All Posts: School of Nursing & Health Studies

• NHS Visiting Jesuit Chair: ‘Bring Our Moral Tradition to Bear’ Through Imagining Improved Health Systems

  (March 4, 2022) — Using the gift of imagination and leaning into our Jesuit values can help us identify and solve problems within the health care system, said Rev. Michael Rozier, SJ, the School of Nursing & Health Studies’ first Visiting Jesuit Chair in the Department of Health Systems Administration, at the Values Based Lecture, […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Ignatian Year, medical ethics, School of Nursing & Health Studies, Values Based Lecture

• 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

• To Close Racial Health Inequity Chasm, a Comprehensive Audit of Historical Policies, Events and Practices is Needed

  WASHINGTON (February 7, 2022) — A thorough examination of federal as well as local — city, county, and state — historical policies, practices and events is imperative to fully understand why health disparities exist and persist, posits a Georgetown University team of researchers. Writing in the February 2022 “Racism & Health” issue of Health Affairs, […]

  Category: News Release Tags: health disparities, health equity, racial disparities, racial justice, Racial Justice Institute, research, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Visiting Jesuit Chair Engages Ethical Questions in Health Administration, Health Policy

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: School of Nursing & Health Studies, Spirit of Georgetown

• Georgetown University Appoints Transformative Nurse Leader as Dean of School of Nursing

  Dr. Roberta Waite Currently Serves as Executive Director of Highly Regarded Community-Based Organization in Philadelphia WASHINGTON (December 15, 2021) — Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia today announced that Roberta Waite, EdD, PMHCNS, RN, MSN, ANEF, FAAN, a transformative nurse leader, will become the dean of the School of Nursing on the university’s campus on […]

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• Georgetown Appoints Transformative Nurse Leader as Dean of Newly Reconceptualized School of Nursing

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• Georgetown Nursing Chair, Professor to Serve as Editor of Psychiatric Nursing Journal

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• Georgetown Nurse Ethicists Help Develop Ethics Toolkit for New ‘Essentials’ of American Association of Colleges of Nursing

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: medical ethics, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Clinics Promote Public Health, Interprofessional Education

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: community outreach, COVID-19 vaccine, School of Nursing & Health Studies, vaccination

• Georgetown Alumnae Lead at MedStar Health

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