All Posts: interdisciplinary programs
-
The Curious Brain: Interdisciplinary Solutions for the Complex Problems of Neuroscience
Georgetown’s Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience offers doctoral students the ability to see neuroscience through the lens of multiple disciplines, not only allowing for the possibility of broadening or shifting their focus, but actively facilitating it.
Category: GUMC Stories
-
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 the establishment of a center for medical humanities. The Georgetown-Howard Center for Medical Humanities and Health Justice will focus on reducing health disparities in Washington through leveraging methods […]
Category: News Release
-
New Georgetown Program Synergizes Interdisciplinary Training in the Sciences
(January 21, 2022) — The National Institutes of Health has awarded Georgetown University a highly competitive and prestigious training grant intended to invigorate the workforce and inspire younger students from diverse backgrounds to pursue doctorate degrees in biomedical sciences. The new program, known as the Georgetown University Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD), will train […]
Category: GUMC Stories
-
Medical Humanities Initiative Creates Novel Learning Opportunities with Interdisciplinary Students and Faculty
(January 28, 2021) — For years to come, the social, cultural and historical contexts of the coronavirus pandemic will be subjects of intense interest and study. In the fall semester of 2020, several Georgetown students started to dive into these areas through the recently established Georgetown Medical Humanities Initiative. As the founding director of this […]
Category: GUMC Stories