Honoring America’s first inhabitants and celebrating their important contributions to our country. |
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The U.S. federal government has designated October as National Disability Employment Awareness Month, which is celebrated at Georgetown as Disability Cultural Month.Throughout this month and the academic year, the disability community at Georgetown comes together to provide programming that affirms and celebrates all members of the disability community. Learn more here.
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A clinical study conducted led by Elissa Newport, PhD, and colleagues, found that for children who had a major stroke to the left hemisphere of their brain within days of their birth, the infant’s brain was “plastic” enough for the right hemisphere to acquire the language abilities ordinarily handled by the left side, while also maintaining its own language abilities as well. (Press release) |
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Held in person for the first time since 2019, the 16th Annual Lombardi Women event brought together 450 businesswomen and 43 sponsoring companies from across the Washington area. |
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Investigators from MedStar Washington Hospital Center are participating in a first-of-its-kind clinical study to determine whether patients who do not have aggressive ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) can avoid surgery and participate in active monitoring instead. |
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A new report details the experience of the Health Justice Alliance team and their 2019-2020 mixed methods survey of medical-legal partnerships operating with at least one academic partner. |
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To help identify clinical trials with a high likelihood of offering benefit to patients, the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) brought together a team of experts in immuno-oncology led by Michael Atkins, MD, to create a conceptual framework for potential value in phase III studies evaluating immunotherapy combinations. (Press release)
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The medical center is pleased to recognize the 46 faculty members from 14 departments who recently received promotions.
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Coming This Week: Faculty and Staff/AAP Cultural Climate Surveys
Be on the lookout this week to learn how to participate in Georgetown’s first cultural climate surveys for faculty and for staff/AAPs. The assessments will enable the University to gain a better understanding of the experiences of all faculty and staff/AAPs related to issues of workplace experience, inclusion and diversity.
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Upcoming Flu Vaccination Opportunities |
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The Student Health Center, with support from students at the School of Nursing and School of Medicine, will offer a free walk-in flu vaccination (injection) clinic in the Faculty Club at the Leavey Center on October 11, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Please bring your GOCard (mobile or physical). Masks are required.
Georgetown University is collaborating with LabCorp to offer free flu vaccination (injection) clinics in October and November for faculty and staff. Click here to see the complete schedule and learn how to schedule your flu vaccination.
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For the Week Ending October 7, 2022 |
Office of the District of Columbia Auditor “Analysis of COVID-19’s effect on mental health in the District in 2022” (Ellie Graeden)
The Medical College of Wisconsin “Kern National Network for Caring & Character in Medicine” (Adi Haramati)
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In honor of this year’s Hispanic/Latine Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15), the Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA) presents a series of events to celebrate the diversity within Hispanic/Latine countries and bring awareness to cultural traditions and health disparities within our communities.
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Community Health Fair
Saturday, October 15
1:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Location TBD
Hispanic Health Folk Remedies
Monday, October 17
7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Latin Dance Night
Friday, October 21
7:00 p.m.
Location TBD
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Tuesday, October 11
12:15 - 1:15 p.m.
Medical-Dental Building SW107 and via Zoom
Jose L. Lopez-Ribot, Pharm.D., PhD, professor and Margaret Batts Tobin Distinguished Chair, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology; associate director, South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases; associate dean for research and graduate studies, College of Sciences, The University of Texas at San Antonio, presents this Department of Microbiology & Immunology seminar.
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Wednesday, October 12
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Learn what preprints are, how their landscape has evolved over time, and what their positive and negative characteristics are, as well as metrics, publisher viewpoints, and tips for evaluating and citing.
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Wednesday, October 12
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Maguire Hall 304 Conference Room and via Zoom
Presented by Erin M. Sorrell, director of the Elizabeth R. Griffin Program at the Center for Global Health Science and Security and assistant professor in Georgetown’s Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Part of the Global Health Security Seminar Series.
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Wednesday, October 12
2:00 p.m.
Georgetown University Law Center and via Zoom
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz join Regina LaBelle, director of the Addiction and Public Policy Initiative at the O’Neill Institute, to discuss their new book “American Cartel: Inside the Battle to Bring Down the Opioid Industry.”
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Thursday, October 13
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Dubin Classroom, Lauinger Library Room 156
Learn about resources and skills needed to keep yourself afloat while researching and writing your thesis or dissertation.
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Friday, October 14
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Via Zoom
Featuring Smita Bhatia, MD, MPH, director, Institute for Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship, Gay and Bew White Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oncology, professor and vice chair, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Part of the Survivorship Research Initiative Seminar Series.
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Friday, October 14
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Research Building Auditorium and via Zoom
Presented by Eytan Ruppin, MD, PhD, chief, Cancer Data Science Lab, National Cancer Institute, NIH. Part of the Oncology Grand Rounds Lecture Series.
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Tuesday, October 18
4:30 - 5:45 p.m.
Via Zoom
Join Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD, GUMC; Sharon Batt, PhD, Dalhousie University; John Powers, MD, GW School of Medicine; Susan Molchan, MD, formerly of National Institute on Aging, and Reshma Ramachandran, MD, Yale School of Medicine, as they discuss and answer questions about a new PharmedOut report.
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Wednesday, October 19
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Presented by David L. Taylor, M.Ed., senior associate dean for student learning at the School of Medicine and director of the Georgetown Experimental Medical Studies (GEMS) program. Sponsored by CENTILE.
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Thursday, October 20
10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Via Zoom
Learn the basics of using this reference manager software to create a personal library of references, manage research sources, write citations and a bibliography, and share with collaborators.
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Thursday, October 20
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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Thursday, October 20
4:00 - 5:00 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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Thursday, October 20
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Online
Featuring presentations from scholars Alison Schug, PhD candidate; Alex Brunfeldt, PhD; and Collis Brown, PhD candidate. Sponsored by GHUCCTS.
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Friday, October 21
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Research Building Auditorium and via Zoom
Featuring Huadong Pei, PhD, associate professor of oncology and member of the Cancer Cell Biology Program at Georgetown Lombardi.
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Friday, October 21
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Presented by Paul Kolm, PhD, associate director in the Department of Biostatistics and Biomedical Informatics at MedStar Health Research Institute. Part of the MHRI-GHUCCTS Monthly Statistical Seminar Series.
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