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New Information to Combat Fatigue Disorders

Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have found distinct molecular signatures in two brain disorders long thought to be psychological in origin—chronic fatigue syndrome and Gulf War Illness. Read More

The Mind on Music

Researchers at Georgetown are studying how and why music is so neurologically dominant. “We want to understand how music resides in the brain and the body.” Read More

Understanding the Healing Power of Music

While neuroscience research continues to uncover the mechanisms of how the brain responds to music, clinicians and patients are experiencing the benefits of creative new applications for music and healing. Read More

Musings on the Art-Medicine Journey

Our medicine-art journey begins in the mind, and so we open with a peek into the vast research underway across the university on neuroscience and the arts. Read More

CURA Fosters Connections

Connecting and Uniting Residents and Alumni program was founded in 2005 with the goal of connecting Georgetown medical alumni with each other. Read More

Picturing the Future: The faces of medicine are getting a makeover

Medical student demographics are shifting. As recently as 2015, white matriculants comprised just half of the student body. In 2017, the American Association of Medical Colleges reported that for the first time, more women than men enrolled in medical school. Read More

Connecting the Dots: Dyslexia and Math

Why are children with dyslexia more likely to also struggle with dyscalculia—the understanding and manipulation of numbers? Read More