All Posts: School of Health
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From Cells to the Clinic: School of Health Undergraduates in Argentina Study Respiratory Diseases
School of Health students immersed themselves in the Argentinian health care system as part of a six-week translational health science internship program to study the clinical effects and molecular mechanisms of viruses that cause respiratory infections in infants and children
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Drinking Kombucha May Reduce Blood Sugar Levels in People with Type 2 Diabetes
People with Type 2 diabetes who drank the fermented tea drink kombucha for four weeks had lower fasting blood glucose levels compared to when they consumed a similar-tasting placebo beverage, according to results from a clinical trial conducted by researchers at Georgetown University’s School of Health, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and MedStar Health.
Category: News Release
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Celebrating Students’ Achievements and Gifts at the First Annual School of Health Tropaia Ceremony
The day before their commencement ceremony, students graduating with degrees from the School of Health joined faculty members, friends and family members for the Tropaia Ceremony May 19 in Lohrfink Auditorium in the Hariri Building to celebrate extraordinary accomplishments among the Class of 2023.
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Graduates from School of Health Called to Be Social Justice Warriors
“Wow, just wow!” With those three words of joy from School of Health Dean Christopher J. King, PhD, MHSc, FACHE, commencement exercises began for the inaugural class of the school founded less than a year earlier. A spirited audience of family, friends and loved ones filled the seats of the storied Gaston Hall for the May 20 graduation.
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Graduating School of Health Twins Embraced Community Service and Their Muslim Identity While at Georgetown
Twins Layan Shahrour (H’23) and Nesreen Shahrour (H’23), both human science majors in the School of Health, similarly devoted themselves to the Georgetown community during their undergraduate years.
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New UNAIDS Collaborating Center at Georgetown Leverages Strengths in HIV/AIDS Law, Policy, and Politics
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) today designated the Global Health Policy and Politics Initiative at Georgetown as a United Nations Collaborating Center to support and advance policy and laws impacting HIV/AIDS with the overarching goal of addressing the inequalities driving the pandemic.
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Nursing and Health Students Give a Day of Service at Food & Friends
Volunteers worked in shifts to help pack medically tailored meals for Food & Friends’ clients in the D.C. region living with HIV/AIDS, cancer, diabetes and other chronic illnesses.
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Ministry Leaders Discuss the Importance of Contemplation at Values Based Lecture
(February 10, 2023) — Before coming to Georgetown in August 2022 as chaplain for the School of Health and School of Nursing, Sr. Celeste Mokrzycki served as vocations director for her congregation, visiting schools all over the East Coast and Midwest. Georgetown’s values made it stand out, she recalled. “I think that if we can […]
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Study Finds Adverse Impact of Climate on Mental Health in Bangladesh
Extreme heat and humidity and other climate-related events have an alarming impact on mental health outcomes in terms of depression and anxiety in Bangladesh, the world’s seventh most vulnerable country to climate change.
Category: News Release
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GUMC Students Focus on Giving Back This Holiday Season
(December 16, 2022) — In the midst of final exams and their own holiday preparations, students at the School of Health, School of Nursing and School of Medicine volunteered to spread happiness and health throughout the Georgetown community and beyond. School of Health Through Georgetown Individuals Vocal and Energetic for Service (GIVES), undergraduate students organize […]
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