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On January 27, GUMC leaders shared a message of support and solidarity with our community as we continue to process the beating death of Tyre Nichols at the hands of Memphis police officers, and the video that captured the horrific incident. Mental health and well-being resources are available for students, faculty and staff. Information can be found on Georgetown’s Every Hoya Cares website.
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After 30 years of committed service to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Eileen Ferrell, MS, BSN, RN, the hospital’s chief nursing officer will retire on February 1. Ferrell (N’75, G’83) began her career as a nurse at the hospital after graduating with her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Georgetown’s School of Nursing & Health Studies (now School of Nursing and School of Health). |
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Working in collaboration with the Clinical Research Unit at Georgetown University Medical Center, Maxine Weinstein, PhD, will collect biomarker data for the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study. Weinstein recently received an award from the National Institute on Aging for $8.2 million award over the next six years to carry out this work. |
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Transplant surgeons at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital are the first in the Washington metropolitan area to successfully utilize a new FDA-approved technology that allows for expanded access to organs that were previously deemed marginal. The OrganOx metra simulates connecting a liver to its recipient, allowing the donated liver to be preserved for up to 12 hours before being transplanted into the recipient. |
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Staff Spotlight: Jean LaFonta |
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As a regular feature in GUMC Update, we highlight members of our staff/AAP - all critical to our mission. Today, meet Jean LaFonta, senior business manager at the School of Nursing. |
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After riders raised more than $1.4 million for Georgetown Lombardi in 2022, registration is now open for the BellRinger 2023. Use registration code BellRinger2023 to waive the $100 registration fee. |
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After staying in contact with a Hyundai IONIQ5 SE for 44 hours, a team from Georgetown Lombardi won a $60,000 grant for pediatric cancer research through Hyundai Hands on Hope at the Washington Auto Show. In addition to the grant, contestant and lab supervisor Jeff Petro picked the key that started the vehicle, making him the winner of the car. |
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The GUMC Faculty Mentoring Program for New and Early Career Faculty is open for applications for a new cohort of 15 mentees and five pod leaders. An information session will take place on February 7 at 5:00 p.m. to share more about the program, what mentees can expect and qualifications needed to be a pod leader. Applications are due February 10. Email questions to gumcmentoring@georgetown.edu.
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Green space has significant implications for community well-being. The Massive Data Institute at the McCourt School of Public Policy welcomes undergraduate and graduate students and early career professionals to join a virtual Green Space Data Challenge. Participants will have the month of February to demonstrate the value of green space data by creating analyses, visualizations, and new community indicators. Find more information and register here.
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The MedStar Health-Georgetown University Research and Education Symposium will be held May 8 at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center. The symposium brings together investigators, educators, executive leaders, associates and collaborative partners from across our academic health system to share their research to advance health in our communities. The abstract portal for the symposium will close on February 10 at 11:59 p.m. Please visit the symposium website for complete submission guidelines. Contact research@medstar.net if you have questions.
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The Georgetown University Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (GUROP) is an undergraduate research assistantship program that allows undergraduates in any discipline to build their skills in scholarly inquiry. Participants work under the direction of a Georgetown University professor for approximately 60 hours over the course of one semester. The GUROP spring 2023 semester application pre-enrollment form is due by 11:59 p.m. on February 10. Learn more here.
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The Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science (GHUCCTS) is pleased to announce the next round of KL2 awards with this call for new applications. Pre-applications will be due February 15, with an anticipated appointment date in June. |
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Updated Box Functionality |
With the new Box Drive capability, you can work on files on your desktop or laptop computer and then have those files (and any changes you make) automatically replicates to your Box account. To discover more, visit Box Drive or our FAQs. You can download Box Drive here.
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Here is an update as of January 28 on work in the MedDent Building following the burst pipe/flood in December.
- Inventory of damaged property is complete; work to replace insured items continues.
- Remediation and restoration work is underway beginning with spaces where telework isn’t an easy option such as affected laboratories and some offices.
If you have been directly affected by the flood and have questions, please contact Elliott Crooke for infrastructure matters or Mary Glasscock for administrative matters.
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Govt of the District of Columbia “Department of Behavioral Health Evaluation Services for Healthy Futures” Deborah Perry
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development “Promoting paretic limb use in stroke survivors using exoskeleton and virtual reality technologies” Alexander Brunfeldt (F32HD108983)
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Monday, January 30
11:00 a.m. -12:30 p.m.
Via Zoom
Join the Health and Human Rights Initiative at the O’Neill Institute and the Mexican Judicial Council for the virtual launch of a database that compiles the most emblematic health-related rulings from Mexican courts and high courts in Latin America, as well as international decisions issued by inter-American and universal human rights bodies. Held in Spanish.
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Tuesday, January 31
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Med-Dent NE301 (use the podium entrance to MedDent) and via Zoom
Presented by Isaac R. Rodriguez-Chavez, PhD, CEO and founder, 4Biosolutions Consulting. Part of the Department of Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Series.
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Wednesday, February 1
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. Presented by Dahlgren Memorial Library.
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Wednesday, February 1
12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Featuring Amy Mirabella, PhD, RN, CHPN, director, clinical research operations, HonorHealth Research Institute, and Amber Vrana, MSN-L, RN, OCN, clinical research nurse IV, HonorHealth Research Institute. Part of the Clinical Research Coordinator Seminar Series. Sponsored by the Office of Human Subject Protections.
