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• School of Medicine Welcomes Class of 2012 at White Coat Ceremony
  8/8/2008

  On August 8, the School of Medicine’s Class of 2012 accepted their white coats and officially embarked on their careers as physicians.

• NHS Introduces Pediatric Simulator
  7/27/2008

  The School of Nursing & Health Studies recently introduced a brand new pediatric simulator to the school's O'Neill Family Foundation Clinical Simulation Center

• PharmedOut Releases “No Drug Reps” Certificate
  7/15/2008

  PharmedOut offers physicians "No Drug Reps" certificates

• GUMC Convocation Announced
  7/2/2008

  Howard J. Federoff, M.D., Ph.D., Executive Vice President for Health Sciences and Executive Dean of the School of Medicine, announced the first annual GUMC Convocation to be held on September 12, 2008.

• Summer Stays Busy for NHS Students, Faculty
  7/1/2008

  Throughout the summer months, many NHS students and faculty members are participating in a range of health-related special programs.

• NHS Professors Meet With Education Minister
  6/17/2008

  Kathryn Ellis and Colleen Norton meet wiht Pehin Abdul Rahman Taib, Minister of Education of Brunei

• Medical Students Celebrate 2008 Commencement
  5/20/2008

  181 M.D. degrees are awarded to School of Medicine graduates

• NHS Congratulates Class of 2008
  5/20/2008

  156 NHS students receive bachelor of science degrees and another 93 NHS students receive graduate degrees

• Two New Faculty Members Inducted into MAGIS Society
  5/15/2008

  Two School of Medicine faculty members inducted into prestigious honor society

• GUMC Plans Strategy With Efficiency In Mind, According to Faculty and Staff Publication
  5/12/2008

  Medical Center Faculty and Staff Asked to Weigh In for Strategic Planning Initiative

• NHS Student Presents Breast Cancer Research at Conference
  5/6/2008

  Human science major in NHS presented research at the American Association of Cancer Research's annual meeting

• Chance of Second Breast Cancer Might Be Greater Than Previously Thought for High-Risk Women Without BRCA1/2 Mutations
  5/4/2008

  A preliminary analysis of ongoing research suggests that high-risk women with breast cancer who do not have a BRCA1/2 mutation may face a greater chance for developing a second breast cancer than previously thought.

• Shawna Willey Elected President of the American Society of Breast Surgeons
  5/4/2008

  Director of Betty Lou Ourisman Breast Health Center named president of ASBS

• Gene Variations, Alcohol, and an Association with Breast Cancer Risk
  5/2/2008

  New research finds gene variations involved with alcohol metabolism are associated with an increased risk for breast cancer.

• Researchers Find Molecule That Disrupts Ewing's Sarcoma Oncogene in Lab Study
  5/2/2008

  In a recent GUMC lab study, researchers found a molecule that disrupts the action of the oncogene that causes Ewing's sarcoma

• GUMC Experts Participate in World Malaria Today
  4/30/2008

  GUMC experts discussed the prevention efforts and technological advancements surrouding malaria

• GUMC EVP Howard Federoff Hosts Open Forum for Faculty and Staff
  4/30/2008

  Topics of discussion included GUMC's finances and strategic planning initiative

• NIH Public Access Policy Requires Researchers to Follow New Procedures
  4/30/2008

  The new NIH Public Access policy became effective on April 7, creating new procedures for researchers to follow

• Georgetown Undergraduates Present Research
  4/22/2008

  Undergraduates present science and health-related research at annual conference

• Expressive Writing Appears to Change Thoughts and Feelings about Cancer
  4/22/2008

  New study shows writing about thoughts and feelings may affect a patient's outlook

• Liese Helps Tackle Lymphatic Filariasis
  4/22/2008

  Department chair at NHS joins executive committee of the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis

• Discovery of Good – and Bad – Liver Stem Cells Raises Possibility of New Treatment
  4/22/2008

  Research suggests experimental drug may benefit patients with liver cancer

• Ellen Badger Named New GUMC Update Editor
  4/22/2008

  GUMC Update under new editorial leadership

• GUMC Stars Shine at Health Journalism 2008
  4/22/2008

  GUMC hosts healthcare journalists at annual conference

• The O’Neill Institute at Georgetown University Welcomes Health Informatics Public Health Expert
  4/15/2008

  The O'Neill Institute Welcomes Jeffrey Collmann, Ph.D.

