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School of Health Student Reflects on Her Summer Working With Rohingya Refugees

Less than two weeks after returning from her summer volunteer work with refugees in Bangladesh, Isra Satiar (H’26) drew on her experiences when addressing the 1,600 members of…

August 28, 2025

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HIV Has Devastated Her Home. She’s Pursuing a PhD to Channel Aid Where It’s Needed

Martha Cameron (G’25, G’30), from Lusaka, Zambia, has both lived with HIV and built a globe-spanning career in HIV awareness. She has continued her work at Georgetown, first…

August 7, 2025

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Georgetown Faculty Share Research and Explore Collaborations on Global Cervical Cancer

In June 2025, the Global Cancer Collaborative, a joint initiative between the Georgetown University Global Health Institute and Georgetown's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center,…

July 31, 2025

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School of Health Student Uncovers the Impact of Ecological Changes on Indigenous Peoples’ Mental Health

Arjun Chhabra (H’25, M’29) explored the connections between the mental health of the Oglala Lakota people on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge reservation and changing…

May 28, 2025

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School of Health Students Travel to Kenya To Learn Local Solutions For Community Needs

School of Health students spent their spring break in Nairobi, Kenya, visiting government agencies, international companies and nongovernment organizations’ offices in order to…

April 9, 2025

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School of Health Graduate Students Visit Spanish Health Care Facilities as Part of Global Experience

Graduate students in the Master of Science in Health Systems Administration (MHSA) program traveled to Spain during their spring break to learn about the nation’s health care…

April 3, 2025

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Expanding Global Health Initiatives at the Georgetown University School of Nursing

From training health care workers to innovating with new care models, School of Nursing faculty, students and alumni are driving change across the.…

April 1, 2025

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Tumor Biology Program Alumnus Jean-Baptiste Mazarati Builds Health Care Excellence in Rwanda

Since graduating from Georgetown with a PhD in Tumor Biology in 2012, Jean-Baptiste Mazarati has emerged as a health leader in his native.…

March 24, 2025

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Georgetown Receives $27.5 Million to Address HIV/AIDS in Haiti

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief have awarded Georgetown $27.5 million to expand its ongoing work in Haiti…

October 18, 2024

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Georgetown’s Global Health Institute Joins Pope Francis’ Initiative to Care for Children’s Health

Georgetown’s Global Health Institute is joining a new initiative led by Pope Francis that will create a worldwide network to provide medical care to children and support health…

September 24, 2024