All Posts: health disparities
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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…
December 9, 2019
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Telenovela Empowers At-Risk Latina Women to Seek Genetic Counseling Services
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October 4, 2019
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Georgetown Lombardi Receives Transformational NCI Grant to Support Community Outreach and Research
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August 19, 2019
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Studying Barriers to Health Care to Help Women with HIV
(June 12, 2019) — Seble G. Kassaye, MD, MS, can’t help but see parallels between HIV-positive African American women in the DC area and conditions surrounding rising rates of…
June 13, 2019
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Passion for Health Equity Inspires Undergraduate HJA Collaboration
(June 1, 2019) — When she was a sophomore at the School of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS) , an experience volunteering abroad led Carolyn Hofley (NHS’19, M’23) to think…
June 1, 2019
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Seeking Social Justice for Patients, Medical Students Turn to the Law
(January 11, 2019) — A new program that allows Georgetown University medical students to complete an elective “rotation” in a law clinic is yielding immediate results…
January 11, 2019
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Adams-Campbell, Internationally Renowned Cancer Epidemiologist, Named a 2018 Washingtonian of the Year
(December 19, 2018) — Lucile Adams-Campbell, PhD, professor of oncology and associate director for minority health and health disparities research at Georgetown Lombardi…
December 19, 2018
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Experts and D.C. Residents Come Together for Breast Cancer Community Forum
(November 27, 2018) — District of Columbia residents shared their stories, concerns and fears at Environment & Breast Cancer: Transforming Data Into Action, a…
November 27, 2018
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Lynce Receives Potter Award for Early Career Research
(November 21, 2018) — In the ten years since coming to the U.S. from Portugal to complete her medical training, Filipa Lynce, MD, has conducted clinical trials to…
November 21, 2018
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First-Year Medical Students Confront Health Disparities Through Interactive Course
The Health Disparities and Health Equity intersession gave participating first-year Georgetown University School of Medicine (GUSOM) greater insight into how health can be…
October 20, 2018