All Posts: health equity

• MedStar Health and Georgetown University Medical Center to Develop AI and Machine Learning Training for Early Career and Minority Investigators Interested in Health Disparities

  The initiative is part of the NIH-funded AIM-AHEAD Consortium dedicated to addressing the lack of diversity in the field of data science WASHINGTON (December 20, 2021) — MedStar Health and Georgetown University Medical Center announce their collaboration in the Data Science Training Core, part of a new two-year, multimillion-dollar award funded by the National Institutes […]

  Category: News Release Tags: diversity, health equity, research

• New Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Longitudinal Track Prepares Medical Students for Leadership Roles

  (October 8, 2021) — As a School of Medicine student on the medical education research scholar longitudinal track, L. Tamara Wilson (M’21) expected that she’d simply submit her capstone project — a proposal for a new track in diversity, equity and inclusion in medicine — then work toward implementing it at another institution after she […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: diversity, health equity, inclusion, medical education, racial equity, School of Medicine

• NHS Department Helps Create Implicit Bias Education Module for DC Department of Health

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: health equity, School of Nursing & Health Studies, unconscious bias

• 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

• Themes Identified in New National Report Align with Georgetown Nursing’s Commitment to Health Equity

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

• NHS Senior Contributes to City Planning on Food Security Through Internship

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: food insecurity, health equity, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• NHS Programs Build Health Equity Focus Into Curriculum

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

• NHS Global Health Major Focuses on Improving Health Systems, Advancing Health Equity

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: global health, health equity, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Open Letter Leads to Launch of Racial Justice Committee

  (July 19, 2020) — As activists across the country protested against racism and police brutality, a group of Georgetown medical students exchanged text messages about how the university should respond. One of them suggested writing an open letter to university leaders.  Seventy-two hours later, more than 500 students had signed the letter, which inspired the […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: advocacy, Biomedical Graduate Education, Georgetown Lombardi, health equity, racial equity, RJCC, RJCC blog, School of Medicine, 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