All Posts: health disparities

• COVID-19 and DC Black Communities: Challenges and Opportunities

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: COVID-19, health disparities, population health, public health

• Fighting Racial Stigma Through Shared Experiences at ‘Melanin in Medicine’

  (February 28, 2020) — In honor of Black History Month, Georgetown University School of Medicine’s Student National Medical Association (SNMA) hosted its second-annual Melanin in Medicine event, creating a safe space for medical professionals, students and other participants to have candid, thought-provoking conversations with the goal of fostering healthier interactions among minorities in the health care […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: advocacy, diversity, health disparities, health equity, Melanin in Medicine, School of Medicine

• Minority Health Initiative Council at School of Nursing & Health Studies Celebrates 10th Anniversary

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

• GUMC Events Keep Martin Luther King Jr.’s Message Alive

  (January 31, 2020) — The words and examples of Martin Luther King Jr. came alive again in the GUMC community through several events held on the campus in the days before and after the January 20 holiday. Among the events organized by the School of Medicine, including the Office of Diversity & Inclusion, were a […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: diversity, health disparities, health justice, medical education, School of Medicine

• HOYA Clinic Serves DC Residents in New Location

  (January 3, 2020) — The lobby of The Triumph, Community of Hope’s new temporary housing site in the Congress Heights neighborhood of Washington, DC, was buzzing with commotion as residents waited to get care. It has only been a few months since the reopening of Georgetown University School of Medicine’s HOYA Clinic, a student-driven free […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: community outreach, cura personalis, health disparities, health equity, HOYA Clinic, School of Medicine, service to others

• NHS Alumna Finds a Life-Saving Calling

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: health disparities, nurse midwifery, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Palbociclib is Safe for Women with Advanced Breast Cancer Who Have Unique Gene Alteration

  Category: News Release Tags: breast cancer, cancer, cancer research, Georgetown Lombardi, health disparities

• HOYA Clinic Toy Drive Exceeds Goal

  (December 9, 2019) — More than $10,800 raised… 400 toys purchased… 30 rolls of holiday wrapping paper. Those impressive numbers tallied by the Georgetown University School of Medicine’s annual HOYA Clinic 2019 Toy Drive were outdone only by the countless smiles and endless delight on display at the culminating holiday parties during the week of […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cura personalis, health disparities, HOYA Clinic, philanthropy, School of Medicine

• Telenovela Empowers At-Risk Latina Women to Seek Genetic Counseling Services

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, cura personalis, genetic counseling, genetic testing, Georgetown Lombardi, health disparities, health equity, population health, School of Medicine

• Georgetown Lombardi Receives Transformational NCI Grant to Support Community Outreach and Research

  Category: News Release Tags: cancer, cancer research, community outreach, Georgetown Lombardi, health disparities, population health, Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention