All Posts: ARCHES Program

• Following Family’s Dreams, ARCHES Alumna to Start at School of Medicine

  (August 6, 2020) — Over 20 years ago, after immigrating to the United States from Pakistan, Rimsha Rana (M’24) and her family dreamed about her going to Georgetown University School of Medicine (GUSOM). On her father’s commute to and from work, he would pass Georgetown and pray, “Dear God, please give my children a chance […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: ARCHES Program, cura personalis, diversity, medical education, School of Medicine

• ARCHES, GEP Participants Present Research Projects

  (August 16, 2019) — After spending their summer learning about careers in medicine, participants in two pipeline programs run by the School of Medicine Office of Diversity and Inclusion presented their capstone projects, including tobacco use in young adults, social isolation in stem cell transplant patients, mental health disparities and more.  United by their interest […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: ARCHES Program, community outreach, diversity, GEP Program, medical education, School of Medicine