All Posts: community outreach

• Experts and D.C. Residents Come Together for Breast Cancer Community Forum

  (November 27, 2018) — District of Columbia residents shared their stories, concerns and fears at Environment & Breast Cancer: Transforming Data Into Action, a community forum organized by Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center to explore the impacts of the environment on breast cancer in communities like Washington’s Wards 7 and 8. “We can more easily identify what’s […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: breast cancer, cancer, community outreach, health disparities, population health

• Supporting St. Baldrick’s with Superheroes, Sumo Wrestling and More

  With live music, a silent auction, pie- and donut-eating contests, sumo wrestling, superheroes, speeches, head shaving and more, the 2018 St. Baldrick’s fundraiser, organized by the School of Medicine in support of pediatric cancer research, was more festive than ever.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, cancer research, community outreach, day of service, School of Medicine, service to others

• Junior Science and Humanities Symposium Brings High Schoolers to the Hilltop

  While Georgetown students were on spring break, about 150 high school students and teachers from 26 local schools in the greater Washington metropolitan area came to campus March 8 and 9 for the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tag: community outreach

• Fitness Instructor and Former Felon Shares His Story With Medical Students

  At a lunchtime talk hosted by the Inmate Wellness Interest Group (IWIG) on January 17, Dontrell “Trell” Britton spoke about his journey from prison to a career as a personal trainer and some of the challenges former felons face.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: advocacy, community outreach, Inmate Wellness Interest Group, population health