Title:Event highlights federally funded research

Each year Georgetown hosts Hoyas on the Hill, an event to celebrate alumni who serve as members of Congress and work in Congressional offices. This year’s event shined a spotlight on federally funded research endeavors now underway at the university, with projects ranging from cancer to strokes, from health disparities to mental health.

Hoyas in the 119th Congress include 21 representatives and seven U.S. senators who represent 18 states and the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands, which have non-voting delegates. They also include faculty and alumni from nearly all of Georgetown’s schools, including 12 faculty and alumni from Georgetown Law and nine alumni from the School of Foreign Service.

At the event, distinguished University Professor Lucile Adams-Campbell, founding director of the Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention, shared the center’s work, which is focused on a dynamic patient navigation model that supports cancer screening, diagnostic, treatment, and preventative measures as well as solutions for expanding access to clinical trials.

“This research will help patients realize the benefits of clinical trial participation, resulting in longer survival and better quality of life,” said Adams-Campbell.

Hoyas on the Hill speakers also included Matthew Biel, director of the Thrive Center for Children, Families, and Communities, on how his projects support the mental health of military families; Anna Johnson, director of the Context, Development, & Social Policy Lab, on her work on evaluating children’s post-COVID recovery; and Lisa Singh, director of the Massive Data Institute at the McCourt School of Public Policy, on developing technologies that harness modern computing to better understand human behavior and improve decision making.