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Deficiencies in DNA Repairing Identified in Tumors

A new investigation of more than 53,000 stored tumor samples finds evidence of a key deficiency in a repair process designed to keep DNA from being mutated and causing cancer. Read More

Fat’s Lasting Impact

Animal study finds high-fat diet in second trimester increases breast cancer risk over generations. Read More

Global Health Expert Returns to Georgetown

The university welcomed returning global health expert and double-Hoya Mark Dybul (C’85, M’92) to co-direct the new Center for Global Health and Quality at Georgetown University Medical Center. Read More

When Pregnancy Gets Complicated

Studying preeclampsia helps scientists better understand blood pressure and kidney function in women and men. Read More

Women In Medicine

In this issue, we chose to look at just a few of the many unique ways in which women are influencing medical research, practice, and education. Read More

Rural Health Meets Religious Pluralism

Three years ago, Ayaz Virji, MD (C’96, M’00), moved with his family to Dawson, a small town in western Minnesota, to pursue his interest in practicing rural health. Read More

Volunteers Needed for Mentoring in Medicine

Hoya Gateway is an online platform established in 2013 to help students connect with alumni for conversations about different professions. Read More

Justice and Gender at Georgetown

Scholarship, policy, law, medicine, and society at large are increasingly addressing equality issues related to sex and gender—sex being biologically determined differences between male and… Read More

Roth Scholarship Honors Alumna Known for Cura Personalis

The inaugural Dr. Katy Roth Scholarship at Georgetown University School of Medicine has been awarded to Lindsey Hastings-Spaine (M'19). Read More

Match Day 2017

Surrounded by faculty members, family, and friends, the students at Georgetown wore green t-shirts, sparkly stickers, and beaded necklaces as they waited to tear open green envelopes that would reveal their residencies. Read More