the proper use of images protected under copyright in scholarly materials. Presented by Dahlgren Memorial Library.
Georgetown University Postdoctoral Research Symposium
Thursday, April 25
10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Med-Dent Building
Featuring oral and poster presentations highlighting the research and scholarship being produced by Georgetown’s postdoctoral students as well as a keynote speech and a reception. Sponsored by the Georgetown University Postdoctoral Association (GUPDA) and the BGE Office of Postdoctoral Development.
GUFaculty360 Class - Updating Your Profile
Thursday, April 25
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Learn how to upload your CV, add your personal website information, upload a syllabus, publications and more.
Mentimeter: A Polling Tool for Student Engagement
Friday, April 26
11:00 - 11:50 a.m.
Via Zoom
Learn how to use Mentimeter, an online polling tool that can be used for either in-person or online classes, to create interactive presentations to engage students. Presented by Dahlgren Memorial Library.
“Mechanisms Driving Physiological Cachexia in Regeneration and Pathological Cachexia in Pancreatic Cancer”
Friday, April 26
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Research Building Auditorium and via Zoom
Presented by Teresa Zimmers, PhD, professor of cell, developmental & cancer biology at Oregon Health & Science University, co-leader of the Cancer Biology Program at the Knight Cancer Institute, and co-leader of the Patient Resiliency Program of the Brenden Colson Center for Pancreatic Care. Part of the Oncology Grand Rounds Series.
“From Ill-Being to Well-Being and the Liminal States In-Between: Art Exhibit”
Friday, April 26
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
St. Mary's Hall Lobby
Join the School of Health as they showcase and announce the winners of a semester-long art campaign exploring the spectrum from ill-being to well-being. We will also be viewing four paintings created by School of Health students and Sister Celeste that reflect Jesuit values and global outreach. Sponsored by the Global Mental Health & Well-Being Initiative. Refreshments will be reserved. RSVP here.
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