All Posts: health justice

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School of Medicine Health Justice Scholars Present Capstone Research Addressing Gaps in Health Equity

Fourth-year medical students who chose to deepen their understanding of health disparities by enrolling in the Health Justice Scholars longitudinal academic track presented their…

March 21, 2025

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Family Gift Supports Georgetown’s Health Justice Alliance Over the Next Decade

A new gift of $1.5 million to Georgetown University will sustain the efforts of the Health Justice Alliance (HJA), Georgetown’s medical-legal partnership that is training…

December 19, 2023

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Howard and Georgetown Universities To Launch Joint Medical Humanities Center Funded by Mellon Foundation Grant

WASHINGTON (January 19, 2023) — The Mellon Foundation has awarded a 3.5 year, $3 million grant to support a collaboration between Georgetown University and Howard University in…

January 19, 2023

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CURA Pre-Orientation Program Engages New Georgetown Undergrads with Health, Justice and Service

August 18, 2021

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Georgetown’s Health Justice Alliance Unites Law and Medical Centers to Advance Health Equity

May 19, 2021

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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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Medical Student Presentations Cap Health Justice Week Events

(April 18, 2020) — Georgetown University School of Medicine students in the Health Justice Scholar (HJS) Track celebrated Health Justice Week 2020 from April 6 to 8 with…

April 18, 2020

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Hoyas on the Hill Advocate on Behalf of Patients

(March 24, 2020) — Though the COVID-19 pandemic dominated the focus on the Hill, the purposeful groups of Health Justice Scholars from Georgetown University School of Medicine…

March 24, 2020

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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

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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