All Posts: GUMC Stories

• Georgetown School of Medicine Class of 2025 Most Diverse in School’s History

  (August 7, 2021) — It happens every year — about 200 students take their first step in the arduous journey to becoming a physician and joining the revered health professions. But this year, the incoming class at Georgetown University School of Medicine looks a bit different. As it enters the second year of an intense, […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: diversity, inclusion, medical education, racial equity, RJCC, School of Medicine

• School of Medicine Class of 2025 Receives Warm Welcome at White Coat Ceremony

  (August 8, 2021) — When she received her white coat as a medical student at Georgetown 22 years ago, Michelle Roett, MD (M’03), MPH, professor and chair in the Department of Family Medicine and director of DC Area Health Education Center (AHEC), dreamed of serving patients in need.  “On that day, 22 years ago, I […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: medical education, School of Medicine, White Coat Ceremony

• NHS Sophomore Seeks to Improve Women’s Health in Rural India

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: global health, School of Nursing & Health Studies, student achievement

• How Medical Students Continued Community-Based Learning During the Pandemic

  (July 23, 2021) — As the organizers of community-based learning (CBL) for Georgetown medical students, Kim Bullock, MD, and Donna Cameron, PhD, MPH, have built relationships with the leaders of more than 20 community sites in the Washington, D.C., area that serve vulnerable populations, including persons with disabilities, older adults and persons in supportive housing. […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: community outreach, community-based learning, medical education, School of Medicine, service to others

• Empowered to Serve: First Cohort of BRIC Coaches Reflect on Personal, Professional Growth

  (July 16, 2021) — The Bias Reduction and Improvement Coaching (BRIC) program launched in September 2019 with 27 members of the Georgetown/MedStar community prepared to participate in a new evidence-based program designed to train faculty and staff members to help colleagues identify and mitigate bias in the workplace.  In the midst of a deadly pandemic […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: inclusion, racial equity, racial justice, training, unconscious bias

• Georgetown Double Alumna to Run on Team USA in 2021 Olympics

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: alumni, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Distinguished Behavioral Epidemiologist Becomes Chair of NHS International Health Department

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: new faculty appointment, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• NHS Department Partners with MedStar Health on New Community Health Needs Assessment

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: health disparities, needs assessment, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Georgetown Nursing Alumna Shares Memories of Education and Hospital Career

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: alumni, nursing, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Virtual Lombardi Women Event Celebrates 15 Years of Support for Breast Cancer Research

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: breast cancer, cancer research, Georgetown Lombardi, philanthropy