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Once His Home, Medical Student Uses Research Requirement to Investigate Hypertension in Zimbabwe

(March 29, 2019) — The nearly 200 independent scholarly projects completed by students at Georgetown University School of Medicine this year varied from topics including…

April 8, 2019

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Alternative Spring Break Experience Provokes Reflection, Introspection for NHS Student

(March 29, 2019) — Growing up in Nebraska, Emily Graul (NHS’20) was already familiar with the challenges associated with rural health care accessibility, but leading an…

March 29, 2019

News Release

A Billion People Will Be Newly Exposed to Diseases Like Dengue Fever as World Temperatures Rise

MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (March 28, 2019) — As many as a billion people could be newly exposed to disease-carrying mosquitoes by the end of the…

March 28, 2019

News Release

Georgetown Researchers Launch ‘Nari Paila,’ Mobile Games to Share Information on Fertility Awareness, Family Planning in Nepal

MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (March 24, 2019) — This month, Georgetown researchers launched a series of mobile games in Nepal to reach young people…

March 24, 2019

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New Master’s in Global Infectious Disease Bridges Science and Policy

March 21, 2019

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GHI Student Fellowships Combine Research and Mentorship in Global Health

February 28, 2019

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Georgetown Alumna Conducts C-Section Research as Fulbright Grantee

February 22, 2019

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Undergraduate Leverages Research Opportunities as Global Health Major, Fellow

January 24, 2019

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Georgetown Team Finds Richness in Collaboration with Jesuit Clinic in Liberia

(December 7, 2018) — The team from Georgetown’s School of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS) didn’t know what to expect when they set out in early November for,…

December 7, 2018

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Medical Alumni Event Explores Current and Future Global Health Challenges

(November 3, 2018) — In a thought-provoking and far-ranging discussion, Georgetown University School of Medicine (GUSOM) convened a panel of faculty, a medical alumna and a…

November 3, 2018