Title:Update from Dr. Beauchamp

Dear Friends,

We continue to hear from so many of you pledging your support for the work at our medical center as we, like all institutions of higher education, face unprecedented changes to the federal funding landscape. I am deeply grateful for your commitment to Georgetown.

Research and education are central to our global mission and values, and we are committed to protecting their vital interplay. The changes in research funding represent a significant threat to advancements in medicine including our basic sciences relevant to biomedical innovation, and to our clinical trials aimed at treating cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, mental health, and many other diseases and maladies. Our education funding is critical as the formation of today’s students yields tomorrow’s changemakers for ensuring future improvements to health, advancing scientific discoveries, and ensuring equitable delivery of care to all.

To meet these complex funding challenges, we are pursuing new strategies in support of our education and research enterprise to ensure we fulfill our shared mission within the broader society to bring hope, health, and healing to the communities we serve throughout our region and across the world.

This is not a “wait and see” moment in our history. Our ability to impact the health of the future requires our action now along with broad support and engagement from our generous community.

In this issue of Georgetown Health, you’ll see so many examples of Georgetown’s contribution to advancing science and medicine, and to the formation of our students who will amplify and carry our mission forward. One of the features highlights the revolutionary work being done at Georgetown to help stroke survivors recover from what some call a “neurological thunderbolt.” Stroke has touched so many of us, including the Georgetown community last year when then-President DeGioia suffered a stroke. I think we can all be proud of Georgetown’s leadership in this important area and the importance of federal funding for this work.

Sincerely,

Norman J. Beauchamp Jr., M.D., MHS
Executive Vice President for Health Sciences
Executive Dean, School of Medicine