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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

More Than a Meal

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Oct 2019

What’s Behind a Good Night’s Sleep?

Researching placebo effects in insomnia treatment.

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Oct 2019

Resilience, and Remembrance

Faculty Point of View

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Oct 2019

Honoring A Legend

The 18th Annual Founders Day event in April honored the contributions of Donald “Coach” Knowlan, MD (R’60, W’82, H’04), doubling as a 90th birthday celebration with 200 of his closest friends, former...

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Oct 2019

Partnering for Health in Almost Heaven

An ongoing collaboration with a community in West Virginia has provided students in Georgetown’s online master’s degree program in nursing with insight into rural health challenges.

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Oct 2019

What’s (not) in my white coat?

I spend every day in the cath lab, wearing scrubs and a surgical gown or lead apron, doing heart catheterizations and valve replacement procedures, with no outpatient or hospital duties.

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Oct 2019

Research and Education: Synergy in Community

Since its launch eight years ago, the annual MedStar Health-Georgetown University Research Symposium brings together researchers, residents, academics, and collaborative partners from across the...

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Oct 2019

Reflections on medicine with Julie Silver, MD (M’91)

Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School

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Oct 2019

Cons of Probiotic Labels

Shopping for a good probiotic? Reading the labels may not provide enough information to weigh the options, according to a research team led by Georgetown University Medical Center.

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Oct 2019

I found a home at Georgetown

When he finished high school in 1951, the fastest kid on Long Island had track scholarship offers from top schools around the country, allowing him an education his family could otherwise not afford.

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Oct 2019

Priming Cells for Better Cancer Treatment

New research has uncovered a mechanism thought to explain why some cancers don’t respond to a widely used form of immunotherapy called “checkpoint inhibitors” or anti-PD-1.

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Oct 2019

Alumni in the Field: Shireesha Dhanireddy

Based in Seattle, Shireesha Dhanireddy, MD (C’95, M’99), completed her internal medicine residency and infectious disease fellowship at the University of Washington.

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Oct 2019

Justice and the Opioid Epidemic

Words from Regina LaBelle, JD (L’92), program director for the Addiction and Public Policy Initiative at Georgetown’s O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law.

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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

More Than a Meal

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What’s Behind a Good Night’s Sleep?

Resilience, and Remembrance

Honoring A Legend

Partnering for Health in Almost Heaven

What’s (not) in my white coat?

Research and Education: Synergy in Community

Reflections on medicine with Julie Silver, MD (M’91)

Cons of Probiotic Labels

I found a home at Georgetown

Priming Cells for Better Cancer Treatment

Alumni in the Field: Shireesha Dhanireddy

Justice and the Opioid Epidemic

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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

More Than a Meal

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