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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 22, 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…

May 22, 2023

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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…

May 22, 2023

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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…

April 12, 2023

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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.…

March 31, 2023

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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…

February 12, 2023

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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…

February 6, 2023

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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…

December 16, 2022

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Improving Population Health Through Hospital Administration

November 22, 2022

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School of Health Undergraduates Track Disease Outbreaks at Global Health Organizations

November 4, 2022