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GUMC News Release Archive

The Georgetown University Medical Center Office of Communications invites members of the media to browse our latest news releases and fact sheets, upcoming events, and faculty experts database. We welcome media inquiries.

Feb 9, 2012	Georgetown Hosts Forum to Discuss Government Request of Journals to Redact Scientific Data
Feb 7, 2012	Georgetown Alzheimer’s Research Director Applauds Funding Announced by Obama Administration
Feb 2, 2012	Men and Women With Few Memory Problems Invited to Take Part in GUMC Study
Jan 30, 2012	Researchers Rewrite Textbook on Location of Brain’s Speech Processing Center
Jan 26, 2012	Georgetown Lombardi Researchers Present New Findings on Head & Neck Cancers
Jan 24, 2012	Georgetown University Medical Center Licenses “Theranostic” for Development
Jan 20, 2012	Georgetown Professor Applauds Decision of Researchers to Temporarily Halt Research on H5N1
Jan 19, 2012	Balancing Scientific Freedom and National Security
Jan 5, 2012	DC Research Institutions Partner on Development of Health Disparities Online Tool
Jan 3, 2012	Bat Brains Parse Sounds for Multitasking
Jan 3, 2012	Georgetown Pharmacologist V. Craig Jordan To Receive 2012 ASPET Goodman & Gilman Award
Dec 19, 2011	Georgetown Researchers Lead Discovery Expected to Significantly Change Biomedical Research
Dec 19, 2011	Acupuncture Reduces Protein Linked to Stress In First of its Kind Animal Study
Dec 14, 2011	Researchers Investigate Link Between Autoimmune Diseases and Wounds That Don’t Heal
Dec 8, 2011	Potential Breast Cancer Prevention Agent Found to Lower Levels of “Good” Cholesterol Over Time
Dec 8, 2011	Georgetown Trauma Expert Available to Comment on Dec. 8, 2011 Virginia Tech Shooting
Dec 6, 2011	Researchers Discover Patterns of Genes Associated with Timing of Breast Cancer Recurrences
Nov 19, 2011	Fighting a Smarter War Against Cancer
Nov 14, 2011	Improved Memory Efficiency Seen After Aerobic Exercise In Fibromyalgia Patients
Nov 14, 2011	Skilled Readers Rely on Their Brain’s “Visual Dictionary” to Recognize Words
Nov 14, 2011	Alzheimer’s Vaccine Triggers Brain Inflammation When Brain Amyloid Burden is High
Nov 11, 2011	Study Helps Eliminate Causes for Joint Pain Linked to Commonly Used Breast Cancer Drugs
Nov 5, 2011	Researchers Investigate Link Between Autoimmune Diseases and Wounds That Don’t Heal
Oct 28, 2011	Fighting a Smarter War Against Cancer
Oct 28, 2011	Georgetown Lombardi Gala 2011
Oct 27, 2011	Georgetown Researchers Examine 21-Year Series of Nipple Sparing Mastectomy Cases and Find No Cancers
Oct 26, 2011	FDA Awards Georgetown University a Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science & Innovation
Oct 25, 2011	Scrub Your Melon! That’s the Advice from a Georgetown Food Safety Expert
Oct 21, 2011	Physician Available to Comment on Pending CDC Recommendation on HPV Vaccination for Males
Oct 18, 2011	For Some Kids, Fears Aren’t Reserved for Halloween
Oct 17, 2011	Jamie S. Padmore Appointed as Associate Dean at GUMC and VP at MedStar Health
Oct 11, 2011	Capital Breast Care Center Celebrates the Gift of Life
Sep 30, 2011	HHS Secretary Sebelius, Cancer Survivors to Recognize Lifesaving Cancer Screening Program
Sep 28, 2011	Researchers Call For Release of All Clinical Research Results, Positive or Negative
Sep 23, 2011	Georgetown Expert Warns Against Eating Mushrooms in the Wild
Sep 20, 2011	Long-Term Effectiveness of New Family Planning Method Shown in Study
Sep 20, 2011	Georgetown Professor Receives Top Honor for Excellence in Hypertension Research
Sep 19, 2011	Shark Compound Proves Potential as Drug to Treat Human Viruses, says GUMC Researcher
Sep 13, 2011	Georgetown, Howard Joint Research Center Names Community Advisory Board
Sep 12, 2011	Heavy Rains Could Result in a Flood of People at Doctors’ Offices
Sep 10, 2011	Georgetown Professor Named to Federal Council on Health Equity
Sep 1, 2011	GUMC Rheumatologist Comments On Sjogren’s Syndrome; Venus Williams Announces Diagnosis
Aug 18, 2011	Mutant Gene Identified that Causes Abnormal Chromosome Count, Leading to Cancer
Aug 18, 2011	Capital Breast Care Center Expands Services for Underserved Women, Receives $200,000 Gift
Aug 12, 2011	Higher estrogen production in the breast could confer greater cancer risk than thought
Aug 12, 2011	Georgetown Psychologist: Sept. 11th Anniversary Triggers Two Common Emotional Reactions
Aug 1, 2011	Doctors: Colon Cleansing Has No Benefit But Many Side Effects Including Vomiting and Death
Jul 22, 2011	Study: Doctors Differ in How Best to Care for America’s 12 Million Cancer Survivors
Jul 21, 2011	Dolphins’ “Remarkable” Recovery from Injury Offers Important Insights for Human Healing
Jul 20, 2011	“E-Cigarette or Drug Delivery Device?”
Jul 7, 2011	Georgetown Lombardi Experts Underscore Importance of Colorectal Cancer Screenings
Jul 1, 2011	Hyundai “Hope on Wheels,” DC-Area Hyundai Dealers Give $50k Grant to Georgetown Lombardi
Jun 30, 2011	Researchers Identify Key Reasons Racial Disparities Exist in Emergent Stroke Treatment
Jun 29, 2011	Landmark Lung Cancer Screening Study Published
Jun 22, 2011	Roadmap Published for Dynamic Mapping of Estrogen Signaling in Breast Cancer
Jun 22, 2011	Researchers Identify Components of Speech Recognition Pathway in Humans
Jun 6, 2011	Many of Those Living with HIV Face A New Life-Threatening Challenge: Cancer
Jun 6, 2011	Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Capital Breast Care Center Receive One of Nine AVON Grants
Jun 6, 2011	New Online Dissector Helps Students Master Gross Anatomy
Jun 6, 2011	East Meets West: Integrating Traditional Western Medicine with Evidence-Based Alternatives
May 31, 2011	Georgetown Lombardi’s Rosen Receives $600,000 to Investigate New Breast Cancer Treatment
May 31, 2011	GUMC Neurosurgeons Pen Book on Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
May 27, 2011	PharmedOut Asks “Who’s Managing Medical Knowledge?”
