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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

GUMC Researchers Honored

By Deirdre Collins January 13, 2015

Georgetown University Medical Center researchers Anatoly Dritschilo and Richard Schlegel were named 2014 Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, recognizing their respective work with cancer...

Pilot Study Addresses Past Research Wrongs

By Andrew Wallender November 18, 2014

National Center for Cultural Competence Director Tawara Goode conducted a pilot study earlier this year exploring the impact of "Truth and Reconciliation" community forums on overcoming barriers to racial...

Researchers Publish New Findings on Alzheimer’s

By Sarah Smith November 14, 2014

Georgetown researchers published a study questioning the prevalent theory of Alzheimer’s development in the journal Molecular Neurodegeneration on Oct. 31. The research, led by investigators at the...

GUMC, NIH Abuzz With Potential Malaria Cure

By Ogechi Nwodim March 28, 2014

The National Institutes of Health awarded Paul Roepe, a professor of chemistry at Georgetown, a $4.75 million five-year grant to conduct research in combination therapy to combat drug-resistant strains...

With Med Alums, Blue Angels Again Able to Soar

By Allison Cannella March 25, 2014

After forced spending cuts put the U.S. Navy’s flight demonstration squadron,“The Blue Angels,” on the ground for a year, the Angels have gone airborne once again, with Lieutenant Commander Mark...

Experts Detail Efforts to Save Syrian Children

By Madeleine Thornburn February 21, 2014

Medical experts with firsthand experience treating civilians in Syrian refugee camps discussed the Syrian government’s denial of basic relief aid to those trapped in a country that has been engulfed...

Symposium Sparks Curiosity

By Gene Choi February 14, 2014

Bright-eyed, budding young scientists and researchers got the rare opportunity to present amateur scientific research to a professional audience when Georgetown played host to the Junior Science and Humanities...

Creative Crowdsourcing for GUMC Researchers

By Gene Choi January 24, 2014

In response to federal funding cuts to research across the biomedical field, Georgetown University Medical Center created Partners in Research, a project that helps Georgetown researchers effectively crowdsource...

GUMC Admins Hold Town Hall

By Andrew Wilson October 18, 2013

Georgetown University Medical Center administrators presented updates to faculty members about progress at the medical school and the effects of the government shutdown as well as the 2010 Campus Plan...

Partnership Equips Lombardi Cancer Center to Weather Health System Changes

By Emma Iannini April 16, 2013

As part of its effort to expand collaborative research opportunities, the Georgetown University Medical Center’s Lombardi Cancer Center announced a joint partnership with the John Theurer Cancer Center...

Talk Highlights Potential of Integrative Medicine

By Carly Graf January 27, 2013

Amid the annual winter rush to get flu shots, some students are promoting other forms of medicine and health. Marya Pulaski (COL ’13) was one of several Georgetown students to join the Georgetown...

Medical Center Identifies New Tumor Treatment

By Penny Hung October 2, 2012

Georgetown University Medical Center researchers have identified a therapy for a rare type of lung tumor using a new cell technology that allows scientists to test different treatments on individual patients’...

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