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GUMC and GULC Form Health Justice Alliance

By Marina Pitofsky December 2, 2016

The Georgetown University Medical Center and the Georgetown University Law Center launched the Health Justice Alliance, an educational and training partnership, to increase access to medical care and...

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Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) passed a package of legislation targeting tobacco use in the District this week.

GUMC Report Finds Cigarette Packaging Linked to Mortality

By Marina Pitofsky November 18, 2016

The use of graphic anti-smoking labels could drastically reduce the smoking mortality rate over the coming decades, according to a Georgetown University Medical Center study published Nov. 3 in the...

GUMC Studies Cancer Treatment

By Matthew Larson November 15, 2016

Inflammation can slow the early development of cancers in a protein-producing gene, said Georgetown University Medical Center researchers and alumni who took part in a five-year study published Nov....

MedStar Safety Ranks Low

By Jeff Cirillo November 8, 2016

Although MedStar Georgetown University Hospital received a rating of C in hospital safety, it is still safer than all but one of the six other Washington, D.C. hospitals, according to a report released...

Professor Joins Academy

By May Teng November 1, 2016

Andrew Bazemore, an adjunct professor of family medicine at the Georgetown University Medical Center, was appointed to a National Academy of Medicine lifetime membership Oct. 17. The independent nonprofit...

GUMC Women Reach Milestone 100 Professors

By May Teng October 14, 2016

The Georgetown University Medical Center’s School of Medicine promoted over 100 women to the status of full professors, fulfilling a goal established last year by the faculty-run organization Georgetown...

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President of the American Public Health Association Camara Jones discussed racism in health care.

Health Disparities Examined

By Olivia Chiu October 7, 2016

To ensure health equity, there needs to be a united response to the prevalence of racism in health care, according to President of the American Public Health Association Camara Jones at a talk at the...

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A GUMC bathroom was vandalized with racially and religiously charged graffiti, an incident which is being investigated by GUPD.

Racist GUMC Vandalism Investigated

By Hashwinder Singh October 4, 2016

The defacement of a bathroom wall with racially charged messages — including the letters “KKK” and a swastika — in a Georgetown University Medical Center building is being investigated as a hate...

Georgetown Receives NIH Grant to Continue Working to Find Cure for HIV/AIDS

By Tala al Rajjal July 26, 2016

Georgetown is among 18 institutions awarded a $28 million grant from the National Institute of Health for the BELIEVE project, an effort led by researchers from The George Washington University to discover...

GUMC Study Links Cigarette Packaging to Brain Stimuli

By Marina Pitofsky March 1, 2016

Georgetown University Medical Center researchers found that viewing graphic anti-smoking warning labels on cigarette packages stimulates activity in brain areas linked to emotion, decision-making and...

GUMC Researchers Discover Potential Anti-Cancer Drugs

By Ellen Baker February 26, 2016

Georgetown University Medical Center researchers introduced a possible anti-cancer therapy in the form of two drugs sourced from the plant hormone strigolactone in a study published Feb. 16. The two...

GUMC Professor Studies HIV-Positive Communities

By Gaia Mattiace February 19, 2016

The National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities recently awarded Michael Plankey, associate professor of medicine and an infectious disease epidemiologist at the Georgetown University...

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