All Posts: School of Medicine

• Facebook Whistleblower Encourages Students to Demand Transparency from Social Media Companies

  (February 11, 2022) — Frances Haugen, the former Facebook project manager turned whistleblower, shared an informative and empowering message at “How Social Media Impacts Teen Health,” a virtual event hosted by the Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development (GUCCHD). To reduce the harmful effects of social media, young people should demand transparency from […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Facebook, Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development, mental health, School of Medicine, School of Nursing & Health Studies, social media impact, teen mental health

• HOYA Clinic Reopens to Serve DC Residents

  (November 12, 2021) — One of the most coveted real-world experiences for Georgetown medical students is the opportunity to serve others and learn clinical skills through the HOYA (Health Outreach for Youth and Adults) Clinic, the first student-run free clinic in Washington, DC. For more than a decade, the clinic has provided free, nonemergent medical […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: community outreach, HOYA Clinic, School of Medicine, service to others

• Family Medicine Professor Vows to ‘Take COVID Down’ One Question at a Time

  (November 5, 2021) — Family medicine physician LaTasha Seliby Perkins, MD, feels a strong sense of responsibility to improve the health of people in the D.C. community. “I believe that Georgetown has a responsibility to Black people and underrepresented minorities, and service to this city because of the resources that we have,” said Seliby Perkins, […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: community outreach, racial disparities, School of Medicine, service to others

• Medical Students Build Community Connections During Day of Service

  (October 31, 2021) — After a hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic, the School of Medicine’s Learning Societies Advisory Committee (LSAC) hosted its 8th annual Day of Service, with more than two dozen medical students fanning out to volunteer at sites throughout the community. During the October 30 event, students helped organize pet vaccinations for the […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: day of service, School of Medicine, service to others

• St. Baldrick’s Event Organizers Motivated by Personal Connections with Pediatric Cancer

  (October 31, 2021) — Dreary weather didn’t dampen the spirits of those attending an October 29 fundraiser at Georgetown for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, the biggest non-government funder of pediatric cancer research grants.  Before the pandemic, Georgetown students had held fundraisers in the spring for St. Baldrick’s, with a few participants volunteering to have their […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, School of Medicine, service to others, St. Baldrick's

• New Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Longitudinal Track Prepares Medical Students for Leadership Roles

  (October 8, 2021) — As a School of Medicine student on the medical education research scholar longitudinal track, L. Tamara Wilson (M’21) expected that she’d simply submit her capstone project — a proposal for a new track in diversity, equity and inclusion in medicine — then work toward implementing it at another institution after she […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: diversity, health equity, inclusion, medical education, racial equity, School of Medicine

• Second-Year Medical Students Gather on Campus in Person for the First Time

  (August 13, 2021) — After the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to start their medical education in a virtual setting, the students of the School of Medicine Class of 2024 were excited to start their second-year orientation, the first time they were all together as a class. Having started at Georgetown a week earlier, Lee Jones, […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: COVID-19, medical education, School of Medicine

• Georgetown School of Medicine Class of 2025 Most Diverse in School’s History

  (August 7, 2021) — It happens every year — about 200 students take their first step in the arduous journey to becoming a physician and joining the revered health professions. But this year, the incoming class at Georgetown University School of Medicine looks a bit different. As it enters the second year of an intense, […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: diversity, inclusion, medical education, racial equity, RJCC, School of Medicine

• School of Medicine Class of 2025 Receives Warm Welcome at White Coat Ceremony

  (August 8, 2021) — When she received her white coat as a medical student at Georgetown 22 years ago, Michelle Roett, MD (M’03), MPH, professor and chair in the Department of Family Medicine and director of DC Area Health Education Center (AHEC), dreamed of serving patients in need.  “On that day, 22 years ago, I […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: medical education, School of Medicine, White Coat Ceremony

• How Medical Students Continued Community-Based Learning During the Pandemic

  (July 23, 2021) — As the organizers of community-based learning (CBL) for Georgetown medical students, Kim Bullock, MD, and Donna Cameron, PhD, MPH, have built relationships with the leaders of more than 20 community sites in the Washington, D.C., area that serve vulnerable populations, including persons with disabilities, older adults and persons in supportive housing. […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: community outreach, community-based learning, medical education, School of Medicine, service to others