All Posts: health disparities

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News Release

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

June 2, 2020

GUMC Stories

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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NIH Awards $24.3M to Georgetown and Howard Universities to Support Clinical and Translational Research

WASHINGTON (May 1, 2020) — The Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science (GHUCCTS) has received a $24.3 million Clinical and Translational…

May 1, 2020

GUMC Stories

COVID-19 and DC Black Communities: Challenges and Opportunities

April 28, 2020

GUMC Stories

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…

February 28, 2020

GUMC Stories

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

February 4, 2020

GUMC Stories

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…

January 31, 2020

GUMC Stories

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…

January 3, 2020

GUMC Stories

NHS Alumna Finds a Life-Saving Calling

January 2, 2020

News Release

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

December 11, 2019