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  • The Memory Disorders Program

    The Georgetown University Memory Disorders Program is dedicated to providing state-of-the-art clinical services for individuals affected by Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders and to conducting research aimed at improving treatment options for Alzheimer’s disease.

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  • The International Pediatric Stroke Study

    GUH is a participant in the International Pediatric Stroke Study (IPSS). We currently have an IRB protocol entitled “Towards the Establishment of Standards of Practice and the Initiation of Multi-Center, Multi-National Clinical Trials for Neonates and Children with Stroke”. The purpose of this research is to learn more about the natural history of childhood stroke (sudden blockage of blood flow to part of the brain).

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  • The Harris Lab

    Dr. Harris’ research focuses on the areas of neurodegeneration and CNS neoplasia. His primary interest is in understanding how mechanisms of neuroinflammation and glial-neuronal communication influence the pathophysiology of neurological diseases.

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  • The Golestaneh Lab

    Dr. Golestaneh’s lab is investigating how aging mechanisms affect the cells and induce diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Using patient-specific induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells Dr. Golestaneh is studying the cellular and molecular mechanisms that induce the AMD and is developing ways to stop this disease from occurring.

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  • Georgetown Brain Bank

    Due to funding limitations, effective immediately, the Georgetown Brain Bank will only be able to provide banking and diagnostic neuropathology reports for grant reimbursed studies until further noti

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  • Epilepsy Research

    Dr. Motamedi’s clinical research focuses on seizure onset localization, and optimizing the stimulation parameters during cortical stimulation for brain mapping purposes in patients undergoing epilepsy surgery. The lab’s basic research includes experimenting on animal models of epilepsy to evaluate the mechanisms of action, and the effects of hypothermia in seizures as a possible treatment in the near future.

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  • EEG and Optical Imaging Lab

    Our Lab uses a variety of techniques to provide new insights into the integrative mechanisms of cognitive functions and how those processes and mechanisms are disturbed in neurological diseases.

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  • Collaborative for Research on Outcomes and Metrics (CROM)

    Summary The main aim of the Collaborative for Research on Outcomes and -Metrics (CRΘM) is to change the way that biomedical data are analyzed. CRΘM brings methods and perspectives from psychometri

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  • The Cognitive Recovery Lab

    Our research aims to improve the lives of people with cognitive and language difficulties by expanding our understanding of how the brain performs language and cognitive functions, how these brain systems change in the face of injury or dysfunction, and how we can improve recovery.

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  • Center for Aphasia Research and Rehabilitation

    The mission of the Center for Aphasia Research and Rehabilitation (CARR) is to encourage collaboration among faculty members, research associates and speech-language pathologists, with the goal of integrating their research findings on stroke, aphasia, and normal cognition into the creation of more effective aphasia treatments.

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