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Georgetown postdoctoral fellow Geraldine Vitry, PhD, spent the first years of her educational career focused on human biology. A pivotal moment led her to her true passion, space biology. Now, a NASA program is putting her a step closer to realizing her goal of contributing to humans walking on Mars.
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With an emphasis on early-onset gastrointestinal cancer, the 14th Annual Ruesch Center Symposium brought together nearly 300 health care providers, researchers, advocates, patients and caregivers November 16-18 to honor those dedicated to curing GI cancers, discuss the experiences of patients and caregivers, and share the latest research in the field.
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Georgetown University Medical Center’s Center for Global Health Science and Security announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind wildlife disease database — a system for collecting records of viruses, bacteria, fungi, parasites, etc. — designed to suggest an early warning system for potential viral emergence. The Pathogen Harmonized Observatory, or PHAROS, is open to the global community and free to access.
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Using a specialized device that translates images into sound, Georgetown University Medical Center neuroscientists and colleagues showed that people who are blind recognized basic faces using the part of the brain known as the fusiform face area, a region that is crucial for the processing of faces in sighted people. The findings appeared in PLOS ONE on November 22.
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Amri Rouson will start in her new role as director of human resources for Georgetown University Medical Center as of December 11. Rouson will oversee the delivery of HR services to the medical center community including staff members, AAPs, faculty, fellows and students. | |
All members of the Georgetown community are invited to nominate exceptional full-time faculty members for the President’s Awards for Distinguished Scholar-Teachers. Awardees will each receive an annual grant of $10,000 for three years to support their scholarship. Nominations are due by December 4. Learn more about the President’s Awards for Distinguished Scholar-Teachers. | |
Centered around the theme “Equity in Assessment,” the 2023-24 Equity Forward faculty workshop series covers fundamental principles for faculty, fellows, residents and staff on the basics and core values around creating equitable and inclusive learning environments. The workshops can be joined at any time and participants who complete four or more will receive a certificate of completion on Teaching for Equity and Inclusion. CME credit will also be offered. The workshop schedule for now through spring is available here. | |
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Mark your calendars for the MedStar Health-Georgetown University Research & Education Symposium, scheduled for April 29, 2024. This research and education event brings together investigators, educators, executive leaders, associates, and collaborative partners from across our academic health system to share research, build meaningful relationships, and advance health for our communities. A call for submissions will be announced soon. Learn more at MedStarHealth.org/Symposium
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The Angel Book Drive is an opportunity for members of the Georgetown community to bring the gift of reading to children and young adults in the Washington, D.C. area who have limited access to reading materials. Please join us this year by donating a copy of your favorite new or gently used children’s book, or select a book from the Angel Book Drive wish list. Books may be dropped off at collection sites in the Building D lobby, the Pre-Clinical Science Building in front of Dahlgren Memorial Library or the front lobby of St. Mary’s Hall.
To donate to the Angel Book Drive online, visit the Angel Book Drive wish list, select the books you would like to donate, and mail donations to:
Attn: Angel Book Drive, 3700 O Street NW, Healy Hall 204, Washington, DC 20057.
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This holiday season, medical students are raising funds to purchase gifts and host a holiday party for children living at The Triumph, a temporary housing facility in southeast Washington, DC operated by Community of Hope. Donate to support the HOYA Clinic Holiday Toy Drive. | |
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In partnership with the School of Nursing Committee on Mission and Values, the Mary’s Center Holiday Toy Drive provides gifts for more than 1,000 children during the holiday season. To participate, bring a new unwrapped toy to dropboxes in St. Mary’s Hall in the main lobby and west entrance. Donations may also be made through the Mary’s Center Holiday Toy Drive Amazon Wish List.
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“Nucleic Acid-Induced Self-Assemblies - In Foreign Nucleic Acid Sensing and Beyond” | |
Tuesday, November 28
12:15 - 1:15 p.m.
Med-Dent NE301 and via Zoom
This Department of Microbiology & Immunology seminar will be presented by Sun Hur, PhD, professor in the Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School.
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Tuesday, November 28
5:15 - 6:30 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 lead this workshop about common biases found in narrative comments and strategies for combating these biases. Part of the Equity Forward Faculty Workshops series.
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Tuesday, November 28
6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
ICC 700
Professor Julia Langley will present work on hospitals as centers of art, and Professor Emily Mendenhall will discuss hysteria in the COVID age. Refreshments will be provided.
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Wednesday, November 29
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Learn how to use Zoom and Panopto to record your in-class lectures and narrated PowerPoint presentations to make lecture videos and post them in your Canvas course.
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Wednesday November 29
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
This webinar provides an introduction to Altmetric Explorer: a database that monitors, searches, and measures X posts, news stories, blog posts, patents, grants, and other sites that mention scholarly research done at GUMC and elsewhere.
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Wednesday, November 29
12:00 - 1:15 p.m.