May 23, 2011	Georgetown’s Howard Federoff Joins Top Neuroscientists in Charting 10-Year Research Agenda
May 20, 2011	Georgetown University’s School of Nursing & Health Studies Announces Commencement Speaker, Honorary Degree Recipient
May 19, 2011	Georgetown University School of Medicine Announces Commencement Speaker, Honorary Degree Recipient
May 18, 2011	Blood Test Confirmed to be “Powerful Predictor” Following Largest Analysis to Date
May 18, 2011	New Treatment Regimen Shows Clinical Benefit in Advanced Colon Cancer
May 15, 2011	MEDIA ADVISORY: Georgetown University Celebrates $87 Million Gift
May 11, 2011	Georgetown Expert Featured in HBO Documentary
May 6, 2011	Attention Calendar Editors: 'Music for the Mind'--To Support Neurologic Disease Research
May 5, 2011	Majority of African-Americans Report Calling a Friend, Not 911, When Facing the Symptoms of a Stroke
Apr 29, 2011	Investigational Agent Shows Promise in Reducing Spread of Prostate Cancer
Apr 27, 2011	Media Advisory: Capital Breast Care Centers Hosts 'Prelude to a Royal Wedding'
Apr 22, 2011	GUMC Environmental Health Expert Comments on Call for Tighter Regulations of Chemicals
Apr 18, 2011	Study: Parents Likely to Embrace Predictive Genetic Testing for Their Children if Offered
Apr 17, 2011	Georgetown’s Dan Merenstein Receives Fulbright Award
Apr 15, 2011	Undergraduate wins first place in KaiserEDU.org essay contest
Apr 13, 2011	MEDIA ADVISORY: George Squared Signing Ceremony
Apr 11, 2011	Doctors Speak Out: Translational Medicine
Apr 6, 2011	Researchers Use Novel Methods to Identify How Cigarette Smoke Affects Smokers
Apr 5, 2011	Georgetown University Medical Center Receives More than $28 Million in Grants From ARRA
Apr 5, 2011	Protein Found to Be the Link Missing Between HPV Infection and Cervical Cancer Development
Apr 4, 2011	Resistance to Anti-Estrogen Therapy in Breast Cancer Cells Due to Natural Stress Response
Apr 4, 2011	Social Isolation, Stress-Induced Obesity Increases Breast Cancer Risk in Mice
Apr 4, 2011	Vitamin D Can Decrease - or Increase - Breast Cancer Development and Insulin Resistance
Apr 3, 2011	Every Dollar Counts: Young Career Scientists Dependent on Federal Funding to Establish Research Labs
Mar 31, 2011	Georgetown Lombardi Researcher Says New Cancer Report Offers Some Good News
Mar 31, 2011	Georgetown Expert Comments on WHO Statement that Radiation from Cell Phones Could Cause Cancer
Mar 24, 2011	Survey: Most Family Medicine Residencies Restrict Interactions Between Trainees, Industry
Mar 24, 2011	Stem Cell Therapy for Age-Related Macular Degeneration –A Step Closer to Reality
Mar 24, 2011	FDA Committee Examines Food Color Additives and Impact on Behavior in Children
Mar 21, 2011	Japanese Plant Workers Who Suffer Radiation Sickness Face Immediate Risk of Infection
Mar 19, 2011	Georgetown Expert in Radiation Measurements Comments on Crisis in Japan
Mar 16, 2011	St. Gallen Breast Cancer Award 2011 Bestowed on Georgetown Lombardi’s V. Craig Jordan
Mar 14, 2011	Media Advisory: Radiation Expert Offers Answers to Three Common Questions
Mar 14, 2011	Two Georgetown University Graduate Students Part of US Contingent at Lindau Meeting
Mar 10, 2011	GUMC Regulatory Science & Medicine Program to “Follow the Science” in Decision-Making
Mar 8, 2011	Lombardi’s Peter Shields Elected President of American Society of Preventive Oncology
Mar 7, 2011	Boosting Protein Garbage Disposal In Brain Cells Protects Mice From Alzheimer’s Disease
Mar 2, 2011	Expert on Adverse Drug Reactions/Drug Injury Available to Comment on FDA Action Regarding Unapproved Drugs
Feb 24, 2011	FDA and Georgetown University Medical Center Announce Partnership
Feb 8, 2011	Georgetown University Medical Center Names Cancer Expert as Dean for Research
Feb 7, 2011	Georgetown University Medical Center Announces Spring “Mini-Med School” Schedule
Feb 3, 2011	Unique Clinical Trial Design Accelerates Personalization of Breast Cancer Treatment
Feb 2, 2011	New Clinical Research Study Aims to Prevent Lymphedema in Women Treated for Breast Cancer
Jan 31, 2011	Georgetown Lombardi Researchers Launch First Nationwide Study to Explore “Chemo Brain” In Older Patients
Jan 20, 2011	Georgetown University Medical Center Announces Spring “Mini-Med School” Schedule
Jan 12, 2011	GUMC researcher says tinnitus is much more than a “hearing problem”
Jan 11, 2011	Georgetown University to Launch Dynamic Nursing Degree Program Online
Jan 6, 2011	President Barack Obama Signs Food Modernization Act
Dec 14, 2010	MEDIA ADVISORY: Up Close and Personal With Parkinson’s Disease
Dec 12, 2010	“Grow Your Own Transplant” May be Possible for Men with Type 1 Diabetes
Dec 9, 2010	Early Study Analysis Suggests Exemestane Reduces Breast Density in High Risk Postmenopausal Women
Dec 7, 2010	New Book Helps Kids -and Parents- Kick the Pacifier Habit
Dec 2, 2010	GUMC Invites Men and Women with Memory Problems to Take Part in Study
Dec 2, 2010	iCycleBeads™: New iPhone Application for Planning and Avoiding Pregnancy
Nov 19, 2010	Georgetown University to Host Dr. Mary Wakefield, HRSA Administrator
Nov 14, 2010	Bat Brains Offer Clues As to How We Focus on Some Sounds and Not Others
Nov 14, 2010	fMRI Predicts Outcome to Talk Therapy in Children With an Anxiety Disorder, Say GUMC Researchers
Nov 14, 2010	Mental Introspection Increases as Brain Areas Begin to Act in Sync
Nov 10, 2010	Lombardi Physician Says Warnings Proposed by HHS Are Critical to Preventing and Reducing Cigarette Smoking
Nov 7, 2010	Studying the Metabolome of Smokers, Lombardi Researchers Find Early Signs of Damage
Nov 7, 2010	Scleroderma Dramatically Under-Diagnosed With Commercial Screening Method
Nov 7, 2010	Joint Pain Linked to Breast Cancer Drug Not Inflammatory Arthritis or Autoimmune Disease
Nov 4, 2010	Results of National Study Show Screening Former, Current Smokers with CT Scans Reduces Death from Lung Cancer
Nov 2, 2010	GUMC Associate Dean Honored as Legacy Laureate by Her Alma Mater
Nov 1, 2010	Georgetown University to Host National Hispanic Medical Association Official
Oct 29, 2010	Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development Receives $17 Million Grant To Improve Child and Adolescent Mental Health Care
Oct 28, 2010	Georgetown Researcher Says Cholera Cases and Deaths in Haiti are Likely Higher Than Reported
Oct 28, 2010	Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Marks 40th Anniversary of Its Founding with Gala
Oct 26, 2010	Unique Database of Cancer - Designed to Personalize Treatment - Is Launched
Oct 26, 2010	Lombardi Research: Robotic Radiosurgery Offers Palliative Care for Hilar Lung Tumors
Oct 25, 2010	Improved Outcomes for HPV-positive Head and Neck Cancer With Cetuximab And IMRT
Oct 23, 2010	Lombardi’s Aziza Shad Receives “Relentless For A Cure” Award
Oct 21, 2010	Georgetown University School of Medicine Faculty Member Elected to Institute of Medicine
Oct 21, 2010	GUMC Invites Men and Women with Memory Problems to Take Part in Study
Oct 19, 2010	A Redeeming Role for A Common Virus
Oct 18, 2010	Georgetown University to Host Federal Nursing Science Leader
Oct 16, 2010	$4.37 Million NCI Grant Accelerates Recent Laboratory Finding at Lombardi Into Potential Treatment for Ewing’s Sarcoma
Oct 16, 2010	Gene Linked to ADHD Allows Memory Task to be Interrupted by Brain Regions Tied to Daydreaming
Oct 15, 2010	'Make it go Away!' Conquering Pain with Pain Management
Oct 13, 2010	Trauma Expert from GUMC Available for Media Interviews About Chilean Miners Rescue
Oct 10, 2010	Knowing the Signs of a Stroke is Not Enough
Oct 6, 2010	GUMC Researchers Find the Blind Use Visual Brain Area to Improve Other Senses
Oct 6, 2010	Reviving the FDA: NEJM Perspective
Oct 4, 2010	D.C. Leaders Join Breast Cancer Survivors, Advocates to Commemorate Breast Cancer Awareness Month at ‘Gift of Life’ Breakfast
Oct 1, 2010	For Media: Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center's Breast Cancer Awareness Month Press Kit
Oct 1, 2010	Haramati Receives International Association of Medical Science Educators Master Scholar Award
Oct 1, 2010	Lombardi Study: Vigorous Exercise Appears to Dramatically Cut Breast Cancer Risk in African American Women
Sep 22, 2010	Georgetown Researcher: Targeted Therapy Triggers Complex Mechanism of Resistance
Sep 21, 2010	Vitamin D Protects Against Obesity-induced Endometrial Cancer, GUMC Researchers Say
Sep 18, 2010	GUMC’s Kenneth Tercyak Publishes Book on Psychosocial Aspects of Genomic Advances for Child and Family Health
Sep 13, 2010	Georgetown Professor Named Doctor of the Year by Scleroderma Foundation
Sep 13, 2010	Are We Ready For Personalized Medical Treatment Based on a Patient’s Racial and Ethnic Background?