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Thursday, February 2
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Department of Family Medicine Grand Rounds presented by Bryan O. Buckley, DrPH, MPH, director for health equity initiatives, National Committee for Quality Assurance.
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Thursday, February 2
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
This professional development workshop for faculty and staff will provide an overview of Jewish identity, the diversity of Jewish experience, historical and contemporary manifestations of antisemitism, and how to address antisemitism within the context of free speech and academic freedom.
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Thursday, February 2
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, February 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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Thursday, February 2
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Online
Featuring presentations from TL1 Scholars Adam Kaminski, PhD candidate; Arthur Patrick McDeed, PhD candidate; and Emma Rowland, PhD candidate. Sponsored by GHUCCTS.
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Friday, February 3
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Presented by Steven Leach, MD, director, Dartmouth Cancer Center, professor of molecular and systems biology, Preston T. and Virginia R. Kelsey Distinguished Chair in Cancer, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. Part of the Oncology Grand Rounds Lecture Series.
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Friday, February 3
12:00 - 1 p.m.
Via Zoom
The fifth of 12 sessions of the CENTILE-sponsored Teaching Certificate Program is presented by Ann Jay, MD, vice-chair of education, program director, Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program, Medstar Georgetown, professor, departments of radiology and otolaryngology, and John Partridge, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology.
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Friday, February 3
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
The 20th Annual John Collins Harvey Lecture features a conversation between Joseph Fins, MD, MACP, FRCP, E. William Davis, Jr., MD, professor of medical ethics & professor of medicine, chief, Division of Medical Ethics, Weill Cornell Medical College, and James Giordano, PhD, chief of the Neuroethics Studies Program at the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, and professor of neurology at Georgetown University Medical Center. Sponsored by the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics.
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Tuesday, February 7
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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Tuesday, February 7
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Medical-Dental Building NE401 and via Zoom
Presented by Laurel Buxbaum, PsyD, Director, Cognition and Action Laboratory, research professor of rehabilitation medicine, Thomas Jefferson University. Sponsored by the Department of Neuroscience.
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Tuesday, February 7
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
This year’s Values Based Lecture features Fr. Mark Bosco, vice president for mission and ministry, and Sr. Celeste Mokrzycki, chaplain for the School of Health and the School of Nursing. Presented by the Committee on Mission and Values.
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Wednesday, February 8
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, February 8
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Maguire Hall 304 Conference Room and via Zoom
Presented by Ellen Carlin, DVM, assistant research professor at the Center for Global Health Science and Security with a faculty appointment in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and director of the Master of Science in Global Infectious Disease Program. Sponsored by the Center for Global Health Science and Security, the School of Health Department of Health Management and Policy, and the Global Health Institute.
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Thursday, February 9
9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Copley Formal Lounge and via Zoom
This symposium features keynote speaker Aneesh Chopra, president, CareJourney, and former U.S. Chief Technology Officer, plus panel discussions and more. Registration required. Sponsored by the Center for Global Health Science and Security.
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Thursday, February 9
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Learn how to use Tableau Public to create engaging and interactive charts and maps. No coding or programming experience is required.
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Thursday, February 9
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Goldberg Auditorium, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and via Zoom
Roger Glass, MD, PhD, reflects on his global health career in this special Department of Medicine Grand Rounds focused on health policy and public health. Glass, a GUMC Cura Personalis Award recipient, stepped down in January as director of the Fogarty International Center and NIH associate director for international research, positions he’d held since 2006.
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Thursday, February 9
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Presented by Julia Langley, MA, MBA, faculty director, Georgetown Lombardi Arts and Humanities Program, as part of the Innovations in Health Professions Education Series. Sponsored by CENTILE.
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Thursday, February 9
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Research Building Auditorium and via Zoom
Presented by Ilse Daehn, PhD, associate professor, departments of medicine, nephrology, The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Part of the Distinguished Scientist Seminar Series.
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Friday, February 10
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Via Zoom
Presented by Patricia A. Ganz, MD, professor of Health Policy and Management, Fielding School of Public Health, professor of medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, director of the Center for Cancer Prevention & Control Research, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. Meet the Speaker session at 11:00 a.m. Part of the Survivorship Research Initiative Seminar Series.
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Friday, February 10
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Presented by Alan D’Andrea, MD, Alvan T. and Viola D. Fuller American Cancer Society professor, radiation oncology, Harvard Medical School, professor, pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, director, Susan F. Smith Center for Women’s Cancers, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Part of the Oncology Grand Rounds Lecture Series.
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Friday, February 10
12:00 - 12:45 p.m.
Via Zoom
Learn how to create an account in the online research management system RefWorks and then use it to gather, manage, and share research sources with others, while also creating bibliographies.
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Friday, February 10
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Featuring Floyd H. (Ski) Chilton, PhD, assistant professor of biomedical informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, PI of the Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Consortium to Advance Health Equity and Researcher Diversity (AIM-AHEAD). Part of the Clinical and Translational Research Grand Rounds. Co-sponsored by GHUCCTS and MedStar Health Research Institute.
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