All Posts: health disparities

• To Close Racial Health Inequity Chasm, a Comprehensive Audit of Historical Policies, Events and Practices is Needed

  WASHINGTON (February 7, 2022) — A thorough examination of federal as well as local — city, county, and state — historical policies, practices and events is imperative to fully understand why health disparities exist and persist, posits a Georgetown University team of researchers. Writing in the February 2022 “Racism & Health” issue of Health Affairs, […]

  Category: News Release Tags: health disparities, health equity, racial disparities, racial justice, Racial Justice Institute, research, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Starting Mammography at Age 40 Would Reduce Disparities in Deaths for Black Women

  Category: News Release Tags: breast cancer, breast cancer screening, cancer, health disparities, mammography, racial disparities

• NHS Department Partners with MedStar Health on New Community Health Needs Assessment

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: health disparities, needs assessment, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Georgetown AHEC Prepares the Next Generation of Primary Care Professionals

  (June 18, 2021) — As a college student shadowing in an emergency department, Lorrane Kabert, MD (M’21), frequently found herself wondering what happened to patients after her shift ended and if they received adequate follow-up care. “I truly enjoyed speaking with patients and learned that many of them did not have doctors that they saw […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: AHEC program, health disparities, health equity, School of Medicine, student achievement

• Two Georgetown Lombardi Researchers Win Top Award in Back-to-Back Years

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, cancer research, faculty honors, grants and awards, health disparities, Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities Research

• Georgetown Faculty, Students Testify in Support of Resolution to Declare Racism a Public Health Crisis in DC

  Update: On December 1, 2020 the DC Council voted in favor of a resolution declaring racism as a public health crisis. (November 8, 2020) — Members of the Georgetown University community testified in support of a proposed resolution declaring racism a public health crisis at a recent DC Council Committee on Health public roundtable. Representatives […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: health disparities, population health, public health, racial equity, racism

• Georgetown Nursing Professor Named 2020 Health Disparities Institute Scholar

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: faculty honors, health disparities, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• $1M Gift Supports NHS Students Serving Geriatric and Vulnerable Populations

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: geriatrics, health disparities, health equity, nursing, scholarship endowment, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• 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 by health care workers on Friday, June 5.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: advocacy, health advocacy, health disparities, health equity, School of Medicine, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• New Georgetown Report Highlights Health Disparities and Calls for Racial Equity in the District of Columbia

  Category: News Release Tags: COVID-19, health disparities, health equity, population health, School of Nursing & Health Studies