All Posts: diversity

• Medical Students Form Organization to Increase the Number of Spanish-Speaking Physicians

  With a dual mission to train medical students to effectively communicate and educate the School of Medicine community about the specific health needs of the Latino population, a group of third- and fourth-year medical students are looking to recruit the next cohort of leaders for the Medical Spanish Initiative.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cultural competence, cura personalis, diversity, health disparities, medical education, School of Medicine

• Gateway Exploration Program Scholars Share Health Disparities Research

  With their health disparities research capstone presentations, participants in the 2023 Gateway Exploration Program (GEP) drew attention to topics that concern them, including substance use disorder, childhood asthma and food insecurity, and proposed solutions to problems they’ve seen firsthand. The presentations marked the culmination of the GEP, a six-week internship for DC high school students who are aspiring physicians from backgrounds underrepresented in medicine.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: community outreach, diversity, Gateway Exploration Program, health disparities, health equity, high school programs, pathway programs, School of Medicine

• Georgetown Cultural Competence Experts Collaborate with NY State to Improve Developmental Disability Services

  The state of New York has tapped Georgetown’s National Center for Cultural Competence to help advance the policies and practices of cultural and linguistic competence, diversity, equity and inclusion within its Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: diversity, health disparities, inclusion, intellectual and developmental disabilities, National Center for Cultural Competence, racial equity

• At ‘I, Too, Am Georgetown Medicine,’ Medical Students Reflect on Identity and Community

  (April 15, 2022) — After expressing concerns about their sense of purpose and the way they build community, medical students held the first “I, Too, Am Georgetown Medicine” event in 2017. Six years later, the event remains a valuable opportunity for participants to reflect on their experiences and build connections. “This year’s theme is ‘Out […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: diversity, medical education, racial equity, racial justice, School of Medicine

• For Harley, Patient Care is ‘the Best Part of the Job’

  (February 26, 2022) — When asked about the best part of his job, Earl H. Harley, Jr., MD, FACS, FAAP, answered quickly, pulling colorful drawings and cards off his bulletin board and out of a desk drawer. “The best part of my job is the patients,” said Harley, professor of otolaryngology and pediatrics at Georgetown […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: diversity, faculty profile, medical education, School of Medicine

• New Georgetown Program Synergizes Interdisciplinary Training in the Sciences

  (January 21, 2022) — The National Institutes of Health has awarded Georgetown University a highly competitive and prestigious training grant intended to invigorate the workforce and inspire younger students from diverse backgrounds to pursue doctorate degrees in biomedical sciences.     The new program, known as the Georgetown University Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD), will train […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: biomedical education, Biomedical Graduate Education, collaboration, diversity, graduate education, interdisciplinary programs

• MedStar Health and Georgetown University Medical Center to Develop AI and Machine Learning Training for Early Career and Minority Investigators Interested in Health Disparities

  The initiative is part of the NIH-funded AIM-AHEAD Consortium dedicated to addressing the lack of diversity in the field of data science WASHINGTON (December 20, 2021) — MedStar Health and Georgetown University Medical Center announce their collaboration in the Data Science Training Core, part of a new two-year, multimillion-dollar award funded by the National Institutes […]

  Category: News Release Tags: diversity, health equity, research

• New Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Longitudinal Track Prepares Medical Students for Leadership Roles

  (October 8, 2021) — As a School of Medicine student on the medical education research scholar longitudinal track, L. Tamara Wilson (M’21) expected that she’d simply submit her capstone project — a proposal for a new track in diversity, equity and inclusion in medicine — then work toward implementing it at another institution after she […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: diversity, health equity, inclusion, medical education, racial equity, School of Medicine

• SPARK Committee Looking for New Members to Advance Racial Equity

  (September 24, 2021) — If you’re interested in working together with colleagues to increase understanding of pervasive racial inequities and advance racial equity in the GUMC community, consider joining the Spaces and Places for Advocacy & Racial-Justice Knowledge (SPARK) committee. Led by the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, the SPARK Committee is seeking new […]

  Category: Special Stories Tags: diversity, inclusion, racial equity

• Georgetown School of Medicine Class of 2025 Most Diverse in School’s History

  (August 7, 2021) — It happens every year — about 200 students take their first step in the arduous journey to becoming a physician and joining the revered health professions. But this year, the incoming class at Georgetown University School of Medicine looks a bit different. As it enters the second year of an intense, […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: diversity, inclusion, medical education, racial equity, RJCC, School of Medicine