When first-year students at Georgetown University School of Medicine traded in their textbooks for scrubs on their first day of gross anatomy, they were joined by student volunteers with anatomy lab experience.

The guidelines will help the general clinicians, neurologists and psychiatrists who treat the majority of patients with Huntington's disease, said Karen Anderson, MD, director of the Huntington's Disease Care, Education, and Research Center. 


Motivated by her passion for obstetrics and rural health, Nora Elizalde (G'14, G'20) is pursuing a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree while working as a certified nurse midwife in southwest Kansas and the Oklahoma Panhandle.
 




It only takes about 20 minutes to complete Georgetown's confidential Sexual Assault and Misconduct Climate Survey. Your participation is vital to building an environment in which all students can thrive on our campus. Check your inbox for emails from [email protected] and be sure to respond by March 1.

To facilitate construction of the new East-West Road, the road south of the Lombardi Circle (West Road) has been closed to vehicular traffic and will remain closed through at least May. For more details, including information about the new mini shuttle stop, read here.

Please join Edward B. Healton, MD, MPH, executive vice president for health sciences & executive dean of the School of Medicine, and other members of Medical Center leadership on Wednesday, February 20 at 4:30 p.m. in the Research Building auditorium for updates and discussion on important topics.

GUSOM Generation I, a community of School of Medicine students, faculty and alumni who were the first in their families to attend college or professional school, or who were the first in their families born in the United States, is seeking faculty to serve as mentors. Learn more and apply here.

Taught by faculty from the School of Nursing & Health Studies and the School of Medicine, Mini-Medical School offers lectures in basic and clinical science topics. Registration is now open for the spring 2019 semester. See the course schedule here and register here.

MedStar Health is accepting abstracts for the 2019 MedStar Health Research Symposium on May 30 at the Bethesda North Marriott & Conference Center. All providers, researchers, residents and fellows are invited to submit an abstract here by 11:59 p.m. on February 28.

 





Gizmodo   E-Cigarettes Really Can Help You Quit Smoking, Large New Study Finds   with David Levy, Jan. 31, 2019


Geek.com Prolonged Spaceflights Can Weaken Immune Systems with Georgetown University, Jan. 29, 2019

Tinnitus Talk (podcast)  In Search of a Tinnitus Cure with Josef Rauschecker, Jan. 25, 2019

Tonic Any Power Crystals Hold Is Thanks to the Placebo Effect with Jim Giordano, Jan. 25, 2019
 




Andrea Vargas (MPP '19), a student at the McCourt School of Public Policy, has been awarded a $48,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to expand an impact investing project she launched with an adjunct professor, which addresses the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Venezuela.

 





Wednesday, February 20
4:30 p.m.
Research Building Auditorium

Please join Edward B. Healton, MD, MPH, and Georgetown University Medical Center leadership for updates and discussion on important topics.

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Thursday, February 7
12:00 p.m.
Virtual


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Thursday, February 7
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Research Building Auditorium

A conversation with Babyscripts co-founders Anish Sebastian and Juan Pablo Segura. Dinner provided. Hosted by StartupHoyas MED.

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Thursday, February 14
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Goldberg Auditorium, Gorman Building, MGUH

"Using Data to Affect Public Health Policy" with Peter Lurie, MD, MPH

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Thursday, February 21
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Goldberg Auditorium, Gorman Building, MGUH

"Don't Let Health Policy Kill Your Patients" with Alan Weil, JD.


Tuesday, February 5
6:15 - 7:30 p.m.
Berkley Center (3307 M Street NW), Third Floor Conference Room

A conversation with Anthony Fauci, MD, on his approach to preventing, diagnosing and treating infectious diseases. Hosted by the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs through the Global Health Initiative.

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Thursday, February 7
6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Copley Formal Lounge, Copley Hall

"Reconsidering the Future of Global Health: Aid, Trade, Education and Ethics" with Sara Bennett, PhD. Hosted by the Science, Technology and International Affairs (STIA) program through the Maloy Family Fund.

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Wednesday, February 13
6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Pre-Clinical Science Building, Room GA 2/4

A series of roundtable discussions on the unique experiences of people of color as patients and providers. A reception will follow. Co-hosted by the Office of the President's MLK Initiative: Let Freedom Ring!, the Georgetown Student National Medical Association and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.

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Wednesday, February 20
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Research Building, Room E501

Attendees may also participate via Zoom. Email [email protected] to RSVP. 




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