GUMC Community Meeting
“Celebrating Achievements”
Wednesday, December 15
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Details to follow.
As we close out 2021, we gather to reflect on the many achievements at GUMC during this challenging year.
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Georgetown nursing and medical students worked together to administer COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for the campus community – an opportunity both to promote public health and to support interprofessional education. Two thousand individuals signed for the two clinics this past week. |
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Following the publication of his first critically acclaimed and award-winning book “Strange Glow: The Story of Radiation,” Timothy Jorgensen, PhD, MPH sets out to amaze again with his new and exciting tale of electricity from a biological perspective: “Spark: The Life of Electricity and the Electricity of Life.”
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As part of a regular feature in GUMC Update, we highlight members of our staff/AAP — all critical to our mission. Today, meet Samuel Chan, manager of assessment and impact, Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, School of Medicine. |
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GUPD Organizes Community Coat Drive to Benefit Catholic Charities |
The Georgetown University Police Department (GUPD) invites you to donate new or gently used winter coats, hats, gloves, scarves and warm socks. Donations will be collected in bins outside of GUPD in the lower lobby of Village C West, the lobby of Yates Field House and the lobby of Building D. The drive benefits Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington.
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Kaela Singleton, PhD (G’20), an alumna of the Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, was recognized by Forbes as part of its 2022 30 Under 30 in Science list. Currently a postdoctoral researcher at Emory University and adjunct professor at Agnes Scott College, Singleton researches the role of mitochondria in Menkes disease, a rare genetic disorder that interferes with how the body regulates copper. She also strives to empower other scientists from diverse backgrounds as the cofounder and president-elect of Black in Neuro. |
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The Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FSAP) provides free, confidential counseling, consultation and educational services to faculty, staff and their immediate family members. Starting January 5, Sandhya Wilhelm, EAP counselor and coordinator, will be available for appointments in person and Zoom (if preferred) on the medical center campus in the Medical-Dental Building, SE111. For more information, visit the FSAP website.
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Calderone to Serve on International Advisory Board for University of Balamand in Lebanon |
Richard Calderone, PhD, professor and chair of the department of microbiology & immunology, was invited to serve as a member of the International Advisory Board (IAB) for the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Balamand in Lebanon. The IAB will advise the dean on all academic developments including the strategic growth of faculty and students |
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The Georgetown University Medical Center AHEC will be offering the Primary Care Mentorship program for first- and second-year medical students pursuing careers in primary care. This opportunity is open to primary care physicians interested in mentoring medical students to cultivate a passion for primary care among our students. For more details about programming as well as the expectations of mentors, please view the application.
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Titled “How Science Educators Still Matter: Leveraging the Basic Sciences for Student Success,” this webinar series is sponsored by CENTILE and will take place on Thursdays at 12:00 p.m. starting January 6. Learn more about the webinar series and register here.
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Monday, December 6
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
“Bile Acids, the Gut Microbiome, and Metabolic Disease” with Andrew D. Patterson, PhD, professor of molecular toxicology, professor of biochemistry & molecular biology and scientific director of metabolomics, Pennsylvania State University.
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Tuesday, December 7
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Discover and leverage the power of PubMed’s tools for researchers. See a demonstration of how to use PubMed’s My NCBI account and My Bibliography as well as SciENcv.
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Wednesday, December 8
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
“Aging, Cellular Senescence, and Senolytics: The Path to Translation” with James Kirkland, MD, PhD, director of the Kogod Center on Aging at Mayo Clinic and Noaber Foundation professor of aging research.
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Wednesday, December 8
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
“Reprogramming Fibroblasts in Fibrosis and Carcinoma: Common Process, Common Therapy?” with Stephen Byers, PhD, professor and associate director at Georgetown Lombardi and director for shared resources at GUMC.
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Thursday, December 9
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Via Zoom
Learn about ORCID, short for Open Researcher and Contributor ID, why you need one, and how GUFaculty360 now connects and syncs with it.
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Thursday, December 9
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Learn how to upload your CV, add your personal website information, upload a syllabus, publications and more.
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Thursday, December 9
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Featuring Barbara Rehermann, MD, chief, Immunology Section, LDB, NIDDK, NIH. Note: CME/CE credit may be offered for this seminar
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Thursday, December 9
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Online
Featuring new scholar presentations by Jalisa Nurse, PhD candidate; Greg Gallanis, MD/PhD candidate; and Branka Stanic, MD. Sponsored by GHUCCTS.
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Thursday, December 9
5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Via Zoom
Attendees will honor the recipients of the Estelle Ramey Mentorship Award, Nursing & Health Studies Mentorship Award and Karen Gale Outstanding Achievement Award, and recognize all recently appointed, promoted and tenured GUMC faculty. Open to all. Email questions to GWIM@georgetown.edu.
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Friday, December 10
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
“Roles of Phase Separation in Biology and Disease” with Richard W. Kriwacki, PhD, member, St. Jude Faculty, co-leader, cancer biology program at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and adjunct associate professor, department of molecular sciences at UT Health Science Center, Memphis.
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Monday, December 13 - Wednesday, December 15
2:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Online
This conference brings together lawyers, policymakers, nutritionists and health scientists to explore how law, policy and regulation can help address food system challenges at the local, national, regional and global levels. Presented by the Food Governance Node at the Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, and the Global Center for Legal Innovation on Food Environments, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law.
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Tuesday, December 14
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
“Bright and Rapid Click-Chemistry Strategies: ‘Turn-Off/On’ Probes for Live Cell Imaging” with Ozlem Dilek, PhD, assistant professor of chemistry in the division of sciences and mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of the District of Columbia. Sponsored by the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology.
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Tuesday, December 14
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Practice communication strategies to neutralize the impact of offensive comments and promote more psychological safety in the classroom, led by Jean-Marie Alves-Bradford, MD, associate director of clinical services, New York State Psychiatric Institute, director, Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Columbia Department of Psychiatry, associate clinical professor of psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center. Part of the GUMC Teaching for Inclusion & Equity (TIE) Series.
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Thursday, December 16
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
“Metabolic Imaging Using the Phasor Approach to FLIM and Tracking Phenotypic Change of Mitochondria in Cancer Cells with Mitometer” with Michelle Digman, PhD, associate professor, co-equity advisor for the Henry Samueli School of Engineering, BME Associate Chair for Graduate Affairs in the department of biomedical engineering at University of California, Irvine. Note: CME/CE credit may be offered for this seminar.
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Friday, December 17
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
“Breast Tumor Evolution” with Kornelia Polyak, MD, PhD, professor of medicine at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School. Sponsored by Georgetown Lombardi.
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Instructional Resources Available for the Return to Campus
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Monday - Friday,
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.;
Saturday, 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
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CNDLS Instructional Continuity Virtual Office Hours |
Monday - Thursday,
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.;
Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
CNDLS holds instructional continuity office hours virtually in this Zoom room. Please stop by if you need help or dial 646-558-8656
(meeting ID: 386 980 1070).
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December 9, 10, 16 or 17
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Georgetown University faculty and staff can receive assistance with online teaching and learning tools available to them.
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Tuesday, December 7 and Wednesday, December 8
10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Via Zoom
This two-day event will help faculty prepare for the spring 2022 semester with sessions addressing the most pressing classroom challenges faced this past semester. Each day features an opening faculty panel (10:00 - 11:00 a.m.), followed by a 75-minute small-group workshop (11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.). The afternoons are available for individual consultations with a CNDLS staff member.
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