Sep 13, 2010	Georgetown Doctor on Frontline of Cough Suppressant Use and Abuse Among Adolescents
Sep 13, 2010	FDA Committee Considers Genetically Engineered Salmon for Consumption
Sep 13, 2010	Georgetown University Receives Largest-Ever Gift
Sep 7, 2010	Georgetown University School of Medicine’s Matthew Levy Selected as Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow
Sep 2, 2010	Improved Biomedical Research Framework Policy Needed for New Treatments, Economic Growth, Higher Education and National Security
Aug 24, 2010	Howard J. Federoff Named Co-Editor of Journal Focused on Innovation
Aug 24, 2010	From Farm to Fork: Georgetown University Medical Center Researcher Available to Comment on Salmonella and Food Safety
Aug 24, 2010	Georgetown Bioethicist Available to Comment on Embryonic Stem Cell Ruling
Aug 18, 2010	Georgetown Researcher Warns of Health Disaster of “Epic Proportions” in Pakistan
Aug 15, 2010	Primary Care Doctors Get Little Information about Chronic Sinusitis
Aug 11, 2010	Hyundai Hope on Wheels Gives $50,000 to Lombardi to Fight Pediatric Cancer
Jul 20, 2010	Lombardi Lymphoma Expert Elected Chairman of Lymphoma Research Foundation's Scientific Advisory Board
Jul 14, 2010	Georgetown University Medical Center and Howard University Receive $38.2 Million NIH Grant to Form Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Jul 6, 2010	Researchers Suggest New Paradigm for Breast Cancer Screening
Jun 25, 2010	Imaging reveals how brain fails to tune out phantom sounds of tinnitus, GUMC researcher says
Jun 21, 2010	MEDIA ADVISORY: Pebbles Along the “Path” to Personalized Medicine
Jun 16, 2010	Despite Years of Study, Little is Understood About Alcohol’s Effect on Fetal Development, Georgetown Researchers say
Jun 14, 2010	Founders’ Day Awards Honor Excellence in Service to Teaching, Medicine
Jun 10, 2010	Lombardi’s Offie Soldin Responds to Recommendations About Dietary Salt Reductions
Jun 7, 2010	Consortium Seeks Best Treatment for HIV-positive Cancer Patients
Jun 4, 2010	Lombardi’s V. Craig Jordan Appointed to the Susan G. Komen Scientific Advisory Council
Jun 2, 2010	MEDIA ADVISORY: Georgetown Medical Students Take a ‘Brake’ to Host First Annual Auto Fair this Saturday
May 19, 2010	Study Finds Yogurt-Like Drink DanActive® Reduced Rate of Common Infections in Daycare Children
May 19, 2010	MEDIA ADVISORY: Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS) Commencement to Honor 187 Graduates
May 18, 2010	Statement from Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center on NCI Director-designate Harold Varmus
May 18, 2010	Georgetown University School of Medicine Commencement to Honor 195 Graduates
May 14, 2010	Early Study Results Suggest Investigational Treatment Slows Brain Atrophy in Alzheimer’s Patients
May 13, 2010	Slight Changes in Two Key Genes Appear to Launch Breast Cancer Development
May 10, 2010	Lombardi Researchers Discover New Way to "Rescue" Treatment Sensitivity of Breast Cancer Cells
May 4, 2010	Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Researchers and the Capital Breast Care Center Receive One of Nine Grants Awarded at Eighth Annual Avon Walk for Breast Cancer
May 4, 2010	Statement from Dean for Medical Education, Stephen Ray Mitchell, MD, Georgetown University School of Medicine
May 3, 2010	New Study Examines Innovative Approach to Student Well-Being
Apr 30, 2010	Media Advisory: AVON Continues Support of Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and Capital Breast Care Center (CBCC)
Apr 29, 2010	Georgetown University Students Win KaiserEDU.org Award for Health Policy Essays
Apr 28, 2010	Lombardi’s V. Craig Jordan Inducted to National Academy of Sciences
Apr 21, 2010	Breast Density Change Linked to Cancer Development in WHI Hormone Replacement Study
Apr 21, 2010	One Big Problem With Many Possible Solutions
Apr 21, 2010	Georgetown University to Co-Host Conference on Environment, Health Systems
Apr 20, 2010	In Breasts Considered 'Healthy,' Too Much of One Protein Identifies Abnormal Growth
Apr 20, 2010	Lombardi Research Teams Hone In on Treatments for Osteoscarcoma and Ewing’s Sarcoma
Apr 19, 2010	Breast Cancer Risk Tied to Grandmother's Diet
Apr 19, 2010	Does a Man's Estrogen Level Impact His Risk of Prostate Cancer?
Apr 18, 2010	Routine Breast Cancer Biopsy Might Predict Lymph Node Cancer Spread
Apr 18, 2010	GUMC Awarded Grant to Develop Smoking Cessation Aids Based on Unconventional Theory of Nicotine Addiction
Apr 15, 2010	Drug shared by addicts seems to protect against HIV brain dementia
Apr 15, 2010	Getting the Bead on Conception
Apr 14, 2010	Georgetown University to Host Event on Food Safety
Apr 13, 2010	Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) Presents “Caribbean Nights” to Benefit the Children’s Diabetes Center
Apr 6, 2010	Georgetown University to Host Eighth Annual Undergraduate Research Conference
Mar 30, 2010	Targeted Agent Blocked Growth of Deadly Brain Cancer in Preclinical Studies
Mar 23, 2010	PharmedOut Asks “Should Industry Fund Continuing Medical Education?”
Mar 22, 2010	Lombardi Receives $7.5 Million in Federal Funding to Lead Breast Cancer-focused Center for Cancer Systems Biology
Mar 22, 2010	Lombardi's Ayesha N. Shajahan Wins 2010 AACR-Sanofi-Aventis Scholar-in-Training Award
Mar 19, 2010	GUMC Faculty Member Receives Washington Business Journal’s 2010 Minority Business Leader Award
Mar 18, 2010	Forgetting to Remember: Our Minds Matter Most
Mar 16, 2010	GUMC Researchers Say Female Sex Chromosomes, Not Just Hormones, Help Regulate Blood Pressure
Mar 15, 2010	‘Off with your Hair’: Georgetown Students Brave the Shave to Fight Pediatric Cancer
Mar 15, 2010	Medical Students Will Make Their 'Match' on March 18
Feb 15, 2010	GUMC Researchers Say Flower Power May Reduce Resistance to Breast Cancer Drug Tamoxifen
Feb 9, 2010	Media Advisory: GUMC Experts Offer Commentary on Olympic-related Medical Stories
Feb 5, 2010	GUMC’s Lombardi Hosts Symposium Exploring Future of Cancer Research and Personalized Medicine
Feb 1, 2010	Georgetown University Medical Center Announces Spring “Mini-Med School” Schedule
Jan 28, 2010	Journal Academic Radiology Selects Lombardi Researcher as Recipient of 2010 Herbert M. Stauffer Award for Best Basic Science Paper
Jan 22, 2010	Journal Nutrition Selects Lombardi Research on Cancer-Preventive Effects of Garlic as Most Outstanding Work for 2009
Jan 18, 2010	Georgetown’s Ranit Mishori Responds to Urgent Call for Help from TV Medical Journalist in Haiti
Jan 15, 2010	Hurricane Katrina, 9/11 First-Responder and Community Trauma Expert from GUMC Available for Media Interviews
Jan 8, 2010	Professor Publishes Study on Tobacco Smoke and Learning Disabilities
Jan 6, 2010	Lombardi Researchers Find Investigational Agent Reduces Tumor Resistance to Breast Cancer Therapy
Dec 29, 2009	New Research Could Advance Research Field Critical to Personalized Medicine
Dec 11, 2009	Clinical Trial Advances New Approach to Re-sensitizing Breast Cancer
Dec 7, 2009	National Early Childhood Education Summit to Address Workforce Development
Dec 3, 2009	First Year Medical Students Meet Face-to-Face With Homeless
Nov 19, 2009	Georgetown University Faculty Member Named D.C.'s Top Professor
Nov 16, 2009	For Many Women, Mammography Screening Every Other Year Has Most Benefits of Annual Exams but Less Harm, Conclude Six Independent Research Teams
Nov 11, 2009	On the Road to the Cure: Innovation and Signature Treatments at Georgetown Lombardi
Nov 11, 2009	Physician Bias Might Keep Life-Saving Transplants From Black and Hispanic Patients
Nov 9, 2009	Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Researchers Honored
Nov 5, 2009	The “Lexus” of Cancer Treatment -- One Man’s Inspiring Drive to Survive
Nov 3, 2009	Patients with Early Stage Lung Cancer and Good Lung Function Have Excellent Survival Expectations When Treated with Radical Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Nov 3, 2009	Less Brain Swelling Occurs With Multiple Sessions of Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Common Brain Tumor
Nov 2, 2009	Medical Center Professor Selected As Fellow of American Academy of Nursing
Oct 31, 2009	Personalizing Personalized Medicine By Applying “Patients-Like-Me” Statistics
Oct 27, 2009	Eliminating Cancer Health Disparities: A New Era in Research
Oct 21, 2009	Tailoring Physical Therapy Can Restore a More Functions after Neurological Injury
Oct 21, 2009	Two Brain Structures Key to Emotional Balance Especially in Threatening Situations
Oct 20, 2009	Looking for the Origins of Music in the Brain
Oct 20, 2009	Could Some Forms of Mental Retardation Be Treated with Drugs?
Oct 20, 2009	Could Drugs Used to Treat Mood Disorders, Pain and Epilepsy Cause Psychiatric Disorders Later In Life?
Oct 20, 2009	Treatment for Epilepsy is a Possible Culprit for Development of Schizophrenia
Oct 19, 2009	Understanding The Brain’s Natural Foil For Over-Excited Neurons
Oct 18, 2009	Fine-Tuning Treatments for Depression
Oct 18, 2009	APP – Good, Bad or Both?