Via Zoom
Featuring Shawneequa Callier, JD, associate professor of clinical research and leadership at George Washington University. Part of the Health and the Public Interest (HAPI) MS program seminar series.
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Thursday November 30
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Online
As part of Georgetown University Medical Center’s ongoing diversity, equity & inclusion efforts, Dahlgren Memorial Library is presenting this workshop to help you find and use resources to support DEI in your programs, modules, and courses.
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Thursday, November 30
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Research Building Auditorium and via Zoom
Featuring Stephan Stern, PhD, director of research and development, section head of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Nanotechnology Characterization Lab, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research. Part of the Joint Scientific Partners Distinguished Lecture Series and Distinguished Scientist Seminar Series.
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Thursday, November 30
6:00 - 7:15 p.m.
Via Zoom
This virtual CE presentation featuring Elke Zschaebitz, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, assistant professor at the School of Nursing, will highlight the basic gender-affirming hormone therapy management with parameters that APRN clinicians should know to provide affirming, safe and evidence-based care in an environment of misinformation and policy practices aimed to restrict the care of these patients.
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Friday, December 1
8:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Bethesda Marriott, Bethesda, MD
This in-person event provides updates on thyroid conditions. The program aims to clarify important issues surrounding the diagnosis and management of thyroid disorders, including new approaches for identifying patients who are candidates for re-differentiation therapy for papillary thyroid cancer. Register.
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Friday, December 1
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Learn to edit and annotate lecture videos using Panopto and OpenShot Video Editor, a free open-source easy-to-use cross-platform video editor.
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Friday, December 1
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Research Building Auditorium and via Zoom
Presented by Melissa B. Davis, PhD, founding director, Institute of Translational Genomic Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine. Part of the Oncology Grand Rounds Lecture Series.
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Friday, December 1
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Presented by Sergei Nekhai, PhD, professor of medicine, microbiology, and pharmacology, vice chair of medicine, deputy director of the Center for Sickle Cell Disease, and director of the Basic Science Core for the DC-Center for AIDS Research (DC-CFAR), Howard University. Part of the GHUCCTS Research Grand Rounds Series.
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Monday, December 4
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
A panel of speakers will highlight I-REACH research and resources, including a new remote scholar program designed to support candidates and research that contributes to I-REACH’s mission to promote diversity and inclusion. Please register.
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Monday, December 4
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Presented by D. Branch Moody, MD, professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School, associate physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Part of the Center for Metabolomic Studies Seminar Series.
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Monday, December 4
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Research Building Auditorium
Learn about the findings of the Faculty Job Satisfaction Survey (COACHE survey), administered to Georgetown-employed faculty in 2022 by the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The town hall will also include comparison data from selected peer institutions.
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Tuesday, December 5
11:00 - 11:50 a.m.
Via Zoom
Learn how to add a quiz to a recording in Panopto, retrieve results, and use a Panopto quiz as a Canvas assignment.
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Tuesday, December 5
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Basic Science Building 341 and via Zoom
Presented by Rahul Saxena, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology. Part of the Bhussry Seminar Series. Sponsored by the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology.
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Tuesday, December 5
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, December 6
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Learn about open science and open data, finding datasets from generalized and specialized data repositories, academic repositories, and open access data repositories, as well as issues relating to data reuse, like ethics and data cleaning.
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Wednesday, December 6
12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Designed for clinical research professionals and others vested in the care of research participants. The series provides opportunities for professional development as well as updates on GU policies, procedures and operations related to clinical research.
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Thursday, December 7
11:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Via Zoom
Learn how to make Zoom Cloud recordings that are automatically copied to Panopto, prevent their unintentional deletion or archiving, and restore recordings from the Panopto archive.
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Thursday, December 7
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Research Building Auditorium and via Zoom
Presented by Theo Heller, MD, section chief, Translational Hepatology Section, Liver Diseases Branch, senior investigator, Clinical Research Section, Liver Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH. Part of the Distinguished Scientist Seminar Series.
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Thursday, December 7
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Presented by Peggy Slota, DNP, RN, FAAN, professor and director, DNP Graduate Studies, Georgetown University School of Nursing, and Holly Healy, DNP, FNP-C, IBCLC, TCYM-C (GU’22), nurse practitioner, Verve Holistic Health. Part of the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Scholarship Research Seminar Series. Sponsored by the School of Nursing.
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Friday, December 8
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Via Zoom
Presented by Anita Y. Kinney, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor of biostatistics and epidemiology, and director, Center for Cancer Health Equity, Rutgers University School of Public Health. Presentation to be followed by a Meet the Speaker Session at 11:00 a.m. Part of the Survivorship Research Initiative Seminar Series.
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Friday, December 8
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Research Building Auditorium and via Zoom
Presented by Vito Rebecca, PhD, assistant professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, joint appointment in oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Part of the Oncology Grand Rounds Lecture Series.
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