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Undergraduate Nursing Students Gain Firsthand Experience in Health Policy on Capitol Hill

Undergraduate students from Georgetown's Berkley School of Nursing traveled to Capitol Hill in February to participate in the National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN)…

February 17, 2026

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Future Nurse Leaders Acquire Critical Advocacy Skills to Shape Health Care Policy

In June, two executive DNP students and four DNP program faculty members participated in the American Organization for Nursing Leadership Advocacy Academy, a program that…

August 5, 2025

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‘Hoyas on the Hill’ Event Highlights Federally Funded Research

This year’s “Hoyas on the Hill” event to celebrate alumni who are members of Congress and work in congressional offices highlighted federally funded research endeavors now…

May 27, 2025

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School of Nursing Graduate Students Advance Jesuit Values Through Advocacy

Deepening their commitment to the Jesuit values of “people for others” and pursuit of social justice, graduate students from Georgetown’s Nurse-Midwifery/Women’s Health…

April 26, 2023

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Future Physician-Advocates Hone Their Skills During Health Justice Week

As part of Health Justice Week, School of Medicine students investigated social, legal, racial and economic barriers to health in an interprofessional learning.…

March 31, 2023

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Georgetown Announces Master’s Program in Addiction Policy and Practice

August 28, 2020

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Open Letter Leads to Launch of Racial Justice Committee

(July 19, 2020) — As activists across the country protested against racism and police brutality, a group of Georgetown medical students exchanged text messages about how the…

July 19, 2020

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Georgetown Global Health Experts Provide Guidance on COVID-19 at Protests

WASHINGTON (June 11, 2020) — As protests against racial injustice continue around the United States and around the world, the Center for Global Health Science and Security …

June 11, 2020

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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…

June 5, 2020

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Hoyas on the Hill Advocate on Behalf of Patients

(March 24, 2020) — Though the COVID-19 pandemic dominated the focus on the Hill, the purposeful groups of Health Justice Scholars from Georgetown University School of Medicine…

March 24, 2020