All Posts: global health
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Subject Matter Experts
WASHINGTON — Georgetown University professors offer expertise for journalists seeking interviews in a variety of subjects related to COVID-19 (previously known as 2019-nCoV acute respiratory outbreak). Topics include infectious disease control and treatment, traveler screening, global health security, and international health regulations. To schedule an interview, please contact Karen Teber at km463@georgetown.edu (new window). Health Disparities Lucile Adams-Campbell, […]
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Biosafety in Research and Cura Personalis
(October 24, 2019) — “When they work well, no one knows they’re there.” That’s how Julie Fischer, PhD, describes programs that protect biomedical scientists from the unintended consequences of their research, especially when their work involves infectious or otherwise hazardous materials. Fischer is the director of the Elizabeth R. Griffin Program, a part of Georgetown’s Center […]
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Experts Show U.S. Foreign Policy Gains from a Presidential Pandemics Effort
WASHINGTON (October 10, 2019) — Analysis from leading researchers shows there could be significant benefits from a presidentially led initiative focused on combatting pandemics. With the 2020 presidential race under way, the researchers provide new evidence on the potential for a proactive U.S. foreign policy effort to halt current pandemics, prevent new outbreaks from becoming […]
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Bacterial Resistance to Two Critical Antibiotics Widespread in Southeast Asia
MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (August 12, 2019) — Resistance to two critical antibiotic types, one a “drug of last resort” when all others fail against some “superbugs,” are widely distributed in Southeast Asia, raising the risk of untreatable infections, say a team of investigators led by Georgetown University Medical Center. The study, published in the […]
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Global Health Security, Law Experts Express Relief After WHO Declares DRC Ebola Outbreak a PHEIC
MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON (July 17, 2019) – Today, World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on the recommendation of the Emergency Committee, declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). This 4th meeting of the WHO Emergency Committee meeting on […]
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Global Health Law, Policy Expert Says WHO May Need to Establish New Level of Public Health Emergency for Regional Outbreaks
MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (June 14, 2019) — Today, World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on the recommendation of the Emergency Committee, declined to declare the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Global health legal and policy expert Alexandra Phelan, SJD, LLM, LLB […]
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Panel Reflects on Lessons From the Past to Secure Public Health for the Future
May 11, 2019 — While measures to improve infectious disease response have improved dramatically over the past decade, the global health community cannot afford to be complacent, according to experts who gathered at a Georgetown event Wednesday. The Center for Global Health Science and Security, part of Georgetown University Medical Center, convened a panel discussion […]
Category: GUMC Stories
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Meet Deus Bazira, Co-Director of the New Center for Global Health Practice and Impact
(April 15, 2019) — Georgetown University Medical Center this week announced the appointment of Deus Bazira, DrPH, MPH, MBA, BPharm, to co-lead Georgetown’s new Center for Global Health Practice and Impact (CGHPI). Bazira is an expert in health systems strengthening and a public health practitioner with decades of in-depth, field-level practical experience in global health […]
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Georgetown Welcomes Deus Bazira and Colleagues to Lead New Global Health Center
MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (April 15, 2019) — Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) announces the appointment of Deus Bazira, DrPH, MPH, MBA, BPharm, an expert in health systems strengthening and a public health practitioner with decades of in-depth field-level practical experience in global health in emerging economies, to establish and co-direct Georgetown’s new Center for […]
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Georgetown Partnership Explores Faith-based Solutions to Antimicrobial Resistance at Second Rome Workshop
(April 12, 2019) — Religious communities have a potentially vital role to play in thwarting the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a “hidden” and yet looming global health crisis, according to organizers of a recent workshop in Rome sponsored by Georgetown University. The two-day event, which took place April 7 and 8 at Pontifical Gregorian […]
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