The Global Public Health Seminars bring together faculty, research staff, and graduate students from across Georgetown University to present works in progress and explore new opportunities for collaborative research. The seminars also provide a forum for visiting researchers from around the world to meet with Georgetown colleagues and share their research. The seminars take place weekly on Mondays from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. ET.
Launched in September 2017 as the Global Health Security Seminar Series, the initial focus for the seminars on global health security and public health emergencies has broadened over time. As of the spring 2024 semester, the seminars now explore a range of applied global health subjects that include epidemiology, health policy, health systems, and public health research, drawing on a mix of qualitative and quantitative methodologies.
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 at Georgetown University.
Routine childhood vaccination is understood as one of the most critical factors in controlling and preventing disease. However, there is a developing body of research suggesting that childhood…
Trust is critical because disease control requires collective action. During the COVID-19 pandemic, however, advocates found it easier to criticize the science than to weigh the harms and benefits. To…
Populist political actors across the Americas and Europe promoted "medical populism" in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, using it as a tool to oversimplify complex issues, forge divisions, and…
In this seminar, Weijun Yu, senior research officer at the Global Health Institute, delved into cutting-edge research exploring the spread of COVID-19 through the lens of network science and spatial…
In this seminar, Hailey Robertson, research analyst and data engineer in the Data Lab at the Georgetown University Center for Global Health Science and Security, presented the results of a project to…
In this seminar Matt Boyce, a Ph.D. candidate in the global infectious diseases program at Georgetown University’s Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, presented the results from a survey focused on…
