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  • Georgetown University Center for Healthy Aging Symposium: June 29-30, 2026

    We have partnered with the Association for Longevity Initiatives for a two-day meeting (June 29-30) in the beautiful buildings of the Georgetown Capitol Campus. Many biotech companies are participati

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  • Rewriting survival

    Fifty years ago, a breast cancer diagnosis meant a similarly aggressive path for nearly everyone: highly invasive surgery to remove as much tissue as possible—sometimes including not just the breast but the lymph nodes and chest muscle—often combined with toxic chemotherapy and radiation.

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  • A better journey

    When Georgetown family medicine physician Sarah Kureshi felt a strange mass in her toddler daughter’s stomach, she suspected something like an intussusception, an intestinal blockage. Two-and-half-year-old Nusayba had vomited once that morning, but was feeling better. Still, to be sure, her mother brought her to the hospital to be evaluated.

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  • The resilient brain

    It happens in an instant. One moment, you’re reaching for a coffee mug, preparing breakfast—and the next, everything changes. Your right side feels impossibly heavy, and fingers refuse to respond. Words form in your mind but won’t come out of your mouth. Each passing moment could mean the difference between recovery and life-altering disability.

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  • 4th Annual Georgetown University Center for Healthy Aging Symposium: July 16, 2025

    Healthy Aging Symposium This yearly, free, one-day symposium consists of talks, panels, discussions, and posters relating to Georgetown research into the many different aspects of aging. Wednes

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  • 3rd Annual Georgetown University Center for Healthy Aging Symposium: July 10, 2024

    The Georgetown Center for Healthy Aging, the Aging and Alzheimer's Research Training Program, the Georgetown Aging & Health Program, and the Georgetown Lombardi Institute for Cancer and Aging Researc

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  • 3rd Annual Georgetown University Center for Healthy Aging Symposium: July 10, 2024

    The Georgetown Center for Healthy Aging, the Aging and Alzheimer's Research Training Program, the Georgetown Aging & Health Program, and the Georgetown Lombardi Institute for Cancer and Aging Researc

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  • Fauci joins Georgetown faculty

    This summer, infectious diseases expert and advisor to seven presidents Anthony Fauci, M.D., joined the Georgetown faculty as a Distinguished University Professor, the university’s highest professional honor that recognizes extraordinary achievement in scholarship, teaching, and service.

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  • The curious brain

    From the time he was a young boy, fascinated with dinosaurs and his rock collection, Zac Colon (G’21) always felt drawn to the sciences. He liked understanding how organisms and systems worked—at one point even informing his parents he wanted to autopsy a dead squirrel.

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  • Long-term Study Supports Link Between Inflammation and Cognitive Problems in Older Breast Cancer Survivors

    Scientists are still trying to understand why many breast cancer survivors experience troubling cognitive problems for years after treatment. Inflammation is one possible culprit. A new long-term study of older breast cancer survivors, published today in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, adds important evidence to that potential link.

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