Biomedical Education
Mission:In addition to medical degrees, Georgetown University Medical Center also offers graduate degrees in the sciences, nursing degrees, and residency programs for prospective doctors. Two sectors offering biomedical education are the School of Medicine and the School of Nursing & Health Studies.
School of Medicine:
Georgetown's School of Medicine provides a unique and comprehensive approach to medical education, always with an eye to the Jesuit ideal of cura personalis, or "care of the whole person," and with a curriculum that encourages students to give back to their communities, be they local, national, or global. As one of the most selective medical schools in the country, the School of Medicine is consistently ranked in US News and World Report's top 50 graduate programs at research universities. Georgetown medical students consistently match into top medical schools around the country for their residency programs.
School of Nursing & Health Studies:
Georgetown University’s School of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS) comprises four academic departments: Health Systems Administration, Human Science, International Health, and Nursing. NHS includes the Center on Health and Education and—in partnership with Georgetown University Law Center—The Linda and Timothy O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law. The school also houses a research portfolio of nearly $25 million. NHS seeks to recruit faculty members who translate science into outcomes that benefit the public’s health. Areas of interest include child and maternal health, education, nutrition and obesity, HIV/AIDS, vulnerable populations, indigenous populations, work force, epidemiology, global health, mental health, health outcomes, population health, and bio-surveillance. NHS and its departments consistently rank highly in US News and World Report’s rankings of the top graduate programs in the country.
Biomedical Graduate Programs:
Georgetown University Medical Center’s biomedical graduate programs offer a variety of outstanding educational and research training environments responsive to the needs and interests of a diverse population of students. GUMC boasts an internationally distinguished faculty who share both their knowledge and the richness of their experience with their student colleagues in order to prepare them for leadership roles in research, the professions, teaching and public service. The biomedical graduate programs cover a wide spectrum of fields – from basic and clinical sciences, to emerging infectious diseases, to science policy, to critical evaluation of complementary and alternative medicine. Degrees offered range from master’s to Ph.D. programs.
Leadership:
S. Ray Mitchell, M.D.
Dean for Medical Education
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Bette Jacobs, RN, Ph.D.
Dean of the School for Nursing & Health Studies
Professor of Nursing
W. Taylor Johnson, M.F.A.
Director of Biomedical Graduate Education