Oct 17, 2009	A New Understanding Of Why Seizures Occur With Alcohol Withdrawal
Oct 14, 2009	Gene blamed for immunological disorders shown to protect against breast cancer development
Oct 13, 2009	Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Researcher Inducted into Institute of Medicine
Oct 6, 2009	Washington’s Leading Ladies Join “Gift of Life Breakfast” Supporting the Capital Breast Care Center
Oct 2, 2009	Georgetown University's 'Pathways to Success' Program Secures $1.2 Million Grant
Oct 1, 2009	Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Shultz (D-FL) to Visit the ‘Capital Breast Care Center’ in SE Washington
Sep 30, 2009	Cash for Cures -- Georgetown University Medical Center Researchers Receive Millions in Awards From the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
Sep 29, 2009	Georgetown Breast Cancer Surgeon to Receive National and International Accolades
Sep 29, 2009	Georgetown Establishes New Gastrointestinal Research Center with $6.75 Million Gift
Sep 29, 2009	To Treat, or Not to Treat: That is the Question
Sep 22, 2009	Lombardi’s Head of Minority Health & Disparities Invited Panelist at Congressional Black Caucus Conference
Sep 22, 2009	Historic Gene Therapy Trial to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease Underway at Georgetown
Sep 17, 2009	GUMC Presents 'Doctors Speak Out'
Sep 14, 2009	Blood Test Helps Guide Treatment Decisions and May Impact Quality of Life
Sep 9, 2009	Georgetown Faculty Available for Comment on Obama's Sept. 9 Health Care Reform Address to Congress
Sep 1, 2009	Georgetown Colleagues Redefine Cura Personalis -Caring for the Whole Person- Using Systems Medicine
Aug 7, 2009	Lombardi’s Peter Shields Elected President-Elect of American Society of Preventive Oncology
Aug 3, 2009	Kefir, Although Rich in Probiotics, Didn’t Prevent Diarrhea in Children Using Antibiotics, GUMC Researchers Say
Jul 30, 2009	Antibody Targeting of Glioblastoma Shows Promise in Preclinical Tests, Say Lombardi Researchers
Jul 28, 2009	Lombardi Research: Common Household Pesticides Linked To Childhood Cancer Cases
Jul 19, 2009	NASA Selects Georgetown University Medical Center as Specialized Center of Research to Study Space Radiation Risks
Jul 15, 2009	Hyundai Hope On Wheels Donates $40,000 To The Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center To Fight Childhood Cancer
Jul 13, 2009	Alzheimer’s Disease Drug Treats Traumatic Brain Injury, Report GUMC Researchers
Jul 5, 2009	GUMC Discovery Highlights New Direction For Drug Discovery
Jun 29, 2009	GUMC Study May Help Explain “Awakenings” That Occur With Popular Sleep-Aid Ambien®
Jun 24, 2009	Letter to President Barack Obama from GU School of Medicine Student Body President
Jun 23, 2009	Georgetown University School of Medicine Students Invited to White House for a Special Television Event with President Barack Obama
Jun 12, 2009	Protein Linked to Change in Tissue That Surround and Support Breast Tumors
Jun 12, 2009	Dual Role in Breast Tissue for a Protein Involved in Leukemia
Jun 12, 2009	Georgetown University Medical Center Physicians Named “Most Influential Doctors”
Jun 9, 2009	Protein Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease Doesn’t Act Alone
Jun 8, 2009	A Sacred Celebration: Georgetown School of Medicine Honors Donors
May 28, 2009	Cardiovascular Fitness Not Affected by Cancer Treatment
May 27, 2009	Lombardi Scientist Brings “Dream Team” Breast Cancer Research Effort to Georgetown University Medical Center
May 26, 2009	Scientists Reaching Consensus on How Brain Processes Speech
May 19, 2009	Georgetown Memory Disorders Program Offers Antibody Clinical Trial for Patients with Mild to Moderate Dementia due to Alzheimer’s Disease
May 14, 2009	More Older Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancer Choose Chemotherapy, GUMC Researchers Report
May 14, 2009	Georgetown Research: Mothers Satisfied When They Share Cancer Genetic Test Results with Children
May 14, 2009	Georgetown Doctoral Candidate Receives Fellowship Grant from the National Science Foundation
May 13, 2009	Media Advisory: Renowned Author Laurie Garrett and Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) to Address Graduates at GUMC Commencement Ceremonies
May 12, 2009	A Conversation on Health Care Reform
May 5, 2009	Howard J. Federoff Receives Bernard Sanberg Memorial Award for Brain Repair
May 1, 2009	Media Advisory: Avon Foundation Awards $750,000 to Fund Fight Against Breast Cancer
May 1, 2009	GUMC Physician: Endoscopic Surgery Effectively Relieves Sinusitis Symptoms, According to Large Pooled Study
Apr 29, 2009	Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Capital Breast Care Center Pound the Pavement to Save Lives
Apr 29, 2009	Georgetown’s V. Craig Jordan Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Apr 29, 2009	Brain Processes Written Words as Unique “Objects,” GUMC Neuroscientists Say
Apr 27, 2009	Georgetown University Medical Center Offers Experts on Flu for Press Availability
Apr 22, 2009	GUMC Researchers: Test for Hormones in the Blood Not Reflective of Hormones in Breast Tissue; Breast Cancer Risk
Apr 20, 2009	Cholesterol Appears to Promote Tamoxifen Resistance in Some Breast Cancer Cells, GUMC Researchers Say
Apr 19, 2009	In Large Study, GUMC Researchers Document How p53 Gene Mutations Link to High-Grade Breast Cancer and Poor Outcomes
Apr 14, 2009	American Legacy Foundation and Georgetown University Medical Center Create Research Collaboration
Apr 13, 2009	V. Craig Jordan, Internationally Renowned Breast Cancer Scientist, Joins Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Mar 31, 2009	By Shutting Down Inflammation, Agent Reverses Damage from Spinal Cord Injury in Preclinical Studies
Mar 30, 2009	GUMC Researcher Creates First Interactive Online Continuing Medical Education Course for Physicians on Pharmaceutical Marketing
Mar 23, 2009	Georgetown University to Host Annual, Area Undergraduate Research Conference
Mar 22, 2009	GUMC Researchers Show Adult Human Testes Cells Can Become Embryonic Stem-like, Capable of Treating Disease
Mar 20, 2009	Lombardi Research: Monoclonal Antibodies Primed to Become Potent Immune Weapons against Cancer
Mar 20, 2009	Georgetown Study Suggests Radiosurgery with CyberKnife May Offer Equivalent Outcomes to Surgery For Early-Stage Lung Cancer Patients
Mar 18, 2009	U.S. Cancer Screening Trial Shows No Early Mortality Benefit from Annual Prostate Cancer Screening
Mar 17, 2009	“Match Day” at Georgetown University (GU) School of Medicine:
Mar 15, 2009	Alzheimer’s Disease Therapeutic Prevents Long-term Damage from Traumatic Brain Injury in Preclinical Studies
Mar 3, 2009	Georgetown Researcher: Two or More Drinks a Day May Increase Pancreatic Cancer Risk
Feb 25, 2009	Researchers Capture Wave of Brain Activity Linked to Anticipation
Feb 21, 2009	GUMC Young Scientist Selected Postdoctoral Fellow at NASA-Funded National Space Biomedical Research Institute
Jan 29, 2009	Bringing Easy-To-Use, Effective Natural Family Planning to American Women
Jan 5, 2009	Georgetown University, Perkins+Will to Convene Major Forum on Hospital Design
Dec 18, 2008	U.S.-Afghan Women's Council Moves from State Department to Georgetown University
Dec 17, 2008	GUMC Researchers Find Gene Function “Lost” in Melanoma and Glioblastoma
Dec 9, 2008	Oldest Old “Hanging in the Balance?”
