As the holy month of Ramadan comes to a close, we wish our friends in the Islam faith a blessed Eid al-Fitr.
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Over the past two decades, the NHS Undergraduate Research Conference has grown into an annual event that showcases the variety of undergraduate research conducted at Georgetown with faculty and students participating from departments including biology, chemistry, nursing and human science. After being held virtually in 2021, the conference returned to an in-person format April 21 at the Healey Family Student Center. |
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The goals of health equity have been difficult to pursue because they are not as clearly defined as the goals of public health, Derek Griffith, PhD, professor of health systems administration at the School of Nursing & Health Studies, and founding co-director of Georgetown’s Racial Justice Institute, said at the Values Based Lecture.
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The Medical Society of DC has honored Princy N. Kumar, MD, professor of medicine and microbiology, and senior associate dean of students at Georgetown University School of Medicine, with its Dr. Charles H. Epps, III Community Service Award for outstanding public service to the community. |
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We celebrate the many contributions of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) students, faculty and staff and highlight the teaching, scholarship, advocacy and cultural enrichment efforts of our university community related to AAPI heritage. |
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As the Earth’s climate continues to warm, researchers predict wild animals will be forced to relocate their habitats — likely to regions with large human populations — dramatically increasing the risk of a viral jump to humans that could lead to the next pandemic. This link between climate change and viral transmission is described by an international research team led Colin Carlson, PhD, and other scientists at Georgetown University and was published April 28 in Nature.
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During the pre-Omicron phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, regions of the U.S. had markedly different mortality rates, primarily due to differences in mask use, school attendance, social distancing and other behaviors. Had the entire country reacted to the pandemic as the Northeast region, more than 316,000 deaths might have been avoided, 62% of those avoidable deaths being in the South. The study, led by Michael Stoto, PhD, and colleagues from the School of Nursing & Health Studies (including an undergraduate health care management & policy major), appeared April 28 in PLOS ONE. |
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In studies using mice grafted with human Ewing sarcoma tissue, researchers led by Joanna Kitlinska, PhD, have identified a biological pathway that is activated when tissue is starved of oxygen due to rapid growth of a tumor, thereby allowing cancer cells to make genetic changes so they can metastasize to the bone and thrive even when exposed to chemotherapy. The finding appeared April 28 in Nature Communications.
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Welcome Dr. Roberta Waite! |
We are pleased to welcome Roberta Waite, EdD, PMHCNS, RN, MSN, ANEF, FAAN, to our campus. Waite joined Georgetown May 1 as professor of nursing at the School of Nursing & Health Studies. She becomes dean of the new School of Nursing on July 1.
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As part of the discovery phase of its work, the Task Force on the Future Organization of Graduate Studies will host three open listening sessions on Zoom for faculty and staff. These will be opportunities for members of the community to share their thoughts with the task force about matters pertaining to graduate education, and especially about the Graduate School and its relationship to other schools and units. |
The open listening sessions will be held:
- Wednesday, May 4, 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
- Monday, May 9, 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, May 11, 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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The next meeting of the Medical Center Caucus of the Faculty Senate will take place on May 3, 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. via Zoom.
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Nominations are being accepted for inclusion in the next Staff/AAP Advisory Council Election, which will begin on May 17. Nominees must be full-time or part-time (at least 50% time) university staff employees or academic and administrative professionals (AAPs) with at least one year of service as a regular or term employee as of the first day of service on the council (July 1, 2022) should the nominated candidate win the election. Any eligible staff member or AAP may nominate themselves or another eligible colleague to run for the Advisory Council. Submit nominations here.
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The university recently announced the merit pool for the upcoming year as well as significant improvements and updates to staff and AAP benefits and policies. These changes are intended to better reflect our commitment to cura personalis, “care of the whole person,” while also building a more competitive benefits package for recruiting and retaining a high-quality professional workforce.
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The university has approved a 3% merit pool for the fiscal year starting July 1 for staff and AAP merit pay increases as part of the annual performance review process.
- As of July 1, eligible employees will now be offered up to 8 weeks of paid parental leave for the birth, adoption, fostering or guardianship of a child. This is in addition to the 8-10 weeks of disability benefits that a birth parent can take to recover from the delivery of a child.
- All employees will now accrue 21 days of paid time off (PTO) during their first year of service, accruing one additional day for each year of service thereafter, up to a maximum of 26 days per year.
- In addition to PTO, employees will now receive 5 days of dedicated sick leave each year. Employees can accrue up to 30 days of sick leave if they carry over days not used in a given year.
