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Shining a Light on Drug Industry Influence

Discovering the Student Life of an Early Hispanic Social Justice Advocate at Georgetown

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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

Alumni in the Field: Eric Daar

Eric Daar, MD (M’85), cared for his first AIDS patient as a Georgetown medical student on rotation. After graduation, he returned to his hometown, Los Angeles, to pursue a residency in internal...

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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.

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Oct 2019

Resilience, and Remembrance

Faculty Point of View

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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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Oct 2019

The Healing Power of Communication

“It makes a huge difference for patients and their families to have caring, compassionate doctors,”

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Oct 2019

Learning Society Magic

For five years, transforming student experience through community building.

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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 Behind a Good Night’s Sleep?

Researching placebo effects in insomnia treatment.

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Oct 2019

Global HIV Response

Reprioritizing the local

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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

What’s Fueling Pancreatic Cancer?

Words from Chunling Yi, PhD, associate professor of oncology at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.

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Discovering the Student Life of an Early Hispanic Social Justice Advocate at Georgetown

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Behind the Scenes: Mansa Gurjar, PhD

Alumni in the Field: Eric Daar

Alumni in the Field: Robert Redfield

Resilience, and Remembrance

The Hidden Costs of Medical School

The Healing Power of Communication

Learning Society Magic

Partnering for Health in Almost Heaven

What’s Behind a Good Night’s Sleep?

Global HIV Response

Honoring A Legend

What’s Fueling Pancreatic Cancer?

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Shining a Light on Drug Industry Influence

Discovering the Student Life of an Early Hispanic Social Justice Advocate at Georgetown

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