Dec 4, 2008	Holiday Cheer Arrives for Lombardi Cancer Center's Pediatric Patients
Dec 2, 2008	GUMC Hosts Inaugural Baldev R. Bhussry Lecture
Nov 24, 2008	GUMC Physician-Educator Named to Federal Advisory Board on Military Health Issues
Nov 19, 2008	Georgetown University/Georgetown University Medical Center Researchers Presented More than 100 Scientific Abstracts at Neuroscience 2008
Nov 18, 2008	Findings from Black Women’s Health Study and Research about Uninformative Genetic Test Results Among Topics Presented by GUMC Researchers at AACR Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Meeting
Nov 17, 2008	Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Launches ShopforCancerCures.org to Raise Money for Cancer Research
Nov 17, 2008	Non-White Medical Students Reject Therapies Typically Associated with Their Culture While White Students Embrace CAM
Nov 6, 2008	Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Claudine Isaacs Selected As “Top Doc” by Women’s Health Magazine
Oct 30, 2008	“New” Estrogen Receptor Found to be Key Player in Tamoxifen Resistance
Oct 29, 2008	Lombardi Cancer Center Hosts International Symposium on Dance and Healthcare
Oct 27, 2008	Restrictions on Off-Label Marketing and Promotion of Drugs by Pharmaceutical Companies Should be Strengthened, Researchers Say
Oct 27, 2008	GUMC Researchers Hone in on New Strategy to Treat Common Infection
Oct 24, 2008	GUMC Researcher To Receive “Pioneer for Persons with Disabilities Award” from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Oct 23, 2008	Georgetown University Medical Center and Oak Ridge National Laboratory Announce Unique Research Partnership
Oct 23, 2008	Georgetown Diabetes Research Helps its Campus Community First
Oct 17, 2008	Involving Men in Family Planning and Partner Communication about Sex Among Topics to be Presented by GUMC Researchers at World’s Largest Public Health Gathering
Oct 14, 2008	HHS Secretary to Keynote McAuley Lecture at Georgetown University
Oct 13, 2008	Georgetown University Medical Center Researcher Elected to Institute of Medicine
Oct 8, 2008	Significant Racial Differences for Brain Bleeds Suggest Stroke Risk Greater than Previously Thought for Blacks
Oct 6, 2008	Cokie Roberts to Speak at Second Annual Gift of Life Breakfast
Oct 6, 2008	Georgetown Hosts National Cancer Institute Director John Niederhuber
Oct 1, 2008	GUMC Recruits Values Based Health Care Chair
Sep 29, 2008	Georgetown University Medical Center Offers Tips to Reduce the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
Sep 29, 2008	Georgetown University Medical Center’s Memory Disorders Program Offers Clinical Trial With Novel Agent to Halt Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease
Sep 24, 2008	Researchers Identify Novel Mechanism to Reduce Nervous System Inflammation
Sep 22, 2008	Sinusitis Patients Have Pain Similar to the Elderly and People with Arthritis
Sep 22, 2008	Hyundai Donates $40,000 to Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center to Support Survivorship Program
Sep 21, 2008	New Options When An Old Enemy Returns
Sep 21, 2008	Dr. Lucile Adams-Campbell Joins Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Sep 9, 2008	Media Advisory: GUMC Recognizes Foremost Leader in Field of Systems Biology
Sep 9, 2008	Protein found that regulates gene critical to dopamine-releasing brain cells
Sep 5, 2008	One Step Back… Two Steps Forward
Sep 4, 2008	Medical Center Professor Selected as Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing
Aug 28, 2008	John L. Marshall Elected President of the International Society of Gastrointestinal Oncology
Aug 28, 2008	District’s First-Ever Doo Wop Benefit Concert to Attract Hundreds of Local Business, Community Leaders
Aug 3, 2008	Georgetown University Medical Center Names R. Scott Turner, MD, PhD, New Director of the Memory Disorders Program
Jul 29, 2008	Georgetown University Medical Center Collaborates with Indivumed to Develop Cancer Research Database
Jul 18, 2008	2008 International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease: GUMC Experts Available to Comment
Jul 15, 2008	Vitamin A Pushes Breast Cancer to Form Blood Vessel Cells
Jul 10, 2008	Location, Location, Location.
Jul 10, 2008	Focus on Ethics Critical as Scientific Advances are Applied to Ethnicity and Race
Jun 23, 2008	Researchers Discover Paradox About General Anesthesia: It Can Increase Post-Surgical Pain
Jun 12, 2008	Synthetic Cocoa Chemical Slows Growth of Tumors in Human Cell Lines
May 21, 2008	Malignant Brain Tumors: GUMC Experts Available to Comment
May 19, 2008	Georgetown University Medical Center Neurology Professors Available to Comment On Possible Causes of Seizures in Adults
May 15, 2008	Study Suggests Blood Test Can Help Lead To Improved Treatment Outcomes for Breast Cancer Patients
May 12, 2008	Georgetown University Undergraduates to Travel to Argentina for Translational Health Science Internship
May 8, 2008	Avon Foundation Awards $800K To Lombardi’s Capital Breast Care Center
May 7, 2008	Georgetown University Medical Center Receives $3.1 million to Lead Alzheimer’s Research Collaboration
May 4, 2008	Chance of Second Breast Cancer Might Be Greater Than Previously Thought for High-Risk Women Without BRCA1/2 Mutations
May 4, 2008	Shawna Willey, MD, of Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Elected President of the American Society of Breast Surgeons
May 2, 2008	Georgetown University Medical Center Professor Selected for NIH Genetics Institute
Apr 28, 2008	United States to Celebrate National Nurses Week In May
Apr 15, 2008	Georgetown Student Takes 1st Place in Poster Competition at International Cancer Research Meeting
Apr 15, 2008	Space Radiation May Cause Prolonged Cellular Damage to Astronauts
Apr 14, 2008	Georgetown Researchers Find Stem Cell Marker Controls Two Key Cancer Pathways
Apr 13, 2008	In Lab Study, Researchers Find Molecule That Disrupts Ewing’s Sarcoma Oncogene
Apr 13, 2008	Gene Variations, Alcohol, and an Association with Breast Cancer Risk
Apr 12, 2008	Nutrition, Genes and Cancer Symposium Hosted by Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Apr 10, 2008	Georgetown University Medical Center Professor Selected As U.S. Fulbright Senior Specialist
Apr 8, 2008	Evidence Now Suggests Eating Soy Foods in Puberty Protects Against Breast Cancer
Mar 27, 2008	Helping Your Brain Be All That It Can Be: Neuro Research Works to Combine Human Brain Capabilities with Computer Data Crunching Power
Mar 27, 2008	Mary Adedoyin Selected For Prestigious Bouchet Society
Mar 27, 2008	Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Publishes Book for Childhood Cancer Survivors
Mar 27, 2008	Limiting Brain Damage: Researchers, After Discovering Injury to Brain Continues Long After Trauma, Now Racing for Therapies to Curtail Harm
Mar 27, 2008	Family Communication Impacts Attitude About Genetic Counseling/Testing for Breast Cancer
Mar 26, 2008	Georgetown University Medical Center Researcher Receives Award Providing Up To 10 Years of Federal Funding
Mar 24, 2008	“A Massive Reorganization of the Brain”: How One GUMC Researcher is Helping the Blind “See” Through Sound
Mar 18, 2008	PharmedOut to Offer Pharma-free Continuing Education for Doctors
Mar 18, 2008	MEDIA ADVISORY: Georgian President and First Lady’s State Visit to Include Lombardi’s Capital Breast Care Center
Mar 18, 2008	New Regional Partnership Aims to Strengthen Local Health Care Delivery
Mar 17, 2008	Genetic Counselors Turn to Unconventional Counseling To Meet Explosive Demand for Genetic Testing
Mar 17, 2008	New Choices Bring Wider Range of Women to Family Planning
Mar 14, 2008	Research Shows That Doctors Should Not Prescribe Antibiotics to Adults with Rhinosinusitis Even if Symptoms Have Lasted 7-10 Days
Mar 13, 2008	The O’Neill Institute at Georgetown University Welcomes Health Informatics Public Health Expert to Its Leadership Team
Mar 11, 2008	Anatasha Crawford Selected For Prestigious Bouchet Society
Mar 7, 2008	Lombardi Physician-Scientist Awarded Prestigious Burroughs Wellcome Fund Award
Feb 21, 2008	Expressive Writing Appears to Change Thoughts and Feelings about Cancer
Feb 19, 2008	Lombardi Director Available to Comment on Major Research Study Linking Insurance Status to Advanced-Stage Cancers
Feb 13, 2008	Education About Pharmaceutical Influence on Prescribing Shows Change in Doctors' Opinions
Feb 5, 2008	Discovery of Good - and Bad – Liver Stem Cells Raises Possibility of New Treatment
Feb 4, 2008	CycleBeads Help Women Manage Their Fertility: Now Available in Classic and Deluxe Versions
Feb 1, 2008	Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Names Peter G. Shields Deputy Director
Jan 28, 2008	Georgetown Hematology Head Named Chairman-Elect, Lymphoma Research Foundation
Jan 24, 2008	New Study Shows that Fatigue Improves after Sinus Surgery
Jan 14, 2008	Georgetown Drug Discovery Expert To Be Awarded Endowed Chair in Experimental Therapeutics
Jan 14, 2008	Findings Point to Molecular 'Achilles Heel' for Half of Breast Cancer Tumors
Dec 26, 2007	New Research Tools Suggest Cancer And Other Diseases Are Too Complex For Easy Answers, Researchers Say
Dec 20, 2007	Georgetown Economist Elected Chair of Center for Health Policy Development
