All Posts: service to others

• Medical Students Mobilize Swiftly to Organize Donations of Protective Equipment

  (March 27, 2020) — Immediately upon learning that their clinical activities would be on hold due to COVID-19, a group of Georgetown School of Medicine students began checking in with one another: “What can we do to help?” The recommendation from the Association of American Medical Colleges that medical schools suspend any activities involving student […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: community outreach, COVID-19, public health, School of Medicine, service to others

• Hoyas on the Hill Advocate on Behalf of Patients

  (March 24, 2020) — Though the COVID-19 pandemic dominated the focus on the Hill, the purposeful groups of Health Justice Scholars from Georgetown University School of Medicine and Georgetown Law who walked the halls of congressional buildings on March 11 — just one day before such visits were canceled — were undeterred in their efforts […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: advocacy, cura personalis, health justice, Health Justice Alliance, School of Medicine, service to others

• Former CMS Administrator Delivers NHS Values Based Lecture

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cura personalis, health advocacy, health equity, School of Nursing & Health Studies, service to others

• HOYA Clinic Serves DC Residents in New Location

  (January 3, 2020) — The lobby of The Triumph, Community of Hope’s new temporary housing site in the Congress Heights neighborhood of Washington, DC, was buzzing with commotion as residents waited to get care. It has only been a few months since the reopening of Georgetown University School of Medicine’s HOYA Clinic, a student-driