All Posts: Center for Global Health Science and Security
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Georgetown’s Rebecca Katz Named Advisor on Biden Coronavirus Task Force
WASHINGTON (November 9, 2020) — Georgetown University Medical Center’s Rebecca Katz, PhD, MPH, director of the Center for Global Health Science and Security, has been named as an advisor for President-elect Joe Biden’s new coronavirus task force. Katz has been part of a team advising Biden on COVID-19 for the last several months along with […]
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Georgetown Global Health Center Issues Pandemic Preparedness Report and COVID-19 Lessons
WASHINGTON (September 14, 2020) — In a new report commissioned by the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB), Georgetown global health experts say the success of any effort to redress pandemic preparedness failures demonstrated by COVID-19 requires a re-centering of governance that would include greater accountability, transparency, equity, participation and the rule of law. The report, […]
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A Global Plan for Parasite Conservation
Parasites are unseen heroes that maintain ecosystem stability; they are scarcely studied and highly threatened by global change, and now there is a global plan to conserve them. (August 1, 2020) — Parasites are found in every ecosystem and play important roles in nutrient cycling, wildlife population control, and ecosystem stability. They are threatened not […]
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New COVID-19 Policy Mapping Tool and Database Released to Help Inform Decision-making
WASHINGTON (July 16, 2020) — Amid a resurgence in COVID-19 cases and in anticipation of outbreaks intensifying over the summer, the experts behind COVID-Local.org have launched a new policy mapping tool and comprehensive database. The tool allows community and national leaders to measure their phased reopening and ongoing local disease spread against the impact of […]
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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 (GHSS) has published guidance and social media infographics that are available for free to organizers, governments and individuals to proactively take steps to minimize the risk of COVID-19. The […]
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Georgetown Global Health Experts Apply Past Lessons to COVID-19
(April 21, 2020) — As COVID-19 cases continue to spread around the globe, there is still much to be understood: how long drastic “social distancing” measures will be necessary, whether there will be a resurgence months from now, and to what extent viral mutations might impact clinical outcomes, among many other critical questions. As the […]
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Preparing for a Second Wave of COVID-19 With Real-Time Surveillance
(April 21, 2020) — To avoid depending on COVID-19 testing in the event of a second wave of illness in the U.S., two Georgetown University global health researchers are developing a real-time surveillance system. The computer-based system would detect health indicators of the community disease spread early on — before confirmed diagnoses. Public health officials, […]
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COVID-19 Frontline Guide for Local Decision-Makers
Webinar on Monday, March 30, to Review Guide and Actions WASHINGTON (March 24, 2020) — Successful suppression of COVID-19 in the United States will require urgent and decisive action by state, local and community leaders across the country. To support effective decision-making, top global health security leaders have released a COVID-19 Frontline Guide. Developed in […]
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Biosafety in Research and Cura Personalis
(October 24, 2019) — “When they work well, no one knows they’re there.” That’s how Julie Fischer, PhD, describes programs that protect biomedical scientists from the unintended consequences of their research, especially when their work involves infectious or otherwise hazardous materials. Fischer is the director of the Elizabeth R. Griffin Program, a part of Georgetown’s Center […]
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