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Gateway Exploration Program Scholars Share Health Disparities Research
With their health disparities research capstone presentations, participants in the 2023 Gateway Exploration Program (GEP) drew attention to topics that concern them, including substance use disorder, childhood asthma and food insecurity, and proposed solutions to problems they’ve seen firsthand. The presentations marked the culmination of the GEP, a six-week internship for DC high school students who are aspiring physicians from backgrounds underrepresented in medicine.
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Through Experiential Learning in Tanzania, Nursing Students Gain Experience and New Perspective
In less than two weeks, nursing students provided dental exams and vision screenings, led health education sessions, toured a hospital for patients with tuberculosis and HIV, visited a vaccine clinic, learned about postpartum care and more through the inaugural Tanzania Health Care Experiential Learning Initiative.
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Researchers Discuss Cognitive Function and Aging at 2nd Annual Healthy Aging Symposium
About 150 participants registered for this year’s Health Aging Symposium, which featured panel discussions on neuroscience, cancer, and healthy aging in the community, as well as poster presentations, a wine and cheese reception, a networking lunch and breakout sessions.
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Nursing Programs Implement Innovative Curriculum to Emphasize Health Equity
Recognizing a need to strategically weave health equity content throughout their courses, educators in the School of Nursing’s Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner (WHNP) and Nurse-Midwifery (NM)/WHNP Programs designed and implemented an innovative health equity curriculum to give students the knowledge and skills they need to provide patient-centered care and promote social justice.
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School of Health Students Finding Sustainable Health Solutions in Rural India
Through their student-run organization, Project RISHI (Rural India Social and Health Improvement), Georgetown undergraduate students including those from the School of Health are partnering with local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to address population health problems such as anemia and malnutrition through education and the use of sustainable health products.
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The Curious Brain: Interdisciplinary Solutions for the Complex Problems of Neuroscience
Georgetown’s Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience offers doctoral students the ability to see neuroscience through the lens of multiple disciplines, not only allowing for the possibility of broadening or shifting their focus, but actively facilitating it.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci To Join Georgetown Faculty as Distinguished University Professor
After dedicating 54 years of his life to public service, Dr. Anthony Fauci has chosen Georgetown University to play a major role in the next phase of his career.
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Research To Help Patients Make Informed Decisions About Breast MRI
While many people think that breast cancer screening and mammography are synonymous, Claire Conley, PhD, wants people to know that women who are at higher than average risk for breast cancer may also receive a breast MRI.
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Interprofessional Learning Experience Inspires Students to Practice Coordinated Care
Recognizing the importance of coordinated patient care among nurses, doctors and others, students from the School of Medicine and School of Nursing partnered for an interprofessional field trip to focus on caring for the aging.
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How Two Doctors Are Using Research To Push the Field of Medicine
Ever since their own families grappled with their own health crises, Dr. Ralf Martz Sulague (G’23) and Dr. Allison Fitzgerald (M’23, G’23) wanted to pursue careers taking care of patients’ health. But they both knew they wanted to make an impact outside of the doctor’s office and came to Georgetown to expand the reach of their MD degrees.
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