Health Sciences Strategy Initiative Community Meeting & Reception
Edward B. Healton, MD, MPH, Executive Vice President for Health Sciences
and
Robert Groves, PhD, Provost
invite you to
“The Future of Health Sciences: Bench to Bedside to Population to Society”
Featuring John J. DeGioia, Georgetown President
in conversation with
Victor Dzau, National Academy of Medicine President
Followed by a discussion of Georgetown’s Health Sciences Strategy Initiative
Thursday, April 7
3:00 - 4:15 p.m.
Research Building Auditorium and via Zoom
Reception Follows - Preclinical Sciences Building Plaza
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“To our friends and colleagues observing Ramadan, may this special month be filled with blessings of joy and good health.”
Edward Healton, MD, MPH
Executive Vice President for Health Sciences
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Human Science major Nadia Sadanandan (NHS’24), has been named a 2022 Goldwater Scholar. The prestigious national scholarship — given to students who excel in mathematics, engineering and the natural sciences — seeks to identify and support college sophomores and juniors who show exceptional promise of becoming the next generation of research leaders in these fields. |
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For patients who are not fluent in English, language barriers can cause miscommunication between a patient and the medical team, even when a third party interpreter is present. A graduate linguistics student is conducting intersectional research through the Medical Humanities Initiative to improve health care for immigrants by utilizing narrative medical practices.
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Could fluctuations in body weight resulting from drastically cutting and increasing calories lead to physiological changes that raise the risk of heart disease or diabetes later in life? A new study in rats, led by Aline M. A. de Souza, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Medicine’s nephrology and hypertension division, offers potential insights into the long-term impacts of weight-loss diets, as well as involuntary reductions in food intake caused by food insecurity. The work was presented at the American Physiological Society's Experimental Biology 2022 meeting this weekend.
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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 Tina Tan, research program manager in the Department of Family Medicine. |
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In recognition of the high levels of vaccination within our university community and the easing of many COVID-related global travel restrictions, the university will return to its standard (pre-March 2020) International Travel Policy for all university-related international travel commencing on or after April 1. Please visit the Office of Global Services for additional resources on university-related international travel.
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Monday, April 4
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Riggs Library
A panel discussion of the book “Unmasked: COVID, Community, and the Case of Okoboji” by Emily Mendenhall, PhD, medical anthropologist and professor in the Science, Technology, and International Affairs (STIA) Program in the School of Foreign Service. Sponsored by STIA, the Global Health Initiative and the Mortara Center for International Studies.
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Tuesday, April 5
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Learn the basics of Tableau Desktop and how to use it to create effective data visualizations for research, articles, presentations, posters, and other scholarly works.
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Wednesday, April 6
11:00 - 11:50 a.m.
Via Zoom
Promote student engagement in your live classes by learning how to use Zoom’s new tools: PowerPoint as a virtual background, “focus mode” to help students avoid distractions, “immersive view” for creative discussions, exit surveys for all types of feedback, and advanced polling.
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Wednesday, April 6
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Cyrus Ghajar, PhD, associate professor, Public Health Sciences Division & Human Biology Division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, presents “Understanding and Overcoming Immune Evasive Properties of Dormant Disseminated Tumor Cells.”
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Wednesday, April 6
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Lauren A. Maggio, PhD, professor of medicine and health professions education at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and associate of research at the USU Center for Health Professions Education, presents “Did I Do the Right Thing?: Questionable Research and Authorship Practices in Medical Education.”
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Wednesday, April 6
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Via Zoom
Kelly Corredor, JD, chief advocacy officer, American Society of Addiction Medicine, presents “From Dragonflies to Whales: Advocating for Addiction Policy Reform in the United States.”
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Thursday, April 7
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Via Zoom
Rachel Harold, MD, supervisory medical officer at DC Health in the HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STDs and Tuberculosis Administration, presents “Code Climate: The Health Impacts of a Warming Planet.” Note: CME/CE credit will be offered for Grand Rounds.
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Thursday, April 7
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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Thursday, April 7
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Via Zoom
This year’s theme is “Out of Our Element: Vulnerability, Fatigue & Misinformation — Caring for Yourself and Your Community in Isolating Times.” Breakout sessions for medical students are followed at 6:45 p.m. by a keynote fireside chat featuring author Wajahat Ali. Co-sponsored by the School of Medicine Office of Student Affairs, Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Learning Society Advisory Committee and Gold Humanism Society.
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Thursday, April 7
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Via Zoom
Juan M. Saavedra, MD, adjunct professor of pharmacology, presents “Authorship and Publication” as part of this training series for predoctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, and early career investigators on the NIH requirement of responsible conduct of research. Sponsored by the GHUCCTS TL1 TBS Program.
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Friday, April 8
10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Meet-the-Speaker: 11:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Via Zoom
Kirsten Ness, PT, PhD, full member, Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control, Comprehensive Cancer Center, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, presents “Accelerated Aging in Childhood Cancer Survivors – From Observation to Intervention.”
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Friday, April 8
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Mark Mattson, professor in the Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, presents “Mechanisms by Which Intermittent Fasting Enhances Resilience.”
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Friday, April 8
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Jessica Jones, PhD, associate professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, and Andrea Cammack present “Team-Based Learning: What It Is and What It Isn’t.”
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Friday, April 8
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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Saturday, April 9
12:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Darnall Hall, Lower Level, Room B-06
Presented by the Georgetown University Police Department and the Student Safety Advisory Board, this four-hour workshop includes both information on risk reduction as well as instruction of a number of hands-on techniques.
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Tuesday, April 12
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Learn how to obtain, manage and manipulate citations using RefWorks: export/import citations, organize and share collected citations, create bibliographies, and enter/track citations while writing.
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Tuesday, April 12
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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Wednesday, April 13
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Via Zoom
Erin Sorrell, PhD, MSc, assistant research professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, director of the MS Program for Biohazardous Threat Agents & Emerging Infectious Diseases and director of the Elizabeth R. Griffin Program, presents “COVID-19, the Lessons Observed and Possibly Learned in Risk Communication.”
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Thursday, April 14
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, April 14
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Featuring Meng Wang, PhD, investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, professor, Molecular and Human Genetics, Robert C. Fyfe Endowed Chair on Aging, co-director, Genetics and Genomics Graduate Program, Baylor College of Medicine.
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Thursday, April 14
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Via Zoom
Robert C. Speth, PhD, Nova Southeastern University, presents “Research Misconduct and Policies for Handling Misconduct” as part of this training series for predoctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, and early career investigators on the NIH requirement of responsible conduct of research.
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Friday, April 15
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Paul Kolm, PhD, associate director in the Department of Biostatistics and Biomedical Informatics at MedStar Health Research Institute, presents “Linear and Non-linear Models.”
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