Launched in September 2017, the Global Health Security Seminar Series promotes greater dialogue regarding pandemic preparedness across Georgetown University and the wider Washington, DC, community. The events are co-sponsored by the Center for Global Health Science and Security, the School of Health’s Department of Health Management and Policy, and the Global Health Institute and occur on Wednesdays from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Since its inception in 2003, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has moved the HIV pandemic from tragedy toward triumph. PEPFAR has saved more than 20 million lives…
In honor of October being National Biosafety Month in the United States, the Elizabeth R. Griffin Program (ERGP) hosted Georgetown University’s monthly Global Health Security Seminar to focus on…
Cities and urban areas are uniquely vulnerable to large-scale infectious outbreaks due to their dense and highly mobile populations, status as global transit hubs, persistent socioeconomic…
As the world moves into a new sense of normalcy post-COVID-19, we reflect on the lessons we’ve learned, and ask how we can apply them to create a better prepared, more secure world. While it’s clear…
Will we ever actually be able to predict and prevent the next pandemic? Forecasting viral emergence requires scientists to connect the basic building blocks of host-virus interactions with global…
This event launched a series of research briefs at the intersection of COVID-19 policy and impact in Latin America. Undergraduate and graduate student researchers working at the Center for Global…
