Observing the Lunar New Year |
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Today, marks the start of the worldwide celebration of the Lunar New Year and the year of the rabbit. Mindful of the mass shooting this weekend in California, we send our very best wishes to all. Read a special message to our community from Edward B. Healton, executive vice president for health sciences, following news of the tragedy. |
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The Mellon Foundation has awarded a 3.5 year, $3 million grant to support a collaboration between Georgetown University and Howard University in the establishment of a center for medical humanities. The Georgetown-Howard Center for Medical Humanities and Health Justice will focus on reducing health disparities in Washington through leveraging methods of critical inquiry at the heart of the humanities. |
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On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Georgetown University honored Paula Fitzgerald, a nonprofit leader who’s expanded support for low-income immigrants in the metropolitan DC region, with the 2023 John Thompson Jr. Legacy of a Dream Award during a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Center. |
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MedStar Washington Hospital Center has opened a state-of-the-art Biocontainment Unit (BCU) that will be used primarily for observation and flexed for respiratory isolation and further flexed to care for patients with highly infectious diseases — including quarantinable diseases such as cholera, diphtheria, infectious tuberculosis, plague, smallpox, yellow fever, viral hemorrhagic fevers (such as Marburg, Ebola, and Crimean-Congo), and severe acute respiratory syndromes. |
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Sheehan Named Holder of Catholic Health Care Ethics Chair |
Myles N. Sheehan, SJ, MD, professor of medicine and director of the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, has been named the holder of the David P. Lauler Chair in Catholic Health Care Ethics. A Jesuit priest and physician, Sheehan's interests in ethics include end of life care, care of older persons, spirituality in health care, and medical education. Read about Sheehan's journey to Georgetown. |
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Mark Your Calendar: Staff/AAP Advisory Council Medical Center Caucus Virtual Brown Bag Lunch January 25 |
Learn about the recent activities by the Staff/AAP Advisory Council Medical Center Caucus at the upcoming virtual brown bag lunch on January 25, 12:00 - 12:50 p.m. via Zoom. Questions can be sent to gumcstaffaapcouncil@georgetown.edu.
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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. Information sessions will take place January 24, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. and February 7, 5:00 - 6:00 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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The Disability Cultural Initiative is in the process of gauging interest in a Disability Employee Resource Group (ERG) to provide employees with opportunities for networking and community-building. If you are interested in learning more, please come to an interest session on January 24, 2023 at 11 a.m. on Zoom. This meeting will be Zoom-captioned. Please reach out to disabilityculture@georgetown.edu with any accessibility requests.
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The Massive Data Institute at the Georgetown University 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. Participants will access various data sources on our Redivis platform in individual or team notebooks to transform green space data into community indicators. Register here.
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Here is an update as of January 21 on work in the MedDent Building following the burst pipe/flood over the holidays.
- Work is now entering the remediation and restoration phase expected to last through March.
- Repairs will begin with spaces where telework isn’t an easy option such as affected laboratories and some offices.
- Inventory of damaged property nearly complete and work on replacing insured items is underway
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 including reporting damaged equipment and requesting temporary office space.
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National Institute on Aging “Using Digital Signals from Credit Data for Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias” - Carole Gresenz (R01AG080623-01)
World Health Organization “literature review on hospital financing interventions supportive to Universal Health Coverage in low- and lower-middle-income countries” Wu Zeng
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies “PIPP Phase I: Heterogeneous Model Integration for Infectious Disease Intelligence.” Ellie Graeden
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Monday, January 23
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Learn how to upload your CV, add your personal website information, upload a syllabus, publications and more.
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Monday, January 23
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Presented by Navdeep S. Chandel, PhD, David W. Cugell Professor, professor of medicine (pulmonary and critical care) and biochemistry and molecular genetics, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine. Part of the Center for Metabolomic Studies Seminar Series.
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Tuesday, January 24
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Presented by David Andes, MD, professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Part of the Department of Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Series.
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Tuesday, January 24
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Explore ways of screen sharing PowerPoint presentations in a Zoom meeting for online and in-class hybrid teaching.
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Tuesday, January 24th
3:15 - 4:15 p.m.
Applications of label-free imaging as well as the development of these imaging modalities onto the FV3000 system will be discussed. Presented by Edward Van Keuren, PhD, professor, Department of Physics. Sponsored by the Institute for Soft Matter Synthesis and Metrology. Contact Ed Van Keuren with any specific questions regarding the seminar.
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Wednesday, January 25
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Via Zoom
This discussion, held in honor of the contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., features Kenya Beard, EdD, AGACNP-BC, CNE, ANEF, FAAN, associate provost for social mission & academic excellence at Chamberlain University, and Lucinda Canty, PhD, CNM, FACNM, director, Seedworks Health Equity in Nursing Program, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Sponsored by the Georgetown University School of Nursing.
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Wednesday, January 25
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Current and prospective faculty members will learn about the criteria for faculty appointment and promotion, the application process and faculty development resources on the tenure line. Register here. Contact ofaa@georgetown.edu with questions.
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Health Policy and Breast Cancer |
Wednesday, January 25
4:45 - 6:15 p.m.
Old North Room G-02 (basement)
Join a panel discussion to learn more about the roles of policy and advocacy in the fight against breast cancer, featuring: Claudine Isaacs, MD, professor, medicine and oncology, Georgetown Lombardi; Judy Feder, professor, public policy, Georgetown; Adriane FughBerman, MD, professor of pharmacology, physiology, family medicine, co-director Health in the Public Interest program, Georgetown. Questions: contact guwomeninpolicy@georgetown.edu or 202-997-2607. Sponsored by the Women in Public Policy Initiative, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown.
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Thursday, January 26
9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Healey Family Student Center, Herman Room
Experts will help faculty members sharpen their presentation skills for funding discussions and provide insights into the regulatory and legal landscape in the life sciences. Coffee and light refreshments will be available. Sponsored by the Office of the GUMC Dean for Research and the Office of Advancement. RSVP to Emma Wason.
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Thursday, January 26
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Research Building Auditorium and via Zoom
Presented by Ben Afzali, MD, PhD, Earl Stadtman Investigator, Immunoregulation Section, Kidney Diseases Branch, NIDDK, NIH, and Claudia Kemper, PhD, senior investigator, Immunology Center, chief, Complement and Inflammation Research Section, Division of Intramural Research, NHLBI, NIH. Part of the Distinguished Scientist Seminar Series.
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Thursday, January 26
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Lombardi Atrium
Celebrating the recipients of the Estelle Ramey Mentorship Award, Karen Gale Outstanding Achievement Award, School of Nursing Mentorship Award and the School of Health Mentorship Award, as well as all recently promoted, appointed and tenured women faculty.
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Friday, January 27
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Presented by Ed Reznik, PhD, assistant attending computational oncologist, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, also affiliated with the Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology and the Urology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, as part of the Oncology Grand Rounds Lecture Series. Sponsored by Georgetown Lombardi.
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Friday, January 27
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
This session focuses on professional identity formation in health professions education. Participants discuss the assigned article in a session moderated by Ming-Jung Ho, MD, DPhil, professor, Department of Family Medicine, associate director, CENTILE, director, GUMC Teaching Academy for the Health Sciences, and director of education research, MedStar Health.
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Friday, January 27
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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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
Georgetown University 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.
New 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
Featuring 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. Sponsored by Georgetown Lombardi.
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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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