All Posts: health disparities

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ACA Expansion Did Not Improve Access to Complex Surgeries for Low-Income/Minority Patients

A new study published by a team led by Georgetown University Medical Center researchers finds that despite expectations following the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s Medicaid…

September 12, 2018

GUMC Stories

Georgetown’s Health Justice Alliance, O’Neill Institute Welcome World Bank President Jim Kim

Georgetown's Health Justice Alliance and the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law hosted a screening of the film "Bending the Arc," about the founding of the NGO…

March 13, 2018

GUMC Stories

Annual Colloquium Addresses Health Disparities in D.C.

The colloquium held on November 16 as part of this year's GUMC Fall Convocation brought together Georgetown faculty members to discuss the theme “Strategies for Reducing…

November 22, 2017

GUMC Stories

Al-Refaie Leads Multidisciplinary Research Team

To answer the research questions that Waddah Al-Refaie, MD, FACS, was interested in asking, he required a team of researchers knowledgeable in biostatistics, health finance and…

October 5, 2017

GUMC Stories

University Begins Series on Condition of African American D.C. Residents

The NHS report that showed stark differences in the health of African American residents of Washington, D.C., versus their white counterparts was the subject of a policy briefing…

September 16, 2016