A Year in Review of the Global Health Institute
In 2025, Georgetown University Global Health Institute furthered the global health agenda at Georgetown by supporting student-led research, launching the Georgetown-Lancet Commission on Faith, Trust, and Health, and hosting high-level gatherings with international health leaders.
Georgetown community at the annual Global Health Open House.
This past year reminded us of the ever-changing landscape of global health. Through innovation, we turned challenges into opportunities.
We celebrated the accomplishments of the 2024-2025 Global Health Student Fellows, the largest cohort in our program’s history, and welcomed the 2025-2026 cohort, composed of students from five schools and 15 programs across the university. Our alumni shared news of prestigious achievements, including earning the Fulbright-Nehru Research Award and being appointed as a justice of the High Court of Ghana.
We hosted nearly a dozen Global Health Seminars where members of the global health community at Georgetown presented ongoing research related to topics such as antimicrobial resistance in Rwanda and live cancer risks in Thailand.
We welcomed distinguished guests, including Vice President and Minister of Finance of the Republic of Botswana Ndaba Gaolathe and Minister of Health for Northern Ireland Mike Nesbitt.
We launched a new partnership to transform the capacity of Africa’s private sector to support the health sector between Georgetown University and the African Union Development Agency – New Partnership for Africa’s Development. The Collaborating Center for Health Market Development in Africa represents the first partnership of its kind between an African Union agency and an international academic institution.
We also launched the Georgetown-Lancet Commission on Faith, Trust, and Health, the flagship project of our Faith and Global Health Initiative. The commission convened its first meeting in Istanbul, published a commentary in The Lancet, and launched a webinar series featuring global experts, including Richard Horton, editor-in-chief of The Lancet.
We welcomed Nalini Anand, J.D., MPH, as managing director, a lawyer and global health expert with decades of experience shaping global health policy and research initiatives, including leadership roles at the Fogarty International Center.
Looking ahead, we will build on this momentum by hosting the next meeting of the commission in Cape Town, South Africa, supporting two additional projects through the Catalytic Incubator, and continuing to shape the broader strategy of the Faith and Global Health Initiative. We also look forward to introducing Global Health Day, a new campus-wide convening to reflect on shared priorities in global health. Finally, in collaboration with our partners across the university, we will strengthen our overall strategy by reflecting on our vision and mission.
Our current and past fellows engaged in international and local projects, earned prestigious awards, and assumed leadership roles.
Announcements
Earning an Honorable Mention in the Untold Global Health Stories of 2025 Contest
March 12, 2025
Global Health Student Fellows, News
Global Health Institute Celebrates the 2024-2025 Cohort Global Health Student Fellows
June 4, 2025
Global Health Student Fellows, News
Announcing the 2025-2026 Cohort of Global Health Student Fellows
October 27, 2025
Maeve Kennedy McKean Global Health Award, News
Maeve Kennedy McKean Fellow Seeks to Improve Maternal Health Care in Karachi
October 27, 2025
News
Georgetown Students Win Interprofessional Prize at 2025 DC Public Health Case Challenge
November 26, 2025
Maeve Kennedy McKean Global Health Award, News
Jordan Pai and Kayla Wontumi Named 2025-2026 Maeve Kennedy McKean Global Health Award Recipients
December 1, 2025
We launched and expanded programs that advance strategic priorities in global health.
Georgetown University and the African Union Development Agency New Partnership for Africa’s Development launched the Collaborating Center for Health Market Development in Africa, the first partnership of its kind between an African Union agency and an international academic institution.
Announcements
Georgetown Launches Faith-Health Commission To Strengthen Trust in Health Systems
May 29, 2025
Throughout the year, we convened gatherings that advanced interdisciplinary learning, from major conferences to intimate conversations with global leaders.
Ndaba Gaolathe, vice president and minister of health of the Republic of Botswana, attended a high-level discussion with faculty about opportunities for global health partnerships between his government and the university.
Global Health Student Fellows, News
Global Health Community Kicks Off Academic Year with Open House
September 29, 2025
Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., former director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, was a guest at Conversations in Health.
Global Health Seminars provided an opportunity for faculty, research staff, and graduate students to present works in progress.
Global Health Seminars
Emerging Projects: Antimicrobial Resistance and Laboratory Preparedness and Response
January 13, 2025
Global Health Seminars
A Consultative Dialogue on the Georgetown Commission on Faith, Trust, and Health
February 10, 2025
Global Health Seminars
March 17, 2025
Global Health Seminars
Asymptomatic: The Silent Spread of COVID-19 and the Future of Pandemics
March 24, 2025
Global Health Seminars
March 31, 2025
Global Health Seminars
Assembled (In)access: The Borderlands of Health Care between Haiti and the Dominican Republic
May 5, 2025
Global Health Seminars
Predicting Antiretroviral Therapy Interruptions Among People Living with HIV in Haiti
November 17, 2025
Global Health Seminars
A Medical Anthropology Assessment of Liver Cancer Risk Factors in Thailand
December 8, 2025
We welcomed two staff members whose experience and leadership support our ongoing work across programs and initiatives.
Managing Director of the Global Health Institute
Program Director of the Faith and Global Health Initiative