All Posts: GUMC Stories

• Two NHS Students Selected as Scholars by Pat Tillman Foundation

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

• $1M Gift Supports NHS Students Serving Geriatric and Vulnerable Populations

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: geriatrics, health disparities, health equity, nursing, scholarship endowment, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• White Coats for Black Lives

  (June 5, 2020) — Members of our Georgetown and MedStar Health communities knelt in solidarity with and support of the Black community during a peaceful nationwide demonstration by health care workers on Friday, June 5.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: advocacy, health advocacy, health disparities, health equity, School of Medicine, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• BRIC Program Teaches Evidence-Based Strategies to Reduce Bias

  (June 5, 2020) — When participants in the Bias Reduction and Improvement Coaching (BRIC) program planned their June 3 quarterly workshop, they couldn’t have imagined what would transpire in the interim from their last meeting. Against the backdrop of a country grappling with racial violence and systemic racism, the “coaches” started their meeting via Zoom […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: diversity, Georgetown Lombardi, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, School of Medicine, School of Nursing & Health Studies, unconscious bias

• NHS Alumna Leads Perioperative Services at MedStar Georgetown

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

• Cancer Genetic Counseling in the Time of COVID-19

  (May 28, 2020) — It may be hard to believe, but as recently as 2014, the idea of delivering genetic counseling for familial cancer risk remotely instead of in-person was quite controversial. Without data about whether this service could be provided effectively and without adverse effects, many genetic counselors were hesitant to adopt it and […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: COVID-19, genetic counseling, genetic testing, Georgetown Lombardi, telehealth, telephone genetic counseling

• Health Justice Alliance Responds to COVID-19

  (May 19, 2020) — While COVID-19 exacts its devastating toll across the world, in Washington, DC, the pandemic has deepened the gulf of health disparities and social injustice. For the students and leaders of Georgetown’s Health Justice Alliance, a collaboration between Georgetown Law and the university’s medical center, the havoc created by the crisis makes […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: COVID-19, health advocacy, health disparities, health equity, health justice, Health Justice Alliance, School of Medicine

• NHS Alumnae Help With MGUH COVID-19 Response

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: COVID-19, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, nursing, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Golden Apple Awards 2020: A Celebration of Our GUSOM Community

  (May 18, 2020) — Georgetown University School of Medicine faculty, students and staff were honored virtually for this year’s annual Golden Apple Awards. Golden Apple Awards The Golden Apple Award is presented annually by each class to a member of the faculty whose outstanding professional and personal qualities have enhanced the medical education of the […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cura personalis, Golden Apple Awards, medical education, School of Medicine, student achievement, student mentoring

• SOM Students Create Online Tribute to Dean Mitchell

  (May 18, 2020) — Stephen Ray Mitchell, MD, MBA (W’86, MBAE’13), the Joseph Butenas Professor of Medical Education, will conclude his service as Dean for Medical Education on June 30, 2020. Following the conclusion of his term as Dean, Ray will assume the title of Dean Emeritus and serve as a member of our medical […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: School of Medicine, SOM Commencement 2020