All Posts: racism

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In Values Based Lecture, Griffith Discusses Ways to Achieve Health Equity

(April 30, 2022) — While public health is guided by goals that are specific, measurable and time-bound, the goals of health equity have been difficult to pursue because they do…

April 30, 2022

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Medical Student Uses Instagram to Share Recipes, Build Community and Make a Difference

(March 27, 2021) — When grocery stores and restaurants closed due to the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020, Georgetown medical student Karen Li (M’24) and her sister,, …

March 27, 2021

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GUMC Community Meeting Focuses on Racial Justice, ‘Our Highest Priority’

(February 26, 2021) — Students, staff, faculty and Georgetown University leadership gathered virtually for the first GUMC Community Meeting of 2021 that carried a singular:…

February 27, 2021

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‘Black Doctors Matter’ at SNMA’s Melanin in Medicine

(February 20, 2021) — At Melanin in Medicine, an annual event organized by the Georgetown University Student National Medical Association (SNMA), “Black Doctors Matter:…

February 20, 2021

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Georgetown Faculty, Students Testify in Support of Resolution to Declare Racism a Public Health Crisis in DC

Update: On December 1, 2020 the DC Council voted in favor of a resolution declaring racism as a public health crisis. (November 8, 2020) — Members of the Georgetown University…

November 8, 2020