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Announcing the 2025-2026 Cohort of Global Health Student Fellows

Selected from a highly competitive pool of more than 100 applicants, the 21 fellows represent five different schools and 15 programs across Georgetown University. Together, they…

October 27, 2025

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Pioneering Track Trains Future Physician Leaders in Global Health Equity

When Emily Makhlouf, M.D., thinks about health care in Kenya, she remembers the crowded wards at AIC Litein Hospital, a rural hospital six hours west of Nairobi. Patients…

October 1, 2025

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Global Health Community Kicks Off Academic Year with Open House

“This event is the only one of its kind on campus,” said Deus Bazira, DrPH, MPH, MBA, director of the Global Health Institute and the Center for Global Health Practice…

September 29, 2025

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Applications Now Open for the 2025-2026 Global Health Student Fellows Program

Since its launch in 2017, the program has welcomed nearly 200 students from every school at Georgetown University.  Past fellows have published academic papers, taken part in…

September 12, 2025

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Georgetown Faculty Share Research and Explore Collaborations on Global Cervical Cancer

Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women worldwide, with nearly 90% of deaths occurring in low-and middle-income countries. To learn about efforts to advance…

July 30, 2025

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Welcoming Diana Rayes, Ph.D., as Program Director for the Faith and Global Health Initiative

Rayes' research focuses on mental health among refugees and migrants in high-income.…

July 21, 2025

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Innovations in Global Health Education Presented at MedStar-Georgetown Symposium

Hosted by the Global Health Institute, in collaboration with the School of Health, the School of Nursing, and MedStar Health-Georgetown Graduate Medical Education,…

June 4, 2025

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Global Health Institute Celebrates the 2024-2025 Cohort Global Health Student Fellows

Since its launch in 2017, the Global Health Student Fellows program, coordinated by the Georgetown University Global Health Institute, has welcomed nearly 200 students from 30…

June 4, 2025

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Georgetown University Partners with AUDA-NEPAD to Transform Africa’s Health Financing

Africa is home to the fastest-growing and youngest population in the world. By 2050, its population is projected to reach 2.5 billion people, meaning one in four people globally…

May 7, 2025

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Vice President of Botswana Discusses Opportunities for Global Health Partnership with Georgetown University

For nearly six decades, the Botswana Democratic Party governed the country, making Botswana the continent’s longest uninterrupted multiparty democracy. That changed in the 2024…

May 7, 2025