Ambassador Mark Dybul has been appointed as the new executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, succeeding his previous term from 2013 to 2017. Dybul is a Georgetown University professor and alumnus who has dedicated his career to improving global health.
A research team led by Georgetown University and the Buck Institute aims to predict and intervene in harmful protein changes before disease begins. The team will use artificial intelligence, computational modeling, and experimental measurements to develop new diagnostics and treatments for neurodegenerative diseases and cancer.
An international team of physicists creates a material with ultra-low density by controlling the three-dimensional shape of rigid microscopic filaments. The study shows that shape can be used to create materials with novel properties, such as glass-like behavior even in high water content suspensions.
A new study found that brain scans are more accurate in measuring learning than traditional tests. The research reveals a link between spatial thinking and verbal reasoning, with improvements in one leading to gains in the other.
A recent study led by Georgetown University researchers found that city wildlife may not be a significant threat for future pandemics. Urban-adapted animals host roughly ten times as many diseases, but after adjusting for sampling bias, the risk of human-infective viruses is no greater than in rural areas.