Global Health Institute

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), launched by the Government of China, provides a robust financing system and resources through which China can facilitate its global health strategy. The BRI spans countries that contain almost two-thirds of the world’s population and account for one-third of the world’s wealth, creating new opportunities for trade, investment, economic activities, technological innovation, and the movement of people.

Georgetown University’s Mini Medical School Program is a community-centric lecture series that strives to create avenues of communication between the medical professionals of the Georgetown University Medical Center with the wider Georgetown and Washington, D.C., community. The biannual eight-week program features a series of two-hour lectures on different areas of medicine and health given by Georgetown University faculty leaders in their respective fields. Both informative and engaging, the lectures facilitate open dialogue with participants, fueling subsequent discussions across local middle schools, high schools, and professional organizations.