All Posts: School of Health
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A Classroom Without Walls: School of Health Students Study Health Care from Denmark to Greece
Health Care Management and Policy Program students Dhruvi Parikh (H’27), Nitya Nalamothu (H’27) and Sophia Zhang (H’27), spent the past semester studying abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark, and gaining valuable insight into health care in other countries.
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Former Federal Employees Find Renewed Purpose in Georgetown Graduate Programs
Georgetown’s federal employee tuition scholarship program helps recent federal workers upskill or pivot in their careers.
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School of Health Student Uncovers Barriers to Sickle Cell Care in Rural Ghana
Tara-Yesomi Wenegieme (G’26), a student in the Master of Science in Global Health program, is completing her 14-week international fieldwork requirement in Dodowa, a rural part of Ghana, where she is investigating the social and cultural factors that delay treatment among SCD patients.
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School of Health Student Presents Foundational Cancer Research at International Conference
School of Health student Keerthana Ramanathan (H’26) presented her team’s foundational cancer research at the 37th International Papillomavirus Conference (IPVS) in Bangkok, Thailand, in October. The IPVS is the primary international research conference for human papillomavirus (HPV).
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School of Health Dean Christopher King Receives the 2025 Vincent C. Gray Health Equity Award
The District of Columbia Hospital Association (DCHA) has selected Christopher J. King, PhD, MHSc, FACHE, dean of Georgetown’s School of Health, as a recipient of the 2025 Vincent C. Gray Health Equity Award.
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School of Health Event Focuses on Emotional Intelligence
Philanthropist Deborah Sawaf led an interactive session exploring emotional intelligence as a tool for global well-being, leadership and human connection on Oct. 8.
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National Academy of Medicine Inducts Merenstein
Georgetown’s Dan Merenstein, MD, was inducted into the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) on Saturday, October 18.
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Georgetown Unveils Interdisciplinary Building in Downtown D.C.; Houses Several GUMC Grad Programs
Georgetown celebrated the opening of its new educational hub at 111 Massachusetts Ave. in downtown Washington, D.C., on the university’s Capitol Campus. The new building is home to the School of Health’s graduate degree programs and the Berkley School of Nursing’s PhD in Nursing and Doctor of Nursing Practice programs.
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School of Health Associate Professor Awarded Magis Prize for Research on Protein Receptors
Blythe Shepard, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Human Science in the School of Health, received Georgetown University’s Magis Prize for her research on understudied proteins that may lead to new ways to treat disease.
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New Report from Capital Area Food Bank Identifies Troubling Trends in Food Insecurity
A new report on hunger from the Capital Area Food Bank found that the percentage of people experiencing very low food security in the Washington, D.C., area has increased to 22%, meaning that about 820,000 adults locally are skipping meals or eating smaller portions.
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