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Viral Emergence Research Initiative (Verena) receives $12.5 million from the NSF to study viral emergence!
In an era dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the more recent monkeypox epidemic, understanding how, where, and when new viruses emerge is essential to global health and security. Viral emergence
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Dr. Gina Wimp becomes a Full Professor!
We are incredibly proud to announce that Dr. Gina Wimp has been promoted to the level of Full Professor! Since joining the department in 2007, Dr. Wimp has supported students across the department, b
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Dr. Janet Mann bestowed the rank of University Professor!
The Department would like to extend its profound congratulations to Dr. Janet Mann, one of our incredible professors who was recently given the distinction of University Professor! As Georgetown's hi
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Prachi Shah receives an AART training grant to support her research into memory loss!
This month, Prachi Shah from the Cervantes Lab was awarded an Aging and Alzheimer's Research Training (AART) program grant! Founded to provide stipend support to predoctoral students researching cogn
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Dr. Colin Carlson leads the charge against animal-borne viruses using machine learning!
This week, Dr. Colin Carlson, an Assistant Research Professor at the Center for Global Health Science and Security and a member of the Bansal Lab, was featured in a New York Times story about his inc
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Georgetown Biology students present at the 2022 Undergraduate Research Conference!
On Thursday, April 21st, the School of Nursing & Health Studies hosted the 2022 Undergraduate Research Conference (URC), featuring 60 undergraduates in the College and NHS. Alongsi
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Dr. Peter Marra is working to Care for Our Common Home!
Georgetown University cherishes several key values that capture our commitment to doing good, both for others and for the environment. As we celebrate Earth Day this week, our value of "Care for Our
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Henry Stevens and Billie Maguire were awarded NSF GRFP fellowships!
Major congratulations are in order for two incredible student researchers in the Department! Henry Stevens, a graduate student in the Marra Lab, and Billie Maguire, an undergraduate in the Wimp Lab,
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