As part of Health Justice Week, medical students in the Health Justice Scholars longitudinal academic track investigated social, legal, racial and economic barriers to health in an interprofessional learning environment. The week ended with advocacy on the Hill. |
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Graduate students in the Masters of Health Systems Administration program journeyed to Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay to learn about the varying levels of national health care resources across public and private health care facilities as part of an experiential learning opportunity at the School of Health. |
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School of Nursing and School of Health students returned to Food & Friends, a Washington community-based organization, for their annual Day of Service. Volunteers worked in shifts to help pack medically tailored meals for Food & Friends' clients in the DC region living with HIV/AIDS, cancer, diabetes and other chronic illnesses.
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For medical students at Georgetown, anatomy lab is a critical and transformative experience. At the Anatomical Donor Mass, the School of Medicine Class of 2025 honored the lives of those who made that experience possible. |
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Georgetown has appointed Deus Bazira, DrPH, MPH, MBA, a professor and global health scholar and leader, as the inaugural director of its new Global Health Institute, a university-wide platform dedicated to advancing cross-disciplinary research and education on global health. |
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When Anthony Fauci, MD, came to Georgetown in 2017, he predicted that the then-incoming Trump administration would face a surprise outbreak in the arena of infectious diseases. Six years later, in the wake of a pandemic that’s claimed nearly seven million lives worldwide, Fauci returned to Georgetown, talking about lessons learned from the pandemic and how those lessons can inform the next “inevitable challenge.” |
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Georgetown University School of Medicine faculty, students and staff were honored during the annual Golden Apple Awards ceremony, held April 1 in the Georgetown University Intercultural Center Auditorium & Galleria. |
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Campus Ministry will hold services throughout Holy Week in Dahlgren Chapel. The university is closed on April 7 in observance of Good Friday. Information about services during Passover will be shared on the Georgetown Univeristy Jewish Life Facebook page.
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Lean Library is a free browser extension that works with Dahlgren Memorial Library’s systems to give you simplified access to full-text articles and research assistance by automatically detecting library resources that you have access to when you are using any website or search engine. Learn more and download Lean Library here.
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Join investigators, educators, executive leaders, associates and collaborative partners from across our academic health center on May 8 at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center to share research and build relationships that will further advance health in our community. Learn more about the symposium here and register by April 28.
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The Office of Technology Commercialization has launched its third funding cycle under the GUMC Gap Fund Program to support researchers with innovative ideas. To learn more about eligibility requirements and how to apply, visit the Gap Fund page.
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Sidewalk Closure Starts April 6 |
As part of the ongoing construction of the Medical/Surgical Pavilion, work will begin on or about April 6 to rebuild the entire sidewalk and install a new entrance, curbing, gutters, streetlights, trees and new vehicular traffic signalization on Reservoir Road NW between 37th St NW and 39th St NW. This work is expected to continue through June. Pedestrians will be rerouted across the street from the construction activity. The current Metrobus stop is not affected by this construction and will continue operating normally. |
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Periodically, we are spotlighting one of Georgetown’s Shared Resources, a pool of state-of-the-art equipment, technical expertise and knowledge available to researchers.
The Proteomics component of the Mass Spectrometry & Analytical Pharmacology Shared Resource (MSAPSR-Proteomics) provides Georgetown investigators with access to an integrated suite of comprehensive molecular profiling services for targeted and untargeted identification and quantification of proteins/peptides and their modifications. Read more about the MSAPSR-Proteomics.
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Tuesday, April 4
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 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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Tuesday, April 4
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Car Barn, Room 172 and via Zoom
Presented by the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Master of Science in Data Science and Analytics Program.
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Wednesday, April 5
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Workshop participants will learn about OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) Studio, a free, open source application that allows users to seamlessly switch between digital inputs, including webcams, browser windows, PowerPoint presentations and videos, and feed them as a single stream to Zoom while controlling the changing/mixing of inputs.
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Wednesday, April 5
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Maguire Hall 304 Conference Room and via Zoom
Presented by Jennifer Bouey, PhD, associate professor and the chair of the Department of Global Health at Georgetown’s School of Health. RSVP requested. Part of the Global Health Security Seminar Series.
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Wednesday, April 5
12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Presented by Rose Ermete, RN, BSN, OCN, CRN-BC, CCRP, senior quality assurance nurse auditor, SWOG Cancer Research Network, and Deborah Grady, BSN, MS, CCRC, quality management coordinator, National Cancer Institute. Part of the Clinical Research Coordinator Seminar Series.
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Wednesday, April 5
3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Via Zoom
Amy Kenny, PhD, inaugural associate director of the Disability Cultural Initiative at Georgetown University, discusses ways to celebrate the diverse disability community and cultivate a culture of access across campus. Registration required. Sponsored by the School of Nursing.
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“Achieving Social Accountability in Health Care Through Graduate Medical Education” |
Thursday, April 6
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
The David Meyer’s Grand Rounds Lecture Series features Alison Huffstetler, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine. Presented by the Department of Family Medicine.
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Wednesday, April 12
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Participants will learn to use Zoom and/or Panopto to record in-class lectures and narrated PowerPoint presentations to make lecture videos and post them in Canvas to support face-to-face, online and hybrid class teaching.
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Wednesday, April 12
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Maguire Hall 304 Conference Room and via Zoom
Presented by Gultekin Gollu, assistant professor in the Department of Health Management and Policy at the School of Health. RSVP requested. Part of the Global Health Security Seminar Series.
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Thursday, April 13
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Via Zoom
This year’s theme is “Keeping Empathy, Connection and Humanism Alive in Medicine: How to Find Your Identity & Not Lose Yourself.” Keynote speakers include Ronald Epstein, MD, and Lakshmi Krishnan, MD, PhD.
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Friday, April 14
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Via Zoom
Presented by Claire Conley, PhD, assistant professor of oncology, Cancer Prevention and Control Program member, Georgetown Lombardi. Meet the Speaker Session starts at 11:00 a.m. Part of the Survivorship Research Initiative Seminar Series.
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Friday, April 14
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, April 14
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
The seventh of 12 sessions of the CENTILE-sponsored Teaching Certificate Program is presented by Jessica Jones, PhD, associate professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cellular Biology, and Andrea Cammack, program manager, medical student education.
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“Novel Drug Treatments for Liver Disease and Cancer” |
Friday, April 14
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Medical-Dental Building, NE401 (Schering Foundation Library)
The Annual Stephen and Mary Krop Lectureship in Pharmacology will be given by Lorraine Gudas, PhD, chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Revlon Pharmaceutical Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Reception to follow. Sponsored by the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology.
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