All Posts: GUMC Stories

• GUMC Community Meeting Focuses on Racial Justice, ‘Our Highest Priority’

  (February 26, 2021) — Students, staff, faculty and Georgetown University leadership gathered virtually for the first GUMC Community Meeting of 2021 that carried a singular focus: racial justice. “We have devoted our time together to this topic because the journey toward and the achievement of equity and racial justice at all levels of our community […]

  Categories: GUMC Stories, Special Stories Tags: collaboration, Georgetown Lombardi, GUMC community meeting, racial equity, racial justice, Racial Justice Initiative, racism, School of Medicine, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Two Georgetown Centers Find Unexpected Synergy in Exploring Pandemic’s Impact in Latin America

  (February 26, 2021) — Proving that scholarly sparks can fly in unexpected ways, a cross-campus collaboration between Georgetown University Medical Center and the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service is applying a holistic new lens to COVID-19. Drawing on each center’s unique expertise, undergraduate and graduate students from the Center for Global Health Science […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Center for Global Health Science and Security, collaboration, COVID-19, global health, Latin America, public health

• Georgetown Mission and Ministry Offers Ignatian Retreat for Alumni Caregivers

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: alumni, COVID-19

• New Racial Justice Institute Co-Director Combines Psychology and Public Health to Advance Health Equity

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Georgetown Lombardi, new faculty appointment, racial equity, Racial Justice Initiative, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• NHS Chair Co-Edits Journal Issue Focused on Social Determinants of Health and Mental Health

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: faculty honors, mental health, School of Nursing & Health Studies, social determinants of health

• ‘Black Doctors Matter’ at SNMA’s Melanin in Medicine

  (February 20, 2021) — At Melanin in Medicine, an annual event organized by the Georgetown University Student National Medical Association (SNMA), “Black Doctors Matter: Enriching Medicine Since 1837” was not just a theme but a cause for celebration and a call to action. Held in collaboration with the School of Medicine’s Office of Diversity, Equity […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: diversity, medical education, Melanin in Medicine, racial equity, racism, School of Medicine

• Clinical Students Volunteer With COVID-19 Vaccinations

  (February 19, 2021) — Since mid-January, more than 150 medical and nursing students at Georgetown have answered MedStar Health’s call for volunteers to administer the COVID-19 vaccine. Coordinated by Elizabeth Zolper (M’21), the students volunteer every day of the week at four MedStar Health locations around Washington, D.C.  Throughout this pandemic, students have contributed to […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: COVID-19, cura personalis, medical education, MedStar Health, School of Medicine, School of Nursing & Health Studies, Vaccine

• Music to Our Ears: Georgetown Lombardi’s Arts & Humanities Program Receives National Endowment for the Arts Grant

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Arts & Humanities Program, cancer, Georgetown Lombardi, music and healing, patient care

• Georgetown Center Funded to Support Children’s Programs with COVID-19 Recovery

  (February 11, 2021) — The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Office of Head Start has selected the Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development (GUCCHD) to lead the new National Center on Health, Behavioral Health, and Safety (NCHBHS). Among other objectives, NCHBHS will support capacity building for Head Start and other early […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: early childhood development, Education Development Center, funding awards, Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development, NCHBHS

• Georgetown Celebrates Women in Science

  (February 11, 2021) — Georgetown University commemorated the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (February 11, 2021) with a collection of video messages provided by students and faculty from across campus. Each woman answered the question, “What inspired you to become a scientist?” Video Messages Collection Part I Video Messages Collection Part II […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Biomedical Graduate Education, biomedical research, cancer research, Georgetown Lombardi, School of Medicine, School of Nursing & Health Studies, women in STEM