All Posts: health advocacy

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Future Physician-Advocates Hone Their Skills During Health Justice Week

As part of Health Justice Week, School of Medicine students investigated social, legal, racial and economic barriers to health in an interprofessional learning.…

March 31, 2023

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Out of the Hospital and to the Hill, Medical Students Focus on Public Policy

February 17, 2023

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White Coats for Black Lives

(June 5, 2020) — Members of our Georgetown and MedStar Health communities knelt in solidarity with and support of the Black community during a peaceful nationwide demonstration…

June 5, 2020

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Health Justice Alliance Responds to COVID-19

(May 19, 2020) — While COVID-19 exacts its devastating toll across the world, in Washington, DC, the pandemic has deepened the gulf of health disparities and social injustice.…

May 20, 2020

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Former CMS Administrator Delivers NHS Values Based Lecture

March 5, 2020

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Research In A Minute: Laura Anderko, PhD, RN

(April 26, 2019) — Laura Anderko, PhD, RN, holds the Robert and Kathleen Scanlon Chair in Values Based Health Care at Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health…

April 26, 2019