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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

More Than a Meal

Georgetown Medicine Magazine

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

Georgetown Medicine Magazine

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.

Georgetown Medicine Magazine

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.

Georgetown Medicine Magazine

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.

Georgetown Medicine Magazine

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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Oct 2019

Behind the Scenes: Mansa Gurjar, PhD

Mansa Gurjar, PhD, a postdoctoral student in Georgetown’s biology department, is studying neurodevelopment defects that can lead to hearing loss.

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Oct 2019

Shining a Light on Drug Industry Influence

As the impact of the opioid crisis continues to unfold, Georgetown convened health professionals in June for a hard look at what is happening now and what can we do better going forward, as a country...

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Oct 2019

The Long Walk

Letter from the Editor

Georgetown Medicine Magazine

Oct 2019

Alumni in the Field: Robert Redfield

As director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since 2018, virologist Robert Redfield, MD (C’73, M’77), is optimistic about the future of HIV treatment.

Georgetown Medicine Magazine

Oct 2019

A Cup of Medicine

Fung-Lung Chung can’t wait to find out if his mother’s belief in the health-promoting properties of the hot green tea she served after meals will be scientifically validated by a new Georgetown...

Georgetown Medicine Magazine

Oct 2019

The Hidden Costs of Medical School

My kindergarten teacher once told my mom that I don’t do well with free time. The same could be said of me today.

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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

More Than a Meal

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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

Behind the Scenes: Mansa Gurjar, PhD

Shining a Light on Drug Industry Influence

The Long Walk

Alumni in the Field: Robert Redfield

A Cup of Medicine

The Hidden Costs of Medical School

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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

More Than a Meal

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