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• Researchers Pinpoint Brain Area Where People Who Are Blind Recognize Faces Identified by Sound

  Using a specialized device that translates images into sound, Georgetown University Medical Center neuroscientists and colleagues showed that people who are blind recognized basic faces using the part of the brain known as the fusiform face area, a region that is crucial for the processing of faces in sighted people.

  Category: News Releases Tags: brain, facial perception, mind, neuroscience, research

• Georgetown Global Health Center Launches First Open-Access Wildlife Disease Database

  Georgetown University Medical Center’s Center for Global Health Science and Security (GHSS) today announces the launch of a first-of-its-kind wildlife disease database — a system for collecting records of viruses, bacteria, fungi, parasites, etc. — designed to support an early warning system for potential viral emergence.

  Category: News Releases Tags: pandemic preparedness, viral emergence, wildlife disease database

• From One Nightmare to Another. Anthony Fauci’s New Concern

  Writing in Science Translational Medicine, Anthony Fauci, MD, Distinguished University Professor at Georgetown University School of Medicine and the McCourt School of Public Policy, reviews the key lessons learned from COVID-19 to help prepare and respond to the next pandemic, “whenever that occurs.”

  Category: News Releases Tags: pandemic, pandemic preparedness

• Georgetown University School of Medicine 2023 Commencement Speaker: Joan Y. Reede, MD, MS, MPH, MBA

  Georgetown University School of Medicine is honored to welcome Joan Y. Reede, MD, MS, MPH, MBA, as its commencement speaker for the graduating Class of 2023.

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