All Posts: COVID-19

• Addressing an Urgent Need: COVID-19 Research at Georgetown

  (April 15, 2020) — While the COVID-19 pandemic has presented the medical and scientific community with unrelenting and unparalleled challenges, the unique nature of the virus provides for wide-ranging and potentially impactful areas of scientific exploration and understanding.  To that end, Georgetown University Medical Center provided seed money to 15 teams of investigators to better […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: 2019 Novel Coronavirus, biomedical research, COVID-19, research innovation

• NHS Alumni Work on the Front Lines of NYC COVID-19 Outbreak

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: 2019 Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• During COVID-19 Response, NHS Alumna Leads as MedStar Georgetown CNO

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: COVID-19, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• NHS Professor and Graduate Student Discuss Ethical Concerns of PPE Distribution During Current Pandemic

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: COVID-19, medical ethics, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• NHS Alumna Helps Lead COVID-19 Response at Community Health Centers Network

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: 2019 Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• NHS Student Contributes to National Guard’s COVID-19 Response in Florida

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: 2019 Novel Coronavirus, coronavirus, COVID-19, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Medical Students Mobilize Swiftly to Organize Donations of Protective Equipment

  (March 27, 2020) — Immediately upon learning that their clinical activities would be on hold due to COVID-19, a group of Georgetown School of Medicine students began checking in with one another: “What can we do to help?” The recommendation from the Association of American Medical Colleges that medical schools suspend any activities involving student […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: community outreach, COVID-19, public health, School of Medicine, service to others

• A Three-Step Plan to Aid with COVID-19 Supply Shortage

  WASHINGTON (March 26, 2020) — Two public health experts propose that the U.S. government undertake a three-step plan to aid in managing the supply of personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 outbreak. “Governors and hospital CEOs should not be left to try to find PPE supplies on their own,” write Jesse Goodman, MD, MPH, and […]

  Category: News Release Tags: 2019 Novel Coronavirus, coronavirus, COVID-19, personal protective equipment, public health

• 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 […]

  Category: News Release Tags: 2019 Novel Coronavirus, Center for Global Health Science and Security, COVID-19, global health, public health