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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

Here is an update as of January 28 on work in the MedDent Building following the burst pipe/flood in December.

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.