- Both staff and AAP employees will be covered under the university’s short-term disability plan. The unpaid waiting period for this plan will be reduced from 3 weeks to 1 week, and it will now replace up to 100% of employee salary for up to 9 weeks.
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Monday, May 2
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Research Building Auditorium and via Zoom
Stephen Hewitt, MD, PhD, head, Experimental Pathology Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, presents “The Intersection of the Role of Pathology In the COVID-19 Pandemic.”
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Wednesday, May 4
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Learn to make the most of Excel for cleaning and standardizing your data, including how to remove duplicates and extra spaces, highlight errors and use text to columns to parse data.
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Wednesday, May 4
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
The panelists will share their training and unique career paths, challenges they overcame while managing two of the largest hospitals in Washington DC, qualities and attributes they look for in trainees who are interested in clinical leadership, lessons for medical students in the context of a rapidly evolving clinical environment, and ways to get involved in leadership while training.
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Thursday, May 5
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Via Zoom
Orlando Solá, MD, MPH, Georgetown University Department of Family Medicine, and John Paul Sánchez, MD, MPH, founder/principal investigator of the Building the Next Generation of Academic Physician (BNGAP) Initiative and co-founder/president of BNGAP Inc., present “Pre-Faculty Development: A Critical Factor in Diversifying Health Professions Faculty.”
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Thursday, May 5
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Learn how Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) Studio can give you options for creating more engaging presentations. Topics covered include how to integrate OBS Studio into Zoom, stream video from OBS Studio to Zoom, create different scenes with various sources, and create rich media presentations.
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Thursday, May 5
12:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
The second day of this two-day virtual conference features keynote presentations and moderated panel discussions, including “Ethics of Artificial Intelligence” with James Giordano, PhD, professor of neurology and biochemistry, chief of the Neuroethics Studies Program at the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown.
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Thursday, May 5
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Zhijian ‘James’ Chen, PhD, investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, George MacGregor Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Sciences, director, Center for Inflammation Research, professor, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, presents “Igniting an Immune Response with cGAS.”
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Thursday, May 5
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Via Zoom
Michael Liebman, PhD, managing director, IPQ Analytics, LLC, presents “Dealing with Industry” 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.
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Thursday, May 5
10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Via Zoom/Pre-Clinical Science Building
This annual event highlights the excellent research and scholarship that our postdoctoral community is producing. Postdocs will present their research through oral and poster presentations.
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Friday, May 6
5:30 p.m.
Location TBD
Jewish seniors will lead a service together and have a chance to reflect on their time at Georgetown, their Jewish experiences, and celebrate with the larger Georgetown Jewish community. Interested graduating seniors should reach out to Lily Rubinstein.
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Friday, May 6
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Sami L. Bahna, MD, DrPH, professor of pediatrics & medicine and chief of allergy/immunology at Louisiana State University, presents “The Impact of Modernization on Allergic Disease and Asthma Development.” Part of Pediatric Grand Rounds.
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Friday, May 6
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Alejandro Villagra, PhD, associate professor of oncology, Georgetown Lombardi, presents “Reprogramming Macrophages in Health and Disease.”
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Friday, May 6
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Ihori Kobayashi, PhD, National Research Council senior research associate, Behavioral Biology Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, discusses “Can Blocking the Orexin System Enhance Sleep’s Benefits to Therapeutic Exposure for PTSD?”
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Friday, May 6
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
“Teaching Procedural Skills” with Shimae Fitzgibbons, MD, MEd, associate professor of surgery at the School of Medicine, and surgery clerkship director and associate program director of general surgery at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.
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Monday, May 9
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Via Zoom
Featuring presentations from residents and fellows with the highest scoring abstracts, followed by a celebration of the outgoing class of graduate medical education community members. Hosted by the MedStar Health Research Institute, MedStar Health Academic Affairs, CENTILE and Georgetown University Medical Center.
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Monday, May 9
1:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
The colloquium features presentations by plenary speaker Elizabeth Gaufberg, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine and psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and featured speaker Daniel Marchalik, MD, MA, associate director of Georgetown’s Medical Humanities Initiative. Hosted by the MedStar Health Research Institute, MedStar Health Academic Affairs, CENTILE and Georgetown University Medical Center. Register by May 1.
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Thursday, May 12
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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Thursday, May 12
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Featuring T. Jake Liang, MD, Distinguished Investigator, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health.
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Friday, May 13
10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Via Zoom
Emily S. Tonorezos, MD, MPH, director, Office of Cancer Survivorship, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, presents “NCI Survivorship Research and Funding.”
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