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Toulmin-Supported Research Wins First Place at Scientific Conference
Yousef Aljohani, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Ken Kellar, PhD, took first place for the postdoc poster presentation at the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics annual meeting in early April in Portland, Oregon.
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Georgetown University Special Master’s Program and School of Medicine Announce Formal Linkage for Admissions Interviews
The Georgetown University Special Master’s Program in Physiology & Biophysics – a one-year intensive M.S. program for aspiring medical students, and the longest-running program of its kind in the United States – has announced a formal linkage with Georgetown University School of Medicine, guaranteeing School of Medicine admissions interviews to SMP students who meet academic benchmarks.
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School of Medicine Students Celebrate Match Day Complete With Specialty-Themed Cake
Graduating medical students anxiously filled the Leavey Center Ballroom on March 21 to learn where their journeys would take them next for residency training. The annual Match Day celebration is a tradition shared by medical students across the country, where they all find out the residency program they have “matched” with at the same time on the same day.
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Honoring Donors Whose Generosity Helped Shape Future Doctors, Graduate Nurses
On March 18, 30 families gathered at Georgetown University’s Dahlgren Chapel for a solemn interfaith celebration and mass honoring loved ones who had contributed to medical education by donating their bodies for anatomical study.
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Health Justice Scholars Present Capstone Research Addressing Gaps in Health Equity
Fourth-year medical students who chose to deepen their understanding of health disparities by enrolling in the Health Justice Scholars longitudinal academic track presented their final research projects during the annual Health Justice Week, a collaboration with the Health Justice Alliance (HJA), a medical-legal partnership between Georgetown’s medical and law centers.
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Match Day 2025: By the Numbers
Match Day at GUSOM is always memorable. Here are some noteworthy facts about this year’s event.
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Success at the End of Adversity: A Match Day Reapplicant Story
In 2023, Sarah Lucas (M’24) didn’t match with a residency program. Now a first-year resident in orthopedic surgery at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Lucas looks back on that Match Week as divine intervention.
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Medical Students Host Healthcare Hackathon with AI
Undergraduate and graduate students and recent graduates from around the country journeyed to Georgetown University for a three-day hackathon competition designed to tackle a set of clinical challenges using artificial intelligence.
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From the Classroom to a Retreat Center, Dr. Fauci Makes the Rounds with Students
Since joining the faculty at Georgetown in July 2023, Anthony S. Fauci, MD, has met and connected with students not just in classrooms and lecture halls but also MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, the Calcagnini Contemplative Center, and even Yates Field House.
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School of Medicine Student Ties for Second Place in Georgetown Entrepreneurs Annual ‘Bark Tank’ Pitch Competition
A student team led by Joyce Wang (M’25) received a $25,000 prize for their pitch for Provision Surgical, which offers intraoperative surgical navigation using augmented reality powered by machine learning to improve orthopedic surgical accuracy, during the Leonsis Family Entrepreneurship Prize “Bark Tank” Pitch Competition.
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