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Former White House COVID-19 Coordinator Discusses Career and Pandemic Lessons

Ashish Jha, former White House COVID-19 response coordinator, discussed lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and his work in public health policy with students in the…

February 2, 2024

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Dr. Anthony Fauci Featured at Annual Whittington Lecture

On February 1, Distinguished University Professor Dr. Anthony Fauci, a leading immunologist and infectious disease researcher, reflected on the legacy of the COVID-19 pandemic…

February 2, 2024

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Jack Leslie Gives Talk on Crisis of Trust in Public Health

On January 25, Jack Leslie (SFS'76), distinguished professor of the practice in the School of Health’s Department of Global Health and senior advisor to the Global Health…

February 1, 2024

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Exploring the Evolution of Global Health Education with Myriam Vuckovic

In this episode of the Georgetown Global Health Podcast, Myriam Vuckovic, associate professor in the Department of Global Health, discusses the complexities and evolution of…

January 22, 2024

Maeve Kennedy McKean Global Health Award
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Two Fellowship Programs Honor the Legacy and Impact of Maeve Kennedy McKean

On December 8, 2023, members of the global health community at Georgetown University gathered for a luncheon with the family members of Maeve Kennedy McKean (G/L’09), the former…

January 18, 2024

Global Health Student Fellows
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Q&A with Former Global Health Institute Student Fellow Kearney Capuano

What projects have you been working on lately? During summer 2023 I worked with my GHI student fellow faculty mentor, Dr. Kelley Anderson, and Dr. Krista A. White, associate…

November 6, 2023

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Q&A with the Global Health Institute’s New Senior Research Officer Weijun Yu

Your research focuses primarily on infectious disease outcomes in vulnerable populations. What drew you to this field? I became interested in this field after witnessing…

October 25, 2023

Global Health Student Fellows
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Q&A with Global Health Institute Student Fellow Shreya Arora

Can you tell us about what you are currently working on? In August 2023 I moved to Tanga, Tanzania, for my senior year experiential global health course. I am working at the…

October 5, 2023

Maeve Kennedy McKean Global Health Award
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Inaugural Maeve Kennedy McKean Fellow Proposes Researching Indigenous Health Care in Canada

Jointly administered by the Global Health Institute and the Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service, the McKean fellowship honors the legacy of Maeve Kennedy…

August 23, 2023

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Global Health Institute Grows With Jack Leslie as Senior Advisor

Leslie is an international development activist, a strategic communications executive, political consultant, and philanthropist who has spent much of the last two decades engaged…

April 27, 2023