Dec 19, 2007	Georgetown Bioterrorism Expert Appointed to Biodefense Advisory Board
Nov 13, 2007	Experimental Technique at GUMC Offers Real-Time Analysis of Breast Cancer Biopsies
Nov 8, 2007	Georgetown’s Gordon Receives Bravewell Award for Pioneering Efforts in Mind-Body Medicine
Nov 8, 2007	Georgetown Announces Partnership with East China Normal University
Nov 1, 2007	Partnership Established to Ensure District of Columbia Children are Ready for School
Nov 1, 2007	2007 Avon Foundation Awardees Include Lombardi’s Capital Breast Care Center
Oct 24, 2007	Georgetown Leads Major Effort to Combat Disparities in D.C. Stroke Care
Oct 23, 2007	Washington, DC’s Leading Health Research Institutions Announce New Consortium to Advance Clinical and Translational Science
Oct 23, 2007	Child Health Psychologists Need To Promote Adult Disease Prevention
Oct 18, 2007	GUMC Expert: Runners Should Avoid Drinking Too Much Water During Marathons
Oct 18, 2007	Lombardi Expert Comments on New Study Linking Sun Exposure and Advanced Breast Cancer
Oct 17, 2007	Tony Snow, Ken Venturi to Be Honored at Lombardi Gala
Oct 16, 2007	Georgetown Names New Director of Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Oct 11, 2007	Bringing New People to Family Planning: The Broader Impact of Fertility Awareness
Oct 10, 2007	Lombardi's Shad Receives Prestigious Penn State Award
Oct 5, 2007	Georgetown International Health Expert Awarded $3 Million Federal Grant
Oct 3, 2007	MEDIA ADVISORY: Experts to Discuss Mechanisms Underlying Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Disease
Oct 1, 2007	New USAID Grant Helps Georgetown Meet Unmet Family Planning Needs Worldwide
Sep 27, 2007	Tunes and Talk: Researchers Find Music and Language are Processed by the Same Brain Systems
Sep 25, 2007	Researchers Test Power Of Enriched Yogurt For Toddlers’ Health
Sep 20, 2007	Tractenberg Named Editor of Academic Intersections, a New Online Journal
Sep 14, 2007	MEDIA TIP SHEET: FDA Investigating Cancer Pain Drug
Sep 10, 2007	New Clues to Breast Cancer Development in High-Risk Women
Sep 10, 2007	'The Nanny’ Fran Drescher to Keynote NHS McAuley Lecture
Sep 10, 2007	Docs Can Go Back to School Online to Fill a Gap In Their Education
Sep 6, 2007	MEDIA ADVISORY: HYUNDAI Hope on wheels program to Donate $40,000 to Pediatric Cancer Research at Lombardi
Aug 29, 2007	Ancient Probiotic Drink to be Tested in Young Children Receiving Antibiotics
Aug 28, 2007	Women: No More Cold, Hard Mammograms
Aug 17, 2007	Dense Breasts, Hormone Levels Are Two Separate, Independent Risk Factors For Breast Cancer
Aug 9, 2007	New Cause of Tamoxifen Resistance in Breast Cancer Cells Discovered at Lombardi
Aug 7, 2007	$4.5 Million Gift Establishes New Chair, Professorship at GUMC
Jul 31, 2007	For The First Time, Patterns Of Excitation Waves Found In Brain’s Visual Processing Center
Jul 26, 2007	Accuracy Of Thyroid Hormone Testing Improved With State-Of-The-Art Test
Jul 13, 2007	Research Finds Faster Grammar Skills in Children with Tourette’s
Jul 10, 2007	Scleroderma Outlook Improves as Survival Increases
Jul 10, 2007	Latest WHO Handbook Presents Family Planning Options For Women Around the World
Jul 9, 2007	GUMC Professor of Oncology Named Editor-in-Chief of New Journal
Jul 5, 2007	$2 Million Komen Award Will Fund Research to Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer
Jul 1, 2007	Scientists Discover Key to Manipulating Fat
Jun 19, 2007	Medical Standards in 21 States Based On Local Rule, Not National Standards
Jun 19, 2007	In 'Spontaneous' Liver Cancer, Researcher Sees a Cure
Jun 15, 2007	Runners: Let Thirst Be Your Guide
Jun 8, 2007	High School Students Travel “Pathways to Success” at Georgetown University
Jun 7, 2007	Georgetown Receives $7 Million in Federal Funding for Clinical Research
Jun 7, 2007	For First Time, Cochlear Implant Restores Hearing To Patient With Rare Genetic Disorder
Jun 6, 2007	Largest Synthetic Gene Ever Built Offers Insights into Anti-Malarial Drug Resistance
May 24, 2007	Georgetown Kicks off Drug Discovery Partnership with Virginia Tech
May 18, 2007	New Data Shows HPV Vaccine, Created at Georgetown, Can Prevent Vaginal and Oral Cancers
May 10, 2007	Can an Omega-3 Fatty Acid Slow the Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease?
May 9, 2007	NHS Professor Selected As Fellow of American Academy of Nursing
Apr 24, 2007	Drug Reps Use Friendship to Influence Doctors, Says Faculty Member
Apr 13, 2007	MEDIA ADVISORY: New Treatment Strategies for Alzheimer's Disease
Apr 12, 2007	MEDIA ADVISORY: Inauguration of the Linda and Timothy O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law
Apr 5, 2007	MEDIA ADVISORY: 'Straight Talk' About Cancer
Apr 2, 2007	Be Prepared: Experts Offer Tips for National Public Health Week
Apr 2, 2007	Renowned Childhood Experts Receive Distinguished Award at National Conference
Mar 29, 2007	MEDIA ADVISORY: Motherhood Today: Medical Realities and Cultural Myths
Mar 28, 2007	Quality Improvement to be Focus of Upcoming McAuley Lecture
Mar 21, 2007	MEDIA ADVISORY: Preemies: How Low Birth Weight Can Influence Adult Disease
Mar 19, 2007	Prostate Cancer Pioneer Nancy Dawson to Join Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Mar 14, 2007	Using Brain Scans, Researchers Find Evidence for a Two-Stage Model of Human Perceptual Learning
Mar 13, 2007	MEDIA ADVISORY: Georgetown Students Host Annual Research Conference
Mar 12, 2007	Medical Students Hope to Make a “Match” on March 15
Mar 9, 2007	MEDIA ADVISORY: Exploring the HPV Vaccine and the Social, Legal and Public Health Debate
Feb 28, 2007	Georgetown Awards First Molecular Research Chair to Lombardi Cancer Expert
Feb 28, 2007	Faculty Member Studies Quality of Care for Mothers
Feb 23, 2007	MEDIA ADVISORY: Georgetown Hosts 3rd Annual Conference on Infectious Disease
Feb 21, 2007	Protein Identified That Regulates Effectiveness of Taxol Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer
Feb 20, 2007	Professor Named Statistical Editor of New AMA Journal
Feb 20, 2007	First Lady Michelle Fenty Appointed President of Advisory Council for Capital Breast Care Center
Feb 12, 2007	Georgetown Scholar Appointed Chairman of National Board for Education Sciences
Feb 12, 2007	Two Georgetown Students Win Science Education Awards
Feb 6, 2007	Lombardi Expert Helps Set New Guidelines for Assessing Lymphoma Treatment
Jan 31, 2007	Georgetown’s Center on Health and Education to Launch Teacher Prep Program
Jan 26, 2007	Media Tip Sheet: Cervical Health Awareness Month
Jan 26, 2007	GUMC Names Jett McCann New Library Director
Jan 25, 2007	Georgetown Docs 'Tops' in Northern Virginia Magazine
Jan 24, 2007	It's Not Too Late for Women to Make Healthy Reproductive Resolutions
Jan 23, 2007	Young Cancer Survivors at Risk for Behaviors That Raise Future Cancer Risk
Jan 11, 2007	New Website Helps Physicians Combat Inappropriate Pharmaceutical Company Promotion
Dec 12, 2006	In Vivo Study: Whole Wheat in Maternal Diet Reduces Breast Cancer Risk in Offspring
Nov 28, 2006	Georgetown University Names Howard J. Federoff, MD, PhD, Executive Vice President for Health Sciences
Nov 27, 2006	Study of Language Use in Children Suggests Sex Influences How Brain Processes Words
Nov 20, 2006	New Natural Family Planning Options Are a Natural Fit for Nurse-Midwives
Nov 15, 2006	Lombardi Director Dritschilo Comments on JAMA Study on Effectiveness of Prostate Cancer Treatments
Nov 9, 2006	Doctors Must Not be Lapdogs to Drug Firms, Says Faculty Member
Nov 8, 2006	In Young Rats, Researchers Find a Reaction to Spinal Cord Injury That Speeds Recovery
Nov 1, 2006	New Alzheimer’s Drug Shows Promise in Clinical Trial
Nov 1, 2006	Georgetown Recognizes Creator of HPV Vaccine
Oct 31, 2006	Some Key Laboratory Breast Cancer Cell Lines Are, Indeed, Good Models for the 'Real' Disease
Oct 26, 2006	Knowledge of Genetic History Can Help Prevent Cancer
Oct 24, 2006	A Conversation with the Man Behind the HPV Vaccine
Oct 24, 2006	Georgetown Establishes Leading Institute For Global and National Health Law
Oct 20, 2006	Prestigious UNESCO Chair Awarded to GU Faculty
Oct 19, 2006	Capital Breast Care Center Tackles Cancer Disparities
Oct 17, 2006	Redskins Owner Dan Snyder and Football Legend Vincent Papale to be Honored at 21st Lombardi Gala
Oct 13, 2006	School of Medicine Celebrates Minority Alumni Leaders
Oct 10, 2006	October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Oct 10, 2006	Inaugural Marilyn Hughes Gaston, MD, Award for Outstanding Achievement in Women's Health Given
Oct 10, 2006	GUMC to Host First-Ever Regional Childhood Cancer Survivors Conference
Oct 3, 2006	Media Advisory: International Experts to Discuss Influence of Sex on Obesity and Diabetes at GUMC
Oct 2, 2006	Treat the Woman, Not Her Age:Older Women and Breast Cancer
Sep 29, 2006	Hold the Hookah: Researcher Warns Against Trendy Tobacco Use
Sep 22, 2006	Doors to Medical Specialty Offices are Largely Closed to DC Medicaid Patients
Sep 20, 2006	GUMC Leads Effort to Study Safety of 'Alternative' Tobacco Products
Sep 18, 2006	Community Outreach and Preventive Education Are Top Priorities for New Head of Capital Breast Care Center
Sep 13, 2006	GUMC Announces Appointment of Dr. Albert Fornace, Jr.
