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Medical Center Faculty Members Learn from Immersive Experience at U.S./Mexico Border

Participating in an immersive experience at the U.S./Mexico border gave faculty members from the School of Nursing and School of Health a better understanding of the immigration…

August 4, 2024

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Medical Students Gain Confidence with a Dose of Cultural Humility Through Summer Experience

Spring 2024 GHI student fellow Phoebe Ato (M’27) completed a monthlong medical mission to the Dominican Republic where she joined other U.S. medical students in setting up pop-up…

July 18, 2024

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Edward Healton, Longtime Leader of GUMC, Reflects on Nearly a Decade as EVP

On June 30, 2024, Edward B. Healton stepped down from the helm of Georgetown University Medical Center after nine years serving as executive vice president for health sciences…

July 5, 2024

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Georgetown Global Health and Cancer Researchers Tackle Public Health Challenge in Eswatini

Researchers from Georgetown’s Center for Global Health Practice and Impact teamed up with screening experts from Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and the…

June 20, 2024

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Smallpox Biosecurity in a New Era of Technology

The O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law's Lawrence Gostin co-wrote an article published in Think Global Health discussing the risks and opportunities posed by…

June 18, 2024

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Ignore the Disinformation — the US is Safer With a Global Pandemic Treaty

In this opinion piece published in The Hill, the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law's Lawrence Gostin addresses the threat of disinformation and discusses how…

May 30, 2024

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Q&A with Former Global Health Institute Student Fellow Bryce Robinson

You recently graduated from Georgetown Law with your Master of Laws degree in national and global health law. Why did you choose to study this degree at Georgetown, and how will…

May 30, 2024

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O’Neill-Lancet Commission Tackles Racism and Structural Discrimination in Global Health

Comprising a diverse and distinguished panel of commissioners, the commission is co-chaired by two female scientists of African descent, Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng, United Nations…

May 30, 2024

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Waite and Fauci Discuss Health Inequities and Disparities, Burnout and Well-being

Roberta Waite, dean of the School of Nursing, and Anthony Fauci, a Georgetown distinguished university professor in the School of Medicine and the McCourt School of Public, …

May 15, 2024

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Course Correcting the U.S. Response to Bird Flu

The Center for Global Health Science and Security's Claire Standley co-wrote an article published in Think Global Health critiquing the United States' initial response to the…

May 13, 2024