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Summer 2024

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Incubating at the intersection of AI and health

Faculty weigh in on impact, ethics around artificial intelligence in health care.

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Bridging disciplines and distance

Virtual interprofessional program highlights the School of Nursing’s trailblazing role in online learning.

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The power of lore

A new venture between Howard University and Georgetown explores medical humanities and health justice in DC.

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On Campus

Celebrating 40 years of student-run emergency care

GUMC hosts national scholars program

Understanding community needs to improve health care

More than a decade of summer camp fun

Wooden Spoon Award celebrates ‘heartfelt medical care’

Collaborating on HIV/AIDS pandemic research

Small steps, big impact

Bonding around the bonfire

Recent graduate Zoe Malchiodi, Ph.D. (MS’19, G’24), was named the 2023–4 Matt Riddle Scholar for the Metropolitan Washington Chapter of the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation. The award funds her crucial research preformed at Georgetown University assessing natural killer cells in pancreatic cancer samples.
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Student Point of View: Student uses novel technologies in tumor biology labs

Recent graduate Zoe Malchiodi, Ph.D. (MS’19, G’24), was named the 2023–4 Matt Riddle Scholar for the Metropolitan Washington Chapter of the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation. The award funds her crucial research preformed at Georgetown University assessing natural killer cells in pancreatic cancer samples.

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Alumni Connections

‘I believe that community health has been my calling’

Professional doctor, amateur musician

Filmmaker called to nursing

Tools of the Trade

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Reflections on Health with Kieran Kammerer, M.D. (M’86)

I knew about Georgetown’s great reputation through my oldest brother, Dennis (C’74). I also knew Thomas Rizzo, M.D. (M’85) and Peter Rizzo, M.D. (C’82, G’83, M’87) from my hometown of Bronxville, New York.

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Check Up: News & Research

Innovations in pancreatic cancer research

Alumna, professor wins award for nursing textbook

Anonymous gift supports Health Justice Alliance

Reducing dementia agitation with THC/CBD combination

New lung cancer prevention strategies

Georgetown Lombardi has once again earned the coveted distinction of “comprehensive cancer center” by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The NCI first awarded this designation to Georgetown Lombardi in 1974.

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From the Archives

This 1941 photo labeled “supervisors” from the School of Nursing’s Caduceus yearbook features a group of Franciscan sisters and nurses who likely taught nursing students during their diploma education. For years, Bill Cessato (C’98, G’16, ’22), deputy director of Georgetown’s Center for Research & Fellowships, has been documenting the undertold stories of women religious at the university.

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Leslie (Fiumara) Landerkin (N’68) achieved recognition for this photo, entitled “A Hard Place to Sleep.” It is part of a series she calls “Unhoused.”
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Alumna uses photography to show overlooked DC

After retiring from a career in nursing, Leslie (Fiumara) Landerkin (N’68) learned photography through local classes at the Smithsonian and The Art League in Old Town Alexandria. Now she is using her passion for photography to help others see the often overlooked people and elements of the Washington, DC, area as well as the beauty of nature.

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