Aug 29, 2006	Back-to-School Nutrition Tips for Parents
Aug 15, 2006	$6.5 Million Gift to Establish Hereditary Cancer Center at Georgetown University
Aug 7, 2006	MEDIA ADVISORY: Medical Ethicist Steven Miles to Speak at Georgetown University Medical Center
Jul 31, 2006	Georgetown University Medical Center Hosts Hyundai Hope On Wheels Tour
Jul 25, 2006	Most Doctors Not Adequately Trained In Family Planning Options
Jul 19, 2006	Georgetown Introduces Online Certificate To Address Global Health Threats
Jul 3, 2006	Trouble Putting the Kids to Sleep?
Jun 8, 2006	GUMC Research Leads to Cancer Vaccine
Jun 1, 2006	New Understanding of Ewing's Sarcoma Suggests Novel Treatment Strategy
May 25, 2006	Georgetown Program to Build Nursing Capacity for HIV/AIDS Care in Africa
May 19, 2006	Millions Squandered in Unnecessary Tests Ordered in Routine Doctor Visits
May 11, 2006	Internationally Prominent Cardiologist, Researcher to Head GUMC, GUH and Washington Hospital Center Heart Programs
May 9, 2006	Drug Discovery Expert Joins GUMC
May 1, 2006	Georgetown Programs Receive National Accreditation
May 1, 2006	Medical Journals Should Ban Drug Advertisements, Say Researchers
Apr 26, 2006	28-Site Trial Studying Chinese Herb as Alzheimer’s Treatment
Apr 20, 2006	Mother’s Day Tips for Moms, Moms-to-Be And Women Who Hope to Become Moms
Apr 19, 2006	Lombardi Researchers and Physicians Help Launch First-Ever District Cancer Control Plan
Apr 12, 2006	Amey Distinguished Professorship Established for Neuro-Oncology and Childhood Cancer Research Program
Apr 6, 2006	Is the Brain Wired for Faces?
Apr 4, 2006	Soy Foods Associated with Small Reduction in Risk of Breast Cancer
Apr 3, 2006	Georgetown Hosts Interdisciplinary Conference on Bilingualism
Mar 17, 2006	Researchers Reveal Possibility of Separating Anticancer Properties of Vitamin D
Mar 14, 2006	Georgetown University Medical Students Participate in “Match Day”
Mar 6, 2006	Improving Recovery from Spinal Cord Injuries: New $3.7 Million Grant Will Create Comprehensive Rehabilitation Network in DC
Feb 23, 2006	Ginkgo Biloba Extract: More than Just for Memory?
Feb 10, 2006	Neuronal Receptor Response May Help Explain Alzheimer’s Memory Loss
Feb 10, 2006	National Brain Imaging Study on Alzheimer's Underway at Georgetown University Medical Center
Feb 9, 2006	Research: Veggies May Protect Against Cancer
Feb 7, 2006	Georgetown to Host Open Public Forum on Avian Flu
Jan 26, 2006	BRCA1 Gene Found to Inhibit Two Sex Hormones, Not Just One
Jan 19, 2006	Commonly Used Antidepressants May Also Affect Human Immune System
Dec 16, 2005	Georgetown Announces New Master’s Program in Biostatistics
Dec 8, 2005	Institute for Reproductive Health Celebrates 20th Year Of Expanding Family Planning Options
Dec 6, 2005	Women and Elderly Should Also Receive Chemotherapy for Advanced Colon Cancer
Dec 2, 2005	Research Provides More Evidence That Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Is A Legitimate Medical Condition
Nov 14, 2005	Chronic Stress Accelerates Atherosclerosis Following Angioplasty Procedure
Nov 11, 2005	Georgetown Hosts National Summit on Literacy
Nov 2, 2005	Georgetown Welcomes His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Washington
Oct 20, 2005	Georgetown Expert on Avian Flu Virus Available for Comment
Oct 18, 2005	National Fundraising Tour Stops at Georgetown to Capture Handprints of Local Children With Cancer
Oct 18, 2005	'Reaching Out to Those In Need'
Oct 17, 2005	Olympic Gold Medalists Peggy Fleming and Dan Jansen to be Honored at 20th Anniversary Lombardi Gala
Oct 15, 2005	Faulty Cell Cycle Checkpoints Linked to Lung Cancer Risk in African-Americans
Oct 13, 2005	Researchers Match Sound Perception to Brain Activity, Describing How Hearing Can Be “Focused”
Oct 12, 2005	New Class of Antibiotics, Effective Against Drug-Resistant Bacteria, Discovered in Fungi
Oct 11, 2005	Center for Child and Human Development Receives $17.5 Million Grant
Oct 11, 2005	It's All in the Timing
Oct 7, 2005	Georgetown Center Awarded $4.9 Million Grant to Help Address Healthcare Disparities in D.C.
Oct 4, 2005	Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and MedStar Health Partner with the Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope for Baltimore to Washington, DC, Fundraising Ride
Oct 3, 2005	Researchers Find Defects in Adult Stem Cell Niche May Cause Breast Cancer
Sep 23, 2005	Lombardi Director Receives International Award for Research Achievements
Sep 15, 2005	Compounds Found in Veggies Can Block Lung Cancer Progression in Experimental Studies
Sep 14, 2005	Standing in the Shoes of the Uninsured: Research Shows Gaps in Low-Cost Healthcare Network for Washington Residents
Sep 12, 2005	Researcher's Work to Compute How a Brain “Sees” Wins NSF Award
Sep 8, 2005	Edmund Pellegrino Named to President's Council on Bioethics
Aug 24, 2005	Georgetown Volunteer Nursing Proposal Receives Federal Funding
Jul 29, 2005	Researchers Find BRCA1 Tumor Suppression Nullified by Cyclin D1
Jul 26, 2005	GUMC professor awarded top German honor for novel biotech company
Jul 1, 2005	Georgetown nets Gates Award to help design cheap, effective HPV vaccine
Jun 22, 2005	Georgetown Cancer Researchers Develop High Throughput Method to Analyze Large Numbers of Tumors
Jun 15, 2005	Georgetown Course Shows Promise for Curbing College Drinking
Jun 10, 2005	Georgetown University Designated “Center of Excellence” By National Parkinson Foundation
May 17, 2005	Researchers Prevent Post-Traumatic Brain Damage Using Experimental Drug
May 12, 2005	Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Clinical Applications and Ethics: Open Forum and Public Discussion
Apr 27, 2005	Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Receives $10 Million Gift
Apr 22, 2005	Georgetown University Announces New Grants to Help Build National Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid
Apr 14, 2005	Researcher Sheds Light on Ghost Writing in Medical Journals
Apr 14, 2005	Researchers Find That Chocolate Compound Stops Cancer Cell Cycle in Lab Experiments
Mar 31, 2005	Georgetown University’s Capital Breast Care Center Treats More than 600 Underserved Women in First Year of Operation
Mar 15, 2005	Georgetown University Medical Students Learn Their Fate at “Match Day” Ceremony
Mar 14, 2005	Georgetown University Medical Center to Host District Seventh-Graders for “Brain Awareness Week”
Feb 3, 2005	Researchers Find that Stat5 Protein Inhibits Spread of Breast Cancer Cells
Feb 2, 2005	Georgetown University Medical School Announces New Summer Institute
Dec 2, 2004	Georgetown University Establishes Department of Plastic Surgery
Nov 13, 2004	Georgetown researcher continues effort to shield women worldwide against cervical cancer
Nov 11, 2004	Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies Values Based Chair Inaugurated
Oct 27, 2004	New Study Examines How the Adult Dyslexic Brain Can Change
Oct 14, 2004	Georgetown’s Center for the Study of Sex Differences in Health, Aging, and Disease Hosts First Annual Symposium
Oct 12, 2004	New Study Shows Sinus Surgery Can Improve Chronic Fatigue
Oct 12, 2004	NASCAR Legend Richard Petty and WUSA-TV Anchor Andrea Roane to be Honored at the 19th Annual Lombardi Gala
Sep 21, 2004	Georgetown to Open Center for Trauma and the Community
Sep 17, 2004	Shop to Benefit Breast Cancer Research at Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Sep 13, 2004	Georgetown Opens New Season of Mini-Medical School
Aug 27, 2004	Dieter Beware: Citrus Aurantium, An Herbal Weight Loss Ingredient Used As A Substitute For Ephedra, May Have Risks
Aug 2, 2004	Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center to Offer Free Prostate Cancer Screenings
Jul 22, 2004	False Positive Cancer Results Affect Patients’ Trial Adherence, Increase Short-term Cancer- Related Anxiety
Jul 15, 2004	Georgetown University Oncologists Establish Relationship Between Presence of a Key Protein and the Aggressiveness of Prostate Cancer
Jun 10, 2004	Researchers Develop Better Understanding of Tamoxifen Resistance in Breast Cancer Patients
Jun 10, 2004	Larry Feder Named Associate Vice President of Development
May 28, 2004	Clue Found on Breast Tumors Distinguishes Patients with Better Survival Odds
May 25, 2004	New Technology Shows Axons Are Extremely Sensitive To Directional Cues
May 5, 2004	Can A Chinese Herb Be Used To Treat Alzheimer’s Disease?
