All Posts: GUMC Stories

• Out of the Hospital and to the Hill, Medical Students Focus on Public Policy

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: health advocacy, opioid epidemic, School of Medicine

• Ministry Leaders Discuss the Importance of Contemplation at Values Based Lecture

  (February 10, 2023) — Before coming to Georgetown in August 2022 as chaplain for the School of Health and School of Nursing, Sr. Celeste Mokrzycki served as vocations director for her congregation, visiting schools all over the East Coast and Midwest. Georgetown’s values made it stand out, she recalled.  “I think that if we can […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Jesuit values, School of Health, School of Nursing, Values Based Lecture

• GWIM Recognizes Exceptional Women Faculty Members

  (February 3, 2023) — At the Georgetown Women in Medicine (GWIM) Awards Ceremony and Reception, attendees honored women faculty members who have dedicated themselves to mentorship, research, education and service throughout the medical center.  In addition to recognizing the recipients of GWIM’s awards, the January 26 ceremony in the Lombardi Atrium also honored newly appointed, […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Georgetown Women in Medicine, women in STEM

• One Tent Health Student Volunteers Gain Clinical Experience in Community Settings

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: community outreach, service to others, student experience

• Georgetown Increases Tuition Benefits for Military-Connected Students

  Category: GUMC Stories Tag: military medicine

• UNICEF Award to CGHPI Supports COVID-19 Vaccination in Eswatini

  (January 6, 2023) — Georgetown’s Center for Global Health Practice and Impact-Eswatini (CGHPI-E) continues its COVID-19 vaccination work with the support of a new UNICEF award. Its new project addresses vaccine hesitancy through targeted and differentiated programming and communication campaigns at the community level in the Manzini and Lubombo regions of Eswatini. In March 2021, […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Center for Global Health Practice and Impact, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, Eswatini, global health, public health

• GUMC Students Focus on Giving Back This Holiday Season

  (December 16, 2022) — In the midst of final exams and their own holiday preparations, students at the School of Health, School of Nursing and School of Medicine volunteered to spread happiness and health throughout the Georgetown community and beyond. School of Health Through Georgetown Individuals Vocal and Energetic for Service (GIVES), undergraduate students organize […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: community outreach, School of Health, School of Medicine, School of Nursing, student experience

• Nursing and Medical Students Debate Ethical Dilemmas as Pellegrino Student Scholars

  (December 9, 2022) — In a clinical bioethics program unique to Georgetown, a select group of nursing and medical students — known as Pellegrino Student Scholars — work closely together as they discover that practicing cura personalis includes navigating challenging ethical decisions with their patients and families. “Clinical bioethics provides the tools needed to navigate […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: bioethics, cura personalis, medical ethics, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, Pellegrino Scholars Program, student experience

• Ruesch Symposium Participants Encourage Patients to Consider Clinical Trials

  Held by the Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal Cancers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Ruesch Symposium brings together researchers, clinicians, patients, caregivers, policymakers and advocates for networking and discussion on the latest developments in GI cancer research and treatment.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: clinical trials, gastrointestinal cancer, Georgetown Lombardi, pancreatic cancer, patient care, research, Ruesch Center, Ruesch Center Symposium

• Improving Population Health Through Hospital Administration

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: alumni, population health, School of Health