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The next GUMC Community Meeting will be on Monday, September 12 from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. Dr. Ed Healton and other leaders will report on GUMC engagement activities and facilities master planning process, provide updates on our research support initiatives and give an end of the fiscal year finance summary. A reception follows the meeting.
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More than two decades ago, Todd Waldman published a study on gene editing in Cancer Research. It has been selected as a "landmark study" as part of the journal's 75th anniversary celebration.
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Third year medical students and newly-minted nurses at M
edStar Georgetown collaborated as teams during
Patient Safety Immersion Day
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ENCORE! POPULAR SUMMER STORIES
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HoyaMed campers enjoyed games like red light, green light and freeze tag, participated in a competitive field day and rubbed elbows with DC athletes.
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Filipa Lynce, MD, is concerned that her fellow oncologists may not be giving some African American patients a new drug that can extend survival because of an assumption not yet tested.
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Georgetown University's Center for Child and Human Development is a founding partner of this international effort to help girls succeed.
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Should a physician, after helping deliver a child to a women whose genitals had been cut and vulva stitched together close her up again? A Georgetown physician, ethicist and lawyer explore this complex moral problem.
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| OTHER NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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- Register for the 5th Annual Biomedical Informatics Symposium
The Symposium will showcase exciting advances in the areas of precision medicine, health data analytics and related informatics technologies. Click here for event and poster abstract submission information.
- Funding Opportunities Available
There are several
funding opportunities available that support the global work of
Georgetown
faculty including
international collaborative grants, international travel grants and global humanities faculty seminars.
The application deadline is Sund
ay, October 16. Information is available on the Global Georgetown website.
- Two Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience Students Recognized
Sikoya Ashburn has been named Associate in the Society for Neuroscience's Scholars Program, and Edith Brignoni-Perez has been named Fellow in the same program.
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Dyslexia Association recognizes Guinevere Eden, PhD Dr. Eden has been named the Norman Geschwind Memorial Lecturer for the International Dyslexia Association Annual Conference next month.
- Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Foundation Award Available
For STFM members who have served at least two years, but no more than four as full-time faculty. Deadline November 18. Apply here.
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Read about other GUMC faculty "In The News"
here. For Zika specific interviews, click here.
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AROUND CAMPUS
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The tax, a penny-per-ounce tax paid by distributors of sugary drinks, applies to soda, fruit drinks energy drinks, and sugary coffee syrups.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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Research Development Day
Tuesday, September 13
12:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
New Research Building Auditorium
Social Hour - Atrium
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
RSVP and additional information
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Fourth Year Mock Residency Interview Session
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Integrated Learning Center, Pre-clinical Science
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Thursday, September 15
6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
New Research Building Auditorium
Q&A session after film
Tuesday, September 27
Abstract submission ends September 6
Save the Date: 30th Lombardi Gala
Washington Hilton
Saturday, October 29
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