May 4, 2004	Dr. Edmund Pellegrino Elected to International Bioethics Committee of UNESCO
Apr 26, 2004	David Hyde Pierce and Wendy Wasserstein to Perform At Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center “Laughter is the Best Medicine” Gala
Apr 16, 2004	Open for Business: Capital Breast Care Center of Southeast Washington Hosts Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
Apr 14, 2004	STRAIGHT TALK: Georgetown University Medical Center Presents Free Educational Symposium on Cancer
Apr 6, 2004	Breast Cancer Patients Who Test Positive For BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations Twice As Likely To Choose Mastectomy
Apr 2, 2004	Georgetown University School of Medicine Moves Up in National Rankings
Mar 23, 2004	Georgetown Researchers Teach Adults to Read Again After Suffering Head Injuries or Strokes
Mar 16, 2004	Lombardi Cancer Center Receives Additional $500,000 from Avon Foundation to Extend Services of Capital Breast Care Center in Southeast Washington
Mar 15, 2004	The Envelope Please….Georgetown University Medical Students Learn Their Fate at “Match Day” Ceremony
Mar 9, 2004	Laura Bush Visits New Capital Breast Care Center in Southeast Washington
Mar 8, 2004	MEDIA ADVISORY: First Lady Laura Bush to Visit New ‘Capital Breast Care Center’ in Southeast Washington
Feb 25, 2004	Tipper Gore to be Honored by Georgetown at Fifth Annual Pediatrics Gala
Feb 25, 2004	Pressure Point: Georgetown Doctors Help High Schoolers Learn About Blood Pressure and Heart Health
Feb 18, 2004	Straight Talk: GUMC Presents Free Educational Symposium on Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Epilepsy
Feb 3, 2004	Georgetown University Medical Center Opens Biodefense and Bioethics Mini-Medical School Programs
Feb 3, 2004	Taking the Guesswork Out of Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Georgetown Launches New Science-Based Master’s Program
Feb 2, 2004	Experimental Treatment Yields New Hope for Children Battling Cerebral Palsy
Jan 15, 2004	Straight Talk: GUMC Presents Free Educational Symposium on Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Epilepsy
Jan 8, 2004	Using fMRI Technology to Understand Hyperlexia
Dec 12, 2003	How Are The Sexes Different?
Nov 12, 2003	How Can Faith-Based Organizations Provide Expanded Care for People with HIV/AIDS?
Nov 10, 2003	Georgetown Hosts Free Educational Program on Alzheimer’s Disease
Oct 28, 2003	New Guidelines on Unrelated Marrow Transplants: A Roadmap For Physicians
Oct 23, 2003	Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Opens Breast Health Clinic in SE Washington
Oct 20, 2003	Georgetown University Medical Center’s Society for Medical Women Faculty Chosen for Prestigious Association of American Medical Colleges Award
Oct 20, 2003	New Research Links Lung Cancer Screening to Accelerated Rates of Smoking Cessation
Oct 16, 2003	Georgetown University And MedStar Health Receive $6.5 Million NIH Grant To Enhance Emergency Preparedness in Washington, D.C.
Oct 15, 2003	Georgetown To Host International Life Science Summit
Oct 10, 2003	Georgetown’s Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program Selected to Join Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate
Oct 8, 2003	Extending Lifelines Over the Telephone: Using Telemedicine to Provide Care for Native American Diabetes Patients
Sep 26, 2003	New Weapon May Help Flush Stealth Stashes of HIV in Cells
Sep 22, 2003	Childhood Development Expert Craig Ramey Selected for National Institute of Child Health and Human Development “Hall of Honor”
Sep 15, 2003	Diabetes Drug May Be New Tool in Treating Breast Cancer
Sep 8, 2003	Lombardi Cancer Center Granted Comprehensive Status Renewal from National Cancer Institute
Aug 21, 2003	September 2003 Tip Sheet
Aug 11, 2003	Diagnosing Chronic Fatigue? Check for Sinusitis
Aug 1, 2003	Lombardi Cancer Center Forges Collaboration with Prominent International Cancer Organization
Jul 30, 2003	Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies Appoints New Director of Development
Jul 24, 2003	Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies Hosts National Graduate Nursing Conference
Jul 24, 2003	New Study Measures Emotions of Doctors-In-Training
Jul 17, 2003	Media Advisory: Surgeon General to Speak at Georgetown University Medical Center
Jul 15, 2003	Cheson Named Chairman of National Cancer Institute's Cancer and Leukemia Group B Lymphoma Committee
Jul 13, 2003	Cadmium Exposure and Risk of Breast Cancer: Is There a Relationship?
Jul 7, 2003	Lombardi Cancer Center Receives $7 Million to Clarify Relationship Between Drinking and Increased Breast Cancer Risk
Jul 1, 2003	Standard Depression Treatments Found Effective For Low-Income Minority Women
Jun 25, 2003	Vassilios Papadopoulos, Ph.D., Named Biochemistry Chair at Georgetown University Medical Center
Jun 3, 2003	Use of Common Anti-Inflammatory Drug Fails to Slow Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease
Jun 1, 2003	Pox-Based TRICOM Cancer Vaccine Proven Safe and Effective in Phase One Clinical Testing
May 19, 2003	Lombardi Cancer Center Selected as the Sole Clinical Trial Site for Experimental Synthetic DNA Treatment
May 18, 2003	Was Orton Right?
May 13, 2003	Study Shows Newer Epilepsy Drug Has Worse Side Effects Than Older Drug
Apr 29, 2003	Researchers Discover Effective Method For Killing Prostate Cancer Cells
Apr 28, 2003	Researchers Discover Method of Predicting Drug Resistance in Hepatitis-B Patients
Apr 22, 2003	National Experts Meet to Challenge Traditional Approaches of Testing and Developing Cancer Treatments
Mar 21, 2003	Help Children Feel Secure During War: Tips from Georgetown University Medical Center Child Development Experts
Mar 17, 2003	Lombardi Cancer Center Appoints New Associate Director of Administration
Mar 17, 2003	Georgetown University Medical Center to Test Personalized Vaccine for Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Mar 14, 2003	Can Vitamins Slow the Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease?
Mar 14, 2003	Medical Students Learn their Residency Fate At Georgetown University School of Medicine “Match Day” Ceremony
Mar 7, 2003	New Study Offers Clues to How Breast Cancer Spreads
Mar 7, 2003	Georgetown University Medical Center Hosts Town Hall Meeting on Health Care Justice
Mar 6, 2003	Georgetown University Appoints Daniel Sedmak, M.D., Executive Vice President for Health Sciences
Mar 3, 2003	Georgetown University Medical Center Launches New Website
Feb 28, 2003	Researchers Identify a Gene Responsible for Spread of Cancer in the Body
Feb 13, 2003	Georgetown University Medical Center Student Receives National Award
Jan 27, 2003	Early Childhood and Literacy Education Expert Susan B. Neuman Joins Georgetown University Faculty
Jan 24, 2003	New Study Shows Urban Gay Men as Likely to be Battered as Heterosexual Women
Jan 24, 2003	New First Step Along Possible New Avenue of Cancer Research Reported
Jan 14, 2003	New Year's Resolution to Quit Smoking?
Dec 12, 2002	Study Shows Increased Link Between Worsening Epileptic Seizures and Women Taking Estrogen
Dec 10, 2002	Georgetown University Medical Center Hosts ADHD Symposium
Nov 25, 2002	Georgetown University Medical Center To Host AIDS Awareness Workshop
Nov 1, 2002	Synthesized Derivative of Cocoa May Be Cancer-Fighting Tool, Research Shows
Oct 15, 2002	Mothers Who Drink During Pregnancy May Increase Children's Cancer Risk, Study Shows
Sep 26, 2002	School of Medicine Faculty Member Wins Teaching Award
Sep 25, 2002	New Research Adds to Understanding Of Conscious Awareness
Sep 19, 2002	New Drug May Help Recovering Cocaine Addicts, Study Shows
Sep 19, 2002	GU School of Nursing & Health Studies Moves Into New Home; Kicks Off Centennial Year
Sep 18, 2002	Lombardi Cancer Center to Enroll Current and Former Smokers in Nationwide Screening Trial
Sep 12, 2002	Lombardi Faculty Member Named Scholl Chair in Medical Oncology
Sep 12, 2002	Media Advisory: Georgetown University Medical Center and MedStar Health Sponsor A Bioterrorism Workshop
Sep 4, 2002	Georgetown University Announces New Lombardi Cancer Center Director
Aug 13, 2002	Initially Recommended Drug Dosages Often Too High, Study Finds
Aug 7, 2002	Child Development Experts Craig and Sharon Ramey Join Georgetown University Faculty
Jul 31, 2002	Substance Found in Sharks Could Lead to Weightloss, Research Shows