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Health Disparities Research Director Lucile Adams-Campbell Receives 2026 AACI Cancer Health Equity Award

The Association of American Cancer Institutes’ 2026 Cancer Health Equity Award recognizes individuals or groups who demonstrate exceptional leadership in promoting health equity…

July 12, 2026

Alumni
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New Endowed Lectures in Physiology & Biophysics, Microbiology & Immunology Will Bring Experts to BGE Students

Biomedical Graduate Education students will soon have access to two new lectures, named in honor of James Smirniotopoulos and the late Dr. Yasuyuki Sasaguri, thanks to gifts from…

July 10, 2026

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GHUCCTS Data Science Empowers Innovative Research

The Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science (GHUCCTS) empowers researchers with the resources they need to move their ideas from the bench to…

June 29, 2026

Faculty
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Groundbreaking Cancer Researcher Richard Schlegel Moves to Emeritus Role

Work from Schlegel's lab was foundational to the development of the first HPV vaccine - heralded as the first “cancer vaccine” in the world. Schlegel's team developed a technique…

June 26, 2026

Faculty
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BGE’s Evergreen Gap Fund Awardees Advance Cutting-Edge Research

BGE faculty and a student are among the latest recipients of the university's Evergreen Gap Fund awards for innovative research projects - including in a new category of Catalyst…

June 23, 2026

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Georgetown’s New Public Health Operations Center to Track Infectious Disease for 2026 World Cup

Led by microbiology and immunology professor Rebecca Katz, the Health Security Operations Center will track wastewater, air travel, social media and other sources of data to…

June 9, 2026

Alumni
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Georgetown Special Master’s Program Marks Over 50 Years of Transformative Pre-Medical Education and Community

As the Physios of the SMP’s 51st graduating class finish their final exams and dance the night away at their end-of-year “prom,” current students and some of the program's nearly…

June 9, 2026

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Georgetown Researchers Show How Brain Rewires Itself To Enable True Multitasking

New research by Georgetown scientists shows how the brain rewires itself to automate learned tasks. The findings challenge a long-held understanding of how humans master complex…

June 4, 2026

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Georgetown Neighborhood Life Director and Physiology Alumna Gwen Coleman Recognized as ‘Community Builder’

Gwen Coleman (G’21, G’23) earned her master's in Physiology & Biophysics while rising through the ranks at Georgetown's Office of Neighborhood Life (ONL). The Georgetown Faces…

May 28, 2026

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A University Education Offers More Than a Degree, Commencement Speaker Dame Mary Beard Tells BGE Master’s Graduates in Class of 2026

The classicist spoke at Graduate Commencement as BGE's newest M.S. graduates celebrated alongside peers from across the university. She offered the graduates new perspectives on…

May 19, 2026