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PharmedOut Team Weighs In on Promotion of Hormone Therapy for Menopause

In an opinion essay in STAT, members of GUMC’s evidence-based prescribing project discuss the history of hormone therapy for menopause: “Women should be wary of influencers overpromising on the benefi…

Clearing the Brain of Aging Cells Could Aid Epilepsy and Reduce Seizures

A new study from researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center found that this form of epilepsy can be treated in mice by either genetically or pharmaceutically eradicating the aging cells, ther…

Dissertation Award for BGE Students Will Honor Longtime Professor Stefano Vicini

The inaugural Stefano Vicini Dissertation Award will be presented in May 2026. Vicini, who retired in summer 2025, has been a Georgetown faculty member for 40 years and has mentored dozens of Ph.D. st…