Health Sciences Weekly 6/9/2024

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Message From Edward B. Healton

Dear Members of the GUMC Community:

Following the announcement this past week about President DeGioia's medical condition, I'm sure we've all taken a moment to appreciate how instantaneously our lives can change. I am in touch with the president's office and have extended well wishes on behalf of the medical center. I know we're all keeping Jack, his wife Theresa, and his son JT in our thoughts.

Edward B. Healton, MD, MPH

Executive Vice President for Health Science

Feature Stories

Kickstarting Careers with Biotechnology Capstone Internships

At the heart of Georgetown’s one-year Master of Science in Biotechnology program lies its outstanding capstone internship program. During their spring semester, in addition to their coursework, students spend an average of 20 hours a week for 12-14 weeks working at national agencies, laboratories, and leading biotechnology companies in the DC area.

Integrative Medicine & Health Sciences Program Celebrates 20 Years of Innovation

Twenty years after its first graduation, the Georgetown University Master of Science in Integrative Medicine & Health Sciences still plays a unique role in biomedical education. The program applies a scientific perspective to health practices outside the mainstream of biomedicine: acupuncture, massage, herbal medicine, mind-body interactions and others that are popular around the world but understudied by academics.

Announcements

MedStar-CENTILE Leadership Education and Development Certificate Program Accepting Applications

All GUMC faculty and administrative professionals are invited to apply to be in the 2024-25 cohort of the MedStar-CENTILE Leadership Education and Development Certificate Program. Learn more here and apply by June 24.

Research Faculty Encouraged to Apply for Toulmin Pilot Project Funding

The Vice President for Biomedical Graduate Education and Research requests applications from full-time research faculty at GUMC designed to target innovative multidisciplinary biomedical research that will lead to grant funding submission in the next fiscal year. Awards will be made under the Toulmin Pilot Projects. Apply here by 5:00 p.m. on June 24.

Apply by June 10: Gender+ Justice Initiative Fellowships

Gender Justice Fellowship 2024 Apply by June 19 Eligibility- faculty and undergraduate and graduate students across Georgetown Law and Medical and Main campus

The Gender+ Justice Initiative is offering fellowships supporting interdisciplinary research on gender, racial and economic justice with a focus on anti-racist work and intersectional feminism to Georgetown faculty members as well as graduate and undergraduate students. Those from marginalized communities, including people of color, women and LGBTQ+ individuals, are encouraged to apply. Learn more here. Apply by June 10 and contact genderjustice@georgetown.edu if you have any questions.

GHUCCTS Offers Summer Intensive Workshop on Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Clinical Research

This July, the Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science (GHUCCTS) will offer a one-week introductory workshop on biostatistics, epidemiology and clinical research with a focus on biostatistics and design of clinical trials. Learn more and register here.

GUMC in the News

CBC Radio Cognitive decline and financial changes June 3, 43:50 mark (Carole Roan Gresenz)

CBS News Affiliates Pancreatic cancer study (Georgetown University)

Healio 'It just needs to be better studied': FDA advisory committee rejects MDMA for PTSD (Maryann Amirshahi)

Calendar of Events

Find more Georgetown seminars, talks, concerts and other activities on the university’s events website.

New & Enhanced Canvas Features

Wednesday, June 12

11:00 - 11:50 a.m.

Via Zoom

Learn about the latest updates to Canvas, designed to make your course activities more intuitive, efficient and accessible. Presented by Dahlgren Memorial Library.

Strategies for Equity in Assessment in Narrative Comments

Thursday, June 13

12:00 - 1:15 p.m.

Via Zoom

Carrie Chen, MD, PhD, senior associate dean for assessment and educational scholarship, and professor of pediatrics at the School of Medicine, will review common biases found in narrative comments and recommend strategies for combating these biases. Part of the Equity Forward Faculty Workshops series.

Intermediate Excel: Data Cleaning and Transformation

Tuesday, June 18

1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

Via Zoom

Learn how to clean messy data and transform it into a format suitable for analysis. Basic Excel experience required.

“Introduction to Cancer Biology”

Tuesday, June 18

2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Research Building, W302 and via Zoom

Presented by Mary Beth Martin, PhD, Georgetown professor of oncology, as part of the Summer Seminar Series in Cancer Biology, which showcases Georgetown Lombardi research.

Comprehensive Analysis of Targetable Alterations in Urachal Cancer by NGS

Wednesday, June 19

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Via Zoom

Presented by David J. Benjamin, MD, medical oncologist at Hoag Family Cancer Institute.

I2I OTC Seminar Series: “Communicating with Impact: The Transition from Academia to Business”

Thursday, June 20

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Regents Hall, Room 109 and online

Startup communications strategist Otto Pohl leads a fast-paced webinar to help entrepreneurs improve their chances of success by telling their stories better. Attend in-person for a free lunch while the speaker joins remotely. Register.

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