Members of the Medical Center Graduate Student Organization (MCGSO) virtually shared their passion for science with students from Hardy Middle School in Washington during BrainSTEM Week. |
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During her NHS course on health policy and advocacy, Juliette Carr (G’21) crafted a final project around food equity and Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) benefits, which has been developed into a bill in Vermont’s legislature.
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The American Association for Cancer Research selected Raquel Santana da Cruz, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in Sonia de Assis’s lab, as a recipient of its Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Award, which provides funds for the participation of early-career, meritorious minority scientists in the AACR Annual Meeting. Watch Santana da Cruz talk about her work in this video.
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Messages of Support for Our Community |
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Following the guilty verdicts in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd, medical center and university leadership shared messages of support and solidarity.
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This Week
GUMC Healing Meditation with Nancy Harazduk
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No issue is too big or too small to talk about. Hear from fellow Hoyas holding space, and offering their support to our Georgetown community. Click here to explore our mental well-being resources.
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President DeGioia recently announced that in-person commencement ceremonies will take place for the Class of 2021 at Nationals Park on May 24, with a ceremony for undergraduates in the morning followed by a ceremony for graduate and professional students in the afternoon. Learn more here. |
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The next virtual staff/AAP community forum will take place via Zoom on Tuesday, April 27 at 1:00 p.m. Click here to attend the forum (meeting ID: 886771391). RSVP and submit questions in advance here.
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The GUMC Staff/AAP Council Caucus is holding a virtual brown bag lunch on Wednesday, April 28 at 12:00 p.m. This event is an intimate opportunity to meet the caucus members, learn about their work and share perspectives. RSVP and submit questions in advance here.
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Kicking off National Nurses Week on May 6, NHS will share a virtual conversation with Rep. Lauren Underwood, RN, (D-IL) and Georgetown nursing leadership. Submit a question for the virtual conversation here by April 28 at 5:00 p.m.
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The GUMC Subcommittee on Faculty Diversity & Inclusion seeks short personal essays, poems, artwork or short videos that capture learner reflections that will enlighten the faculty from current learners at GUMC and residents or fellows of MedStar Health. Submissions should focus on what these groups wished faculty members knew before they began teaching in order to better enhance the learning process. Submissions of 100-500 words are due by April 30. Learn more here.
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The MedStar Health - Georgetown University Research Symposium and Colloquium for Educators in the Health Professions are open to all members of the research and education community interested in learning more about scholarship at Georgetown and MedStar. This three-day event brings together the Georgetown University and MedStar Health communities to celebrate the great work of our colleagues. Learn more here. Register here.
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To promote the COVID-19 vaccination effort, Facebook has launched new COVID-19 vaccine profile frames in collaboration with the US Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Get yours by editing your Facebook profile picture and selecting “add frame.” You can choose from “We Can Do This – Let’s Get Vaccinated” or “We Can Do This – I Got My COVID-19 Vaccine.” |
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Monday, April 26
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Presented by Yuhki Tajima, PhD, associate professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service; Ann K. Jay, MD, vice chair of education, program director, Radiology Residency Program, associate professor, Clinical Radiology and Otolaryngology, director, Head and Neck Imaging, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Department of Radiology; Benjamin H. Cheng, JD, lecturer of legal English, Two-Year LL.M. Program, Office of Graduate Programs, Georgetown Law; and Susan Cheng, EdLD, MPP, Sr. Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, assistant professor, Family Medicine. Part of the Teaching for Inclusion and Equity (TIE) winter/spring 2021 series. RSVP.
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Tuesday, April 27
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Yentli Soto Albrecht, MD-PhD candidate, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, 2020-21 chair, American Physician Scientists Association Justice (APSA) Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, 2021-22 APSA president-elect, presents “SARS-CoV-2, Mitochondria, & Me” Join via Zoom.
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Tuesday, April 27
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
“Learning from History: Safely Moving Women's Health Forward” is the theme of this session in a series promoting clinical research awareness, diversity in research, and community engaged research through virtual outreach efforts. Register.
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Wednesday, April 28
11:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Via Zoom
Co-sponsored by the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, Department of International Health at the School of Nursing and Health Studies, and the Global Health Initiative at Georgetown University with the Focus Area for Compassion and Ethics at the Task Force for Global Health. Register.
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Wednesday, April 28
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Arianne Teherani, PhD, professor of medicine, education scientist in the Center for Faculty Educators, director of program evaluation and education continuous quality improvement, founding director, Center for Climate, Health, and Equity, University of California, San Francisco, discusses “Achieving Equity in the Learning Environment.” Co-sponsored by CENTILE and the School of Medicine Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. Register.