• Doctoral Candidate Selected For Prestigious Bouchet Society
  4/15/2008

  Anatasha Crawford named to Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society

• Mexican Health Official Keynotes Lecture
  3/31/2008

  Improving the health of an entire country—from quality of patient care to work force training—takes time, especially when maneuvering in a large bureaucracy.

• NHS Professor Yearwood to Present Nationally, Globally
  3/17/2008

  Edilma Yearwood, assistant professor of nursing at Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies, will make three presentations this spring and summer in Kentucky, South Carolina, and Germany.

• Search for Next Department of Medicine Chair Announced
  3/14/2008

  Earlier this month, a national search was announced for the next Chair of the Department of Medicine.

• Former Biochemistry Chair Gabriel Remembered
  3/11/2008

  Othmar Gabriel, former Chair of the Department of Biochemistry, peacefully passed away on February 15, 2008.

• Sandra Swain Elected to ASCO Board
  3/11/2008

  Sandra M. Swain, a member of Lombardi's Breast Cancer Program and Medical Director of the Washington Cancer Institute was elected to the Board of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).

• Stoto Publishes in The Georgetown Law Journal
  2/12/2008

  Michael Stoto, a professor in the Department of Health Systems Administration at NHS, published an article on public health surveillance in the January 2008 issue of The Georgetown Law Journal.

• Fisher Center Announces Inaugural Pilot Grant Recipients
  2/6/2008

  The Jess and Mildred Fisher Center for Familial Cancer Research announced Bassem Haddad and Vanessa Sheppard as the inaugural pilot grant award recipients.

• Dahlgren Library Posts Spring Workshops
  2/4/2008

  Dahlgren Library’s Spring 2008 Workshops Lineup has now been posted

• Milton Brown Receives Inaugural Richard von Matsch Chair
  1/29/2008

  Milton L Brown, associate professor of neurosciences and oncology, was named the inaugural Edwin H Richard and Elisabeth Richard von Matsch Endowed Chair in Experimental Therapeutics on January 17th, 2008.

• Peter Shields Appointed Lombardi Deputy Director
  1/29/2008

  Lombardi Director Louis M. Weiner has appointed Peter G. Shields to the newly created position of Deputy Director Shields, a member of the Cancer Center since 2000.

• fMRI Machine Upgraded
  1/25/2008

  The Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging (CFMI) at Georgetown University Medical Center recently completed a major upgrade to the Siemens Magnetom Trio 3T MRI scanner.

• NHS Hosts Jesuit University Conference
  1/22/2008

  The Department of Health Systems Administration at NHS--under the leadership of department chair Gary Filerman and master's degree candidate Kenneth West (G'09)--hosted a two-day conference to look at ethics and values in health services coursework.

• Fornace Study Graces Cover of Cancer Research
  1/17/2008

  A study led by Lombardi researcher Albert J. Fornace, Jr., is featured on the January 15, 2008 cover of the journal Cancer Research.

• NHS Welcomes Fudan Post-Doc
  1/16/2008

  In January, the Department of International Health at NHS welcomed Weibing Wang, M.B.B.S., Ph.D.*, a lecturer in the Department of Epidemiology at Fudan University in China, as a visiting post-doctoral fellow

• 'Hannah Montana' Visits with Lombardi's Pediatric Patients
  1/16/2008

  Miley Cyrus, the star of Disney's hit TV show "Hannah Montana", visited Lombardi recently.

• Fugh-Berman to Participate in GWU Panel Jan. 24
  1/15/2008

  Adriane Fugh-Berman, associate professor of physiology and biophysics, will participate in a panel hosted by George Washington University.

• Students Return from International Health Semester Abroad
  1/15/2008

  Each year, the Department of International Health at NHS sends seniors abroad for a four-month international health practical experience during the fall semester.

• Lombardi Receives Commission on Cancer Designation
  1/14/2008

  Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center recently earned a “three-year approval with commendation” designation from the Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons.

• GUMC Community Honors Dritschilo's Service as Interim Director
  1/11/2008

  GUMC faculty and staff thanked and honored Tony Dritschilo, for his service as Lombardi interim director.

• Lombardi Clinical Trials Technology Highlighted in caBIG Newsletter
  1/7/2008

  Lombardi's clinical trials management office is highlighted in the latest issue of caBIG™ Links, the newsletter of the cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG).

• Local High School Science Studs Visit Georgetown
  1/5/2008

  A group of talented high school students descended on campus today for the 2008 Greater Washington Area Junior Science and Humanities Symposium.

• Dept. of Biostatistics to Host NCBI Training Sessions
  1/3/2008

  The Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Biomathematics and Department of Computer Science will be jointly hosting the NCBI Field Guide to GenBank and NCBI Molecular Biology Resources in late February.

• Shields Co-Chairs AACR Prevention Meeting Session
  12/18/2007

  Peter Shields co-chaired the Pathway Discovery and Molecular Signals for Cancer Risk session at the 2007 AACR Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Meeting.

• Video and Transcript Now Available for Nov. 26 BGRO Forum
  12/18/2007

  In case you missed the November 26 open forum with Drs. Howard Federoff and Robert Clarke on the future of the BGRO, highlights are now available.

• NHS Celebrates December Nursing Grads
  12/15/2007

  On Saturday, Dec. 15, NHS celebrated the achievement of 85 students who finished their bachelor's and master's degrees in nursing during the fall 2007 semester.

• Inaugural AACR Health Disparities Conference Features Lombardi Faculty
  12/14/2007

  Several Lombardi faculty members were invited speakers or presenters at the inaugural AACR conference on “The Science of Cancer Health Disparities.”

• Filerman Meets With Prime Minister
  12/10/2007

  Gary Filerman, chair of the Department of Health Systems Administration at NHS, recently met with the prime minister of India.

• Georgetown Professors To Head APHA Groups
  12/3/2007

  Two NHS professors took on leadership roles at the recent meeting of the American Public Health Association.

• Lombardi Community Welcomes Weiner at Town Hall Meeting
  12/3/2007

  In the first of what will be a regular series of open meetings for Lombardi faculty and staff, incoming Lombardi Director Louis M. Weiner, MD, outlined his vision and priorities for his first year at the helm.

• Attend Inaugural ‘Humanomics’ Symposium
  11/29/2007

  Join GUMC Executive Vice President Howard Federoff, MD, PhD, on Tuesday, December, 4, 2007, for the first in a new series of grand rounds clinical case conferences.

• Read About the H.O.Y.A. Clinic on GUMC Homepage
  11/27/2007

  Learn about the medical student-run H.O.Y.A. Clinic in the latest GUMC homepage feature.

• FitzGerald Presents at Pharmacogenomics Conference
  11/27/2007

  Kevin FitzGerald, professor at Lombardi, presented the Final Draft Report on Pharmacogenomics at the Fourteenth Meeting of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health and Society (SACGHS).

• NHS Duo Goes to Honduras
  11/19/2007

  In November, two members of the Family Nurse Practitioner Program at Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies traveled to Honduras to provide health care services.

• Shields Testifies Before DC Council
  11/9/2007

  On Friday, November 9, Peter Shields estified before the Council of the District of Columbia in support of an act permitting only fire-safe cigarettes to be sold in the District.

• Georgetown Launches Fertility Project with USAID
  11/8/2007

  The Institute of Reproductive Health (IRH) at Georgetown is launching a five-year, $38 million project supported by USAID.

• Center for Child and Human Development Partners with East China Normal University
  11/8/2007

  The Center for Child and Human Development announced a partnership with East China Normal University to promote international cooperation in the areas of early childhood education and children with disabilities.

• Students, Faculty Present at APHA Meeting
  11/7/2007

  Georgetown was well-represented at this week’s American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting & Exposition in Washington, DC.

• GUMC Superstars Featured on READ Posters
  11/2/2007

  A lively crowd of students, staff and faculty gathered in Dahlgren Library on Wednesday, October 31, to celebrate the unveiling of the 2007 READ posters.

• South African Colleagues Visit NHS
  11/1/2007

  This fall, two South African visitors have traveled to Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies for a three-week stay.

• Attend the Next President's Council on Bioethics Meeting
  11/1/2007

  On Thursday, November 8 and Friday, November 9, The President’s Council on Bioethics will hold a meeting addressing two main topics: the healing professions and the ethical foundations of health care.

• New Partnership Awarded $4.5 Million
  10/31/2007

  The U.S. Department of Education recently awarded Georgetown University a $4.5 million grant to support a major childhood education partnership.

• GUMC Representatives Help Kick Off New Local Initiative
  10/29/2007

  On October 24, the Washington Regional Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (WRICTS) held an event at the John A. Wilson Building in downtown Washington, D.C. to publicly recognize the consortium for the first time.

• Georgetown Leads Major Effort to Combat Disparities in D.C. Stroke Care
  10/24/2007

  More than three quarters of adults living in the District of Columbia have at least one risk factor for stroke, but those who are poor do not receive the same level of care as their wealthier counterparts.

• Child Health Psychologists Need To Promote Adult Disease Prevention
  10/24/2007

  Psychologists with expertise in children’s health and behavior should be taking more of a lead role in helping young people develop good lifestyle habits early on and preventing health problems from occurring, says a GUMC researcher.

• Celebrate National Medical Librarians Month at Dahlgren!
  10/23/2007

  The Dahlgren Library will host a series of events in celebration of the National Medical Librarians Month starting on Wednesday, October 24.

• Anti-Harassment Training Program Online
  10/22/2007

  Georgetown’s university-wide anti-harassment training program, “Promoting a Respectful Campus Community” will be available to faculty at the Medical Center on October 29.

• CTC to Host Fall Conference Oct. 25
  10/22/2007

  On Thursday October 25, GUMC's Center for Trauma and the Community and the Department of Psychiatry, will hold their fall conference addressing topics on stress, trauma and health.

• Peshkin Guest Edits Special Issue of Breast Disease
  10/18/2007

  Beth Peshkin, senior genetic counselor at Lombardi, guest edited a special issue of the journal Breast Disease focused on

• Georgetown Names New Director of Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
  10/16/2007

  Georgetown University Medical Center and Georgetown University Hospital announced today the appointment of Louis M. Weiner, MD, as director of the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown.

• Federoff Speaks on 'The Future of Georgetown Medicine'
  10/15/2007

  GUMC EVP Howard Federoff returned to the podium this afternoon as host of the first open forum of the semester.

• Shad Receives Prestigious Alumni Award
  10/10/2007

  Beloved by her patients and respected by her colleagues, Aziza Shad received the Penn State Alumni Fellow Award on September 28, 2007.

• HIV/AIDS Project Receives Supplemental Funding
  10/10/2007

  A federally funded Georgetown University project to build HIV/AIDS nursing workforce capacity in Africa has recently received $300,000 in supplemental funding from the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

• Scholarly Communication and the Web: Creation and Collaboration
  10/5/2007

  The Georgetown University Libraries Scholarly Communication Team will present its fifth Scholarly Communication Symposium on Wednesday, October 17.

• Georgetown International Health Expert Awarded $3 Million Federal Grant
  10/5/2007

  Frank Y. Wong, associate professor in the Department of International Health at Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies, recently received a $3 million R01.

• Georgetown, IOM Co-Host Event On Aging
  10/4/2007

  The Department of Health Systems Administration at NHS and the Institute of Medicine co-hosted a recent event entitled,

• Lombardi and CBCC Sponsor VIP Reception at ACS Cancer Action Network Annual Meeting
  10/3/2007

  Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy and Washington, DC Council members Vincent Gray and David Catania were honored at the ACS Cancer Action Network (CAN) Annual Leadership Meeting on September 25th.

• Mark Your Calendars: Medical Education Grand Rounds
  10/2/2007

  On Monday, November 5, Dr. David Irby will speak on Longitudinal Clerkships during Medical Education Grand Rounds.

• New USAID Grant Helps Georgetown Meet Unmet Family Planning Needs Worldwide
  10/2/2007

  Building upon two decades of developing highly effective, easy-to-use fertility awareness-based methods of family planning and introducing them worldwide, the Institute for Reproductive Health (IRH) at GUMC has been awarded a $38 million grant from USAID.

• All May 2007 Nursing Grads Pass National Exam On First Attempt
  10/2/2007

  One hundred percent of the nursing undergraduate alumni who finished their Georgetown degrees in May 2007 passed the national exam on their first attempt.

• CSD to Host Annual Fall Symposium Oct. 18
  10/1/2007

  On Thursday, October 18, GUMC’s Center for the Study of Sex Differences (CSD), MedStar Research Institute, and Washington Hospital Center will host a symposium exploring sex differences in cardiovascular disease.

• Ullman: Music and Language are Processed by the Same Brain Systems
  9/28/2007

  Researchers have long debated whether or not language and music depend on common processes in the mind.

• Read September's Under the Cupola
  9/25/2007

  The September 2007 edition of the Under the Cupola, the Georgetown Univiersity School of Medicine student newsletter, is now available.

• Levine Participates in Capitol Hill Panel
  9/24/2007

  Betty Levine, head of the Division of eHealth and Telemedicine at the ISIS Center, participated in a panel discussion on Capitol Hill last week.

• Hyundai Brings Hope on Wheels to Lombardi
  9/19/2007

  For the fourth year in a row, Hyundai brought its special Santa Fe to Lombardi to be decorated with the colorful handprints of pediatric cancer patients.

• New Issue of Health Care Horizons Available
  9/17/2007

  The fall 2007 issue of Health Care Horizons, the magazine of Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS), has arrived.

• Schlegel Keynotes NIH/Cambridge/Oxford Scholars 2007 Induction
  9/17/2007

  Richard Schlegel, presented the keynote lecture at the induction of the class of 2007 NIH/Cambridge/Oxford Scholars.

• Drescher To Keynote NHS Lecture
  9/13/2007

  On Tuesday, Sept. 25, the School of Nursing & Health Studies is hosting Emmy-nominated actress Fran Drescher, who will keynote the school's annual McAuley Lecture.

• New Clues to Breast Cancer Development in High-Risk Women
  9/13/2007

  Lombardi researchers have shed light on the mechanism that makes ovary removal protective against tumor development in the population of women with the BRCA1 gene.

• Attend Upcoming Fall Wellness Programs
  9/10/2007

  As we enter into the full swing of the semester, don't forget to check out the Fall 2007 wellness programs offered by the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FSAP).

• NHS Student Abstract Selected for APHA Conference
  9/7/2007

  Several undergraduates from the School of Nursing & Health Studies will present a poster on their HIV research at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA).

• GUH/Lombardi Offers Free Prostate Cancer Screening
  9/6/2007

  Did you know that Washington, D.C., has the highest incidence of prostate cancer in the country, or that 51% of men diagnosed with prostate cancer will die from the disease?

• Learn 'The Science of Scent' at Upcoming Workshop
  9/4/2007

  Have you ever wanted to learn more about the science behind why some things smell the way they do?

• HHS Secretary To Keynote NHS, PMC Event
  9/4/2007

  Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will keynote a September conference hosted by the School of Nursing & Health Studies and the Personalized Medicine Coalition.

• Ancient Probiotic Drink to be Tested in Young Children Receiving Antibiotics
  9/1/2007

  Infections are pretty common in young children, and so is use of antibiotic treatment.

• NHS Welcomes Newest Class
  8/28/2007

  The School of Nursing & Health Studies welcomed members of the Class of 2011 at a reception in Copley Formal Lounge on Saturday, Aug. 25, as part of New Student Orientation on the Hilltop.

• No More Cold, Hard Mammograms
  8/28/2007

  One of the primary reasons women cite for avoiding their yearly mammograms is the discomfort that comes along with it.

• Sigma Xi Accepts NHS Student Poster
  8/23/2007

  Allison Boyd will be presenting a research poster on HIV/AIDS at the 2007 Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference.

• Dense Breasts, Hormone Levels Are Two Separate, Independent Risk Factors For Breast Cancer
  8/21/2007

  The density of a woman’s breast tissue and her level of sex hormones are two strong and independent risk factors for breast cancer, according to a team of researchers from Harvard and Georgetown universities.

• Sign Up Now for Mini-Med School!
  8/16/2007

  The Fall 2007 Mini-Medical School Program is set to begin September 18, 2007.

• GEMS Students Discover Washington’s Rich African-American History
  8/10/2007

  What better way to inspire future physicians than by introducing them to the rich cultural heritage of a community they may someday care for?

• New Cause of Tamoxifen Resistance in Breast Cancer Cells Discovered at Lombardi
  8/9/2007

  When a woman receives a breast cancer diagnosis her entire life may change in the blink of an eye.

• $4.5 Million Gift Establishes New Chair, Professorship at GUMC
  8/8/2007

  GUMC announced today a generous gift from Elisabeth Richard von Matsch and the Richard family to support clinical and translational research in drug discovery, research and development.

• For the First Time, Patterns of Excitation Waves Found in Brain’s Visual Processing Center
  8/2/2007

  Jian-young Wu and colleagues discovered that visual information in the brain is processed differently than previously thought.

• Wellness Meditations Available Online
  8/2/2007

  As part of the series of Wellness Presentations, mediation workshops are now available online.

• Support Lymphoma Research From the Seat of Your Bike
  8/1/2007

  On September 30, survivors, caregivers, individuals, and community and corporate teams will ride for the thousands of patients and caregivers whose lives are affected by lymphoma in the inaugural Lymphoma Research Ride.

• GUH Ranks Well in U.S. News Hopsital Rankings
  7/30/2007

  U.S. News & World Report released its annual hospital rankings last week and Georgetown University Hospital once again made the cut.

• Accuracy Of Thyroid Hormone Testing Improved With State-Of-The-Art Test
  7/26/2007

  Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have developed a fast and accurate way to measure a major hormone released by the thyroid gland.

• Lombardi Pediatric Patients Receive New Harry Potter Book
  7/24/2007

  At 9 a.m.on Saturday, July 21, a hush did not descend over the crowd as the important moment neared.

• First Patient Treated With GUH's New CyberKnife
  7/24/2007

  79-year-old John Fratangelo of Rockville, Maryland and an employee of Georgetown University has become the first patient to be treated on the newly installed second CyberKnife at Georgetown University Hospital.

• NHS Professor Speaks To Ukrainian Visitors
  7/23/2007

  Robert Friedland, associate professor in the Department of Health Systems Administration at NHS, addressed a group from Ukraine on Monday, July 23.

• HSC Pediatric Center Uses NHS Simulation Center
  7/20/2007

  On July 18, 10 staff members from the HSC Pediatric Center in Washington, D.C., visited NHS to hone their pediatric clinical skills within the school's O'Neill Family Foundation Clinical Simulation Center.

• Federoff to Give Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Lecture at Georgetown Club
  7/14/2007

  The Georgetown Club of Metropolitan Washington, DC invites you to a luncheon lecture featuring Georgetown's newly appointed Executive VP for Health Sciences, Dr. Howard Federoff entitled

• Research Finds Faster Grammar Skills in Children with Tourette’s
  7/13/2007

  Neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center and the Kennedy Krieger Institute have found that children with Tourette's syndrome are much quicker at processing certain mental grammar skills than are children without the disorder

• National Cancer Institute All-Ireland Postdoctoral Fellows visit Lombardi
  7/13/2007

  The NCI All-Ireland fellows visited Lombardi to learn more about arts & humanities program at Lombardi

• The Summer Issue of Lombardi Magazine has Arrived
  7/13/2007

  The new issue of Lombardi Magazine has been released and features the new clinical service offered by Dr. Priscilla Furth.

• Congressman Visits Pathways Program
  7/12/2007

  Students from the NHS Pathways to Success program met with a special guest from Capitol Hill.

• Scleroderma Outlook Improves as Survival Increases
  7/10/2007

  Individuals with scleroderma are living significantly longer today, compared with 30 years ago, and the physicians who treat this rare disease of connective tissue hope the newer drugs now on the market may extend lives even further.

• Latest WHO Handbook Presents Family Planning Options For Women Around the World
  7/10/2007

  The recently released Family Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers includes a chapter on fertility-awareness based methods of family planning highlighting the Standard Days Method and the TwoDay Method, two methods developed at the GUMC

• Hilakivi-Clarke Named Editor-in-Chief of New Journal
  7/9/2007

  Leena Hilakivi-Clarke, Ph.D., professor of oncology at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center, has been named Editor-in-Chief of the new open access journal Endocrine Carcinogenesis.

• Susan G. Komen For the Cure Awards $2 Million to Insoo Bae
  7/5/2007

  Insoo Bae, assistant Professor of Oncology at the Lombardi Cancer Center, recently received $2 million from the Susan G. Komen Foundation to study the links between environmental factors and breast cancer.

• Zukowska Leads Nature Medicine Study on Fat Manipulation
  7/2/2007

  In what they call a “stunning research advance,” investigators at GUMC have been able to use simple, non-toxic chemical injections to add and remove fat in targeted areas on the bodies of laboratory animals.

• Meditations Offered All Summer as Part of Wellness Program
  7/2/2007

  Wellness Counselor Susan Johnston will be offering meditations as part of the GU Wellness Program.

• Wrathall Receives PVA Funding for Research Project
  6/28/2007

  The Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) Research Foundation presented Jean Wrathall, professor in the Department of Neuroscience, with a check for the funding of one of her research projects.

• Tractenberg Named Editor of New Online Journal
  6/27/2007

  Rochelle Tractenberg, assistant professor in the department of neurology, has been appointed editor of science and technology for a new online journal.

• NHS Students, Faculty Stay Busy This Summer
  6/26/2007

  This summer, NHS students and faculty are traveling the world to participate in diverse research and teaching projects.

• Submit Proposals to CReFF Program
  6/26/2007

  GUMC rolled out the GCRC CReFF program to the research community this week.

• NHS Alumnus Featured on Doritos Bags
  6/25/2007

  David Fajgenbaum finds his face on 20 million bags of Cool Ranch Doritos.

• Tsou Delivers 2007 Sol Katz Lecture
  6/22/2007

  On June 7, Edward Tsou, M.D., F.C.C.P., associate professor of medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, delivered the 2007 Sol Katz Lecture during Medical Grand Rounds.

• In 'Spontaneous' Liver Cancer, Researcher Sees a Cure
  6/19/2007

  Researchers at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University have uncovered a new molecular mechanism that may

• Medical Standards in 21 States Based On Local Rule, Not National Standards
  6/19/2007

  Although most patients don’t know it, 21 U.S. states follow some form of an 1880 ruling that says the standard of care physicians must meet by law depends on where the doctor practices, even if, in some cases, it is a small town with only two doctors.

• Runners: Let Thirst Be Your Guide
  6/15/2007

  Experts advise endurance exercisers to rely on thirst as a way to limit excess use of water.

• Farewell to Dr. Papadopoulos
  6/15/2007

  Dr. Vassili Papadopoulos gives a farewell address to a crowd of friends, colleagues, and well-wishers at a good-bye party Thursday. Best of luck to the Papdopouloses, who are leaving Georgetown for McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

• Keltner Joins RIF Advisory Council
  6/12/2007

  On Tuesday, June 12, NHS Dean Bette Keltner attended the launch of the Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) Multicultural Literacy Campaign at the National Press Club.

• High School Students Travel
  6/8/2007

  Nearly 40 high school students will travel to Georgetown University this summer to participate in the Pathways to Success program—supported by founding sponsor The Goldman Sachs Foundation.

• For First Time, Cochlear Implant Restores Hearing To Patient With Rare Genetic Disorder
  6/7/2007

  Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have, for the first time, used a “bionic” ear to restore hearing in a patient with von Hippel-Lindau disease.

• Georgetown Receives $7 Million in Federal Funding for Clinical Research
  6/7/2007

  GUMC announced today that it had received $6.95 million from the NIH NCRR to fund its General Clinical Research Center in partnership with MRI.

• Largest Synthetic Gene Ever Built Offers Insights into Anti-Malarial Drug Resistance
  6/6/2007

  Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center say they are moving closer to understanding why the most lethal form of human malaria has become resistant to drug treatment in the past three decades.

• Furth Launches Fitness Effect Clinic
  6/5/2007

  A new clinic at Lombardi is offering breast cancer survivors a fresh perspective on life.

• NHS Professor To Speak On Long-Term Care
  6/4/2007

  Robert Friedland, associate professor in the Department of Health Systems Administration at NHS, will speak Monday, June 11, at a forum on financing long-term care.

• Sheila Cohen Zimmet Named Associate Vice President for Regulatory Affairs
  6/4/2007

  GUMC EVP Howard Federoff recently announced the appointment of Sheila Cohen Zimmet as associate vice president for Regulatory Affairs.

• Scholars Address HIV/AIDS
  5/31/2007

  Ralph DiClemente and Gina Wingood—both public health experts from Emory University—spoke in Riggs Library on Wednesday, May 30.

• Fill Out a Faculty Survey and Win a Starbucks Gift Card!
  5/29/2007

  The GUMC Faculty Development Committee and Georgetown Women in Medicine need YOUR help to plan programs and speakers that will draw the greatest interest.

• Georgetown Kicks off Drug Discovery Partnership with Virginia Tech
  5/24/2007

  Georgetown University Medical Center and Virginia Tech kick off a new partnership today which will leverage each institution’s strengths in order to develop new disease-fighting drugs.

• Read May's Under the Cupola
  5/22/2007

  The April edition of the Under the Cupola, the Georgetown Univiersity School of Medicine student newsletter, is now available.