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We, Too, Are Georgetown: Black Alumni Summit Attendees Discuss, Celebrate What It Means to be a Hoya

Meghan Twohey at Sixth and I Synagogue in Washington DC

Alumna Megan Twohey Broke the Harvey Weinstein Story That Helped Spark a Movement

Georgetown Medicine Magazine

Oct 2017

Women In Medicine

In this issue, we chose to look at just a few of the many unique ways in which women are influencing medical research, practice, and education.

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Ayaz Virji lectures on Islam at City Hall in Granite Falls, Minnesota.

Oct 2017

Rural Health Meets Religious Pluralism

Three years ago, Ayaz Virji, MD (C’96, M’00), moved with his family to Dawson, a small town in western Minnesota, to pursue his interest in practicing rural health...

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Oct 2017

Volunteers Needed for Mentoring in Medicine

Hoya Gateway is an online platform established in 2013 to help students connect with alumni for conversations about different professions.

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Oct 2017

Justice and Gender at Georgetown

Scholarship, policy, law, medicine, and society at large are increasingly addressing equality issues related to sex and gender—sex being biologically determined differences between male and...

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photo of Susan Miller at 2017 Women & Wine event

Oct 2017

Women Philanthropists Celebrate a Night of Hope

Annual Women & Wine event raises awareness, funds, and a spirit of community to support breast cancer research at Georgetown.

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Oct 2017

GEMS Family Celebrates 40 Years

More than 200 gathered in D.C. in July to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Georgetown Experimental Medical Studies (GEMS) program. The event honored those who created the program and the people...

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Oct 2017

Remembering Dr. Carol E. Kennedy (M'70)

Her love of Georgetown is why she wanted to come back here one last time and continue serving others just as she did her entire life.

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Oct 2017

Anatomy, Cadavers, and The Art of the Obituary

Bethany Kette (M’20) enlisted Emily Langer (C’06), obituary writer for The Washington Post , to teach an obituary workshop to a group of 25 first-year medical students...

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Oct 2017

PharmedOut Turns 10

A GUMC research and education project examining pharmaceutical industry marketing practices and supporting evidence-based, cost-effective prescribing.

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Oct 2017

Tumor Mutations: The Upside?

A team of investigators led by researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center has found that the tumor mutation load (TML) in a patient’s cancer biopsy varied by age and the...

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plate of spaghetti used to represent dna strands

Oct 2017

Deficiencies in DNA Repairing Identified in Tumors

A new investigation of more than 53,000 stored tumor samples finds evidence of a key deficiency in a repair process designed to keep DNA from being mutated and causing cancer.

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Oct 2017

Fat's Lasting Impact

Animal study finds high-fat diet in second trimester increases breast cancer risk over generations.

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We, Too, Are Georgetown: Black Alumni Summit Attendees Discuss, Celebrate What It Means to be a Hoya

Alumna Megan Twohey Broke the Harvey Weinstein Story That Helped Spark a Movement

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Women In Medicine

Rural Health Meets Religious Pluralism

Volunteers Needed for Mentoring in Medicine

Justice and Gender at Georgetown

Women Philanthropists Celebrate a Night of Hope

GEMS Family Celebrates 40 Years

Remembering Dr. Carol E. Kennedy (M'70)

Anatomy, Cadavers, and The Art of the Obituary

PharmedOut Turns 10

Tumor Mutations: The Upside?

Deficiencies in DNA Repairing Identified in Tumors

Fat's Lasting Impact

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We, Too, Are Georgetown: Black Alumni Summit Attendees Discuss, Celebrate What It Means to be a Hoya

Alumna Megan Twohey Broke the Harvey Weinstein Story That Helped Spark a Movement

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