All Posts: GUMC Stories

• Georgetown Created Its Own COVID-19 Testing Lab – With Rapid Results

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: COVID-19, COVID-19 testing

• NHS Visiting Jesuit Chair: ‘Bring Our Moral Tradition to Bear’ Through Imagining Improved Health Systems

  (March 4, 2022) — Using the gift of imagination and leaning into our Jesuit values can help us identify and solve problems within the health care system, said Rev. Michael Rozier, SJ, the School of Nursing & Health Studies’ first Visiting Jesuit Chair in the Department of Health Systems Administration, at the Values Based Lecture, […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Ignatian Year, medical ethics, School of Nursing & Health Studies, Values Based Lecture

• For Harley, Patient Care is ‘the Best Part of the Job’

  (February 26, 2022) — When asked about the best part of his job, Earl H. Harley, Jr., MD, FACS, FAAP, answered quickly, pulling colorful drawings and cards off his bulletin board and out of a desk drawer. “The best part of my job is the patients,” said Harley, professor of otolaryngology and pediatrics at Georgetown […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: diversity, faculty profile, medical education, School of Medicine

• SNMA Connects, Informs and Empowers Underrepresented Students

  (February 19, 2022) — In celebration of Black History Month, medical students in Georgetown’s chapter of the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) planned “Melanin in Medicine: Liberation Through Black Identity,” a series of events including virtual study halls, a documentary film screening and Q&A panel discussions on issues impacting Black clinicians. The annual programming is […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Black History Month, School of Medicine, SNMA, student experience, student support

• Student Cancer Researcher Launches Medical Career at Georgetown

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer research, Georgetown Lombardi, HPV, student research

• Facebook Whistleblower Encourages Students to Demand Transparency from Social Media Companies

  (February 11, 2022) — Frances Haugen, the former Facebook project manager turned whistleblower, shared an informative and empowering message at “How Social Media Impacts Teen Health,” a virtual event hosted by the Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development (GUCCHD). To reduce the harmful effects of social media, young people should demand transparency from […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Facebook, Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development, mental health, School of Medicine, School of Nursing & Health Studies, social media impact, teen mental health

• For 27th Year, Georgetown Maintains Prestigious Carnegie Research Classification

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Carnegie Classification, grants and awards, medical research

• New Georgetown Program Synergizes Interdisciplinary Training in the Sciences

  (January 21, 2022) — The National Institutes of Health has awarded Georgetown University a highly competitive and prestigious training grant intended to invigorate the workforce and inspire younger students from diverse backgrounds to pursue doctorate degrees in biomedical sciences.     The new program, known as the Georgetown University Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD), will train […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: biomedical education, Biomedical Graduate Education, collaboration, diversity, graduate education, interdisciplinary programs

• How to End a Pandemic? Georgetown Course Encourages Students to See Themselves in the Answer

  (January 13, 2022) — When designing her innovative new course, How to End a Pandemic, Rebecca Katz, PhD, MPH, sought to push back against a common misconception regarding pandemic response.  “There’s this narrative that there are a handful of heroes or heroines in the story of this pandemic — I want to challenge that,” said […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Center for Global Health Science and Security, COVID-19, global health, pandemic preparedness, student experience

• Visiting Jesuit Chair Engages Ethical Questions in Health Administration, Health Policy

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