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He Almost Dropped Out of College. Now, This Medical Student Advocates for Health Equity and Mental Health
While the path to medical school is never guaranteed, for Dylan Hughes (M’28), getting to this point would have been unthinkable before.
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Georgetown’s Global Health Institute Joins Pope Francis’ Initiative to Care for Children’s Health
Georgetown’s Global Health Institute is joining a new initiative led by Pope Francis that will create a worldwide network to provide medical care to children and support health care workers in the field.
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For This Medical Student, Her Cancer Research Is for Her Little Sister
Ritu Amarnani (M’27), a second-year medical student, spent this summer researching cancer care at Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. She turned her career focus toward medicine after her younger sister’s cancer diagnosis and death.
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Strengthening Global Regulatory Capacity for Equitable Access to Vaccines in Public Health Emergencies
Three high-impact steps could be taken by global health leaders to reshape the global regulatory framework and help address the pressing need for equitable access to diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines during public health emergencies, say a Georgetown global health law expert and a medical student.
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Georgetown Hires Norman Beauchamp as New Executive Vice President of Health Sciences
Georgetown has selected Dr. Norman J. Beauchamp, a higher education leader in health sciences, a clinical researcher and a radiologist who has advanced the treatment of stroke, as the new executive vice president for health sciences at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) and executive dean of Georgetown University School of Medicine.
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Trimming Heart Disease Risk, One Haircut at a Time
An award-winning policy proposal from Georgetown School of Medicine students explores the role of barbershops in improving heart health in DC.
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Patients Benefit From Attending to Spirituality in Health Care, Says Georgetown University Bioethics Expert
In a Perspective piece titled “Physicians, Spirituality, and Compassionate Patient Care” in the March 21, 2024 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, Daniel P. Sulmasy, MD, PhD, André Hellegers Professor of Biomedical Ethics and director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University, argues for the clinical and ethical importance of attending to spiritual well-being in the healing process.
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Undergraduates and Medical Students Learn Cura Personalis Through the Medical Humanities
For the past three years, Georgetown undergraduates and medical students have immersed themselves in the emerging interdisciplinary field of medical humanities, which seeks to expand the hard sciences approach to the study of science and medicine to include social and historical context.
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The Neuroscience of Love: What’s Going on in the Lovestruck Brain?
Love may not be a choice. It may just be your brain on autopilot intoxicated by the love potion, according to Tom Sherman, a neuroendocrinologist and professor in the School of Medicine who studies the endocrine system and how hormones shape human physiology and behavior.
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‘Find Your Yes’: Five Alumnae in Medicine Share Their Stories and Advice
Five women who became friends as medical students at Georgetown collaborated on a new book that is a comprehensive, practical guide for aspiring women physicians.
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