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Thursday, April 29
7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Via Livestream
A virtual awards ceremony to announce the winners of the Bioethics Research Showcase, highlighting Georgetown undergraduate student research in bioethics. Sponsored by the Kennedy Institute of Ethics. Livestream event.
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Friday, April 30
9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Via Zoom
This virtual conference features keynote presentations and moderated panel discussions on the themes of “Moving Swiftly to Combat the COVID-19 Global Health Crisis” (4/23) and “Beyond COVID-19 - Challenges & Lessons Learned during a Pandemic.” Register.
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Friday, April 30
12:00 - 12:30 p.m.
Online
Nancy Harazduk, MEd, MSW, director of the Georgetown University School of Medicine Mind-Body Medicine Program, leads a 30-minute guided meditation. Presented by the SPARK Committee of the School of Medicine Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. RSVP.
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Wednesday, May 5
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Presented by Eric Wisotzky, MD, FAAPMR, chief, Division of Rehabilitation Medicine, program director, MedStar GUH-NRH PM&R Residency Training Program, director of cancer rehabilitation, program director, Cancer Rehabilitation Fellowship, associate professor of rehabilitation medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine. Part of the Teaching for Inclusion and Equity (TIE) winter/spring 2021 series. RSVP.
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Wednesday, May 5
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Jaewon Min, PhD, assistant professor of pathology and cell biology, Columbia University Medical Center, presents “Telomerase-Independent Telomere Maintenance Mechanisms in Human Cancers.” Join via Zoom.
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Thursday, May 6
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Learn how to search MEDLINE and Embase via the Ovid interface to carry out a systematic review/meta-analysis or comprehensive literature review. Presented by Dahlgren Memorial Library. Register.
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Thursday, May 6
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Featuring E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD, Chair, Department of Internal Medicine; Director, Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center; Professor of Internal Medicine, Biochemistry and Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa Health Care. Sponsored by the Office of the Dean for Research. CME/CE credit may be offered for this seminar. Join via Zoom.
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Thursday, May 6
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Via Zoom
Robert C. Speth, PhD, Nova Southeastern University, and Martha Gay, PhD, Georgetown University, present “Informed Consent & Respect for Personhood” 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. Register.
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Friday, May 7
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Via WebEx
Lawrence D. Frenkel, MD, clinical professor of biomedical sciences at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, presents “The Global Burden of Vaccine Preventable Infectious Diseases in Children Less Than 5 Years of Age: Implications for COVID-19 Vaccination. Can We Do Better?” Presented by the International Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Immunology. CME available. Join via WebEx.
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Friday, May 7
12:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
As part of National Nurses Week, Melody Wilkerson, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP, an associate professor who led Georgetown’s Family Nurse Practitioner Program, will discuss her work as director of strategic operations and preparedness for the West Virginia Governor’s Joint Interagency Task Force - Covid. RSVP.
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Friday, May 7
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Rebecca Evangelista, MD, Georgetown associate professor of surgery and associate dean for clinical faculty and MedStar director for clinical faculty affairs, presents “Clinical Teaching.” Register.
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Friday, May 7
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Ligia A. Pinto, PhD, director, Vaccine, Immunity and Cancer Program Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, presents “Immunogenicity of HPV Vaccines: What Have We Learned and Where Are We Going?” Co-sponsored by Georgetown and the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research. Join via Zoom.
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CNDLS’ annual Teaching, Learning, and Innovation Summer Institute (TLISI) will kick off May 25 - 27 with Productive Open Design Spaces (PODS) for teams wanting to work on their own teaching and learning projects as well as virtual sessions including panels with students, faculty, and staff. You can propose a PODS team project or contact cndls@georgetown.edu for more information.
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Monday - Friday,
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.;
Saturday, 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
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CNDLS Instructional Continuity Virtual Office Hours |
Monday - Thursday,
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.;
Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
CNDLS holds instructional continuity office hours virtually in this Zoom room. Please stop by if you need help or dial 646-558-8656
(meeting ID: 386 980 1070).
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Wednesday, April 28
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Explore ways to share PowerPoint presentations and other content through Zoom using basic and advanced screen sharing options. Presented Dahlgren Memorial Library. Register.
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Thursday, April 29
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Online office hours with UIS EdTech provide faculty and staff with assistance and answers to Canvas questions and assistance with all Canvas needs. Register.
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Friday, April 30
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Via Zoom
Online office hours with UIS EdTech provide faculty and staff with assistance and answers to questions about instructional continuity tools including Panopto, Zoom, Voicethread and Canvas. Register. |
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