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The Master's in Health Informatics & Data Science (HIDS) at Georgetown University is an industry-driven program, focused on current and emerging technologies that will inform healthcare. Students ...

Join us in congratulating Cristiane Gomes-Lima, MD, on her 2019 Women Advancing Thyroid Research (WATR) award from the American Thyroid Association (ATA). The WATR is a new award from the Americ...

Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science (GHUCCTS) is now accepting applications for its KL2 Junior Faculty Scholars Program. Projects that are novel, inter- or mul...

Recently published research evaluated nurse and patient care technician workflow to identify opportunities for providing education to patients during care. The study sought to examine the feasibility ...

Cold weather is upon us—and, unfortunately, so is flu season. The flu, which is most common in the fall and winter, is a contagious respiratory illness that’s caused by a virus called influenza. The m...

Seizures, or changes in the brain’s electrical activity, are more common than most people realize—in fact, about one in 100 Americans have had an unprovoked seizure and one in 26 people will develop e...