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At New Awards Ceremony, IPN Students Celebrate Contributions to Community and Education
Doctoral students in the Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience (IPN) spend years together in classes, lab rotations and thesis research. This year, student leaders came up…
November 5, 2025
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Student Research Day Celebrates 40th Year at Georgetown
The event featured 18 student presenters from six different BGE programs, all vying for a top placement in the oral and poster presentation competitions. Attendees from across…
October 21, 2025
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Eduardo Peñalver Named 49th President of Georgetown University
Eduardo M. Peñalver, J.D., the president of Seattle University, a Rhodes Scholar and former dean of Cornell Law School, will begin his new role as the 49th president of…
October 15, 2025
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Toretsky Named Inaugural Hyundai Hope on Wheels Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oncology
In honor of his dedication to pediatric cancer research, Jeffrey A. Toretsky, MD, professor of oncology at Georgetown University School of Medicine, was formally named the…
September 8, 2025
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New NIH-Funded Study Deepens Understanding of How Some Stroke Patients Can Recover Their Ability To Communicate
A new NIH-funded study led by Georgetown University Medical Center researchers deepens our understanding of the role that the right side of the brain can potentially play in…
September 6, 2025
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Rate of Rare Liver Cancer High Among Russian Nuclear Workers, Particularly Women, Study Finds
A new study of Russian nuclear workers, one of only a few to examine liver cancer in people exposed to radiation in a chronic, low-dose occupational setting, finds higher rates…
August 29, 2025
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Georgetown Study Highlights Opportunities for Liver Cancer Interventions in Thailand
Safer pesticide practices, clean drinking water, and effective community health programs could help reduce liver and bile duct cancer risk in Thailand, according to a new study…
August 29, 2025
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Does Your Brain Respond to What You Are Doing or How You Do It?
New research from Georgetown University provides insight into how the brain is organized around function versus body part, which has important implications for rehabilitation and…
August 20, 2025
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NIH-Funded Study Leads to New Understanding of How Stroke Impacts Reading
“We usually think of reading in our daily lives as a way to gain meaning, but the opposite is also true: We rely on a word’s meanings to help us recognize it when reading,”…
August 14, 2025
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Celebrating a Milestone in Cancer Research
August 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of a paper by now-Georgetown Lombardi member Marc E. Lippman, MD, MACP, FRCP, and his colleague Gail Bolan, MD, that…
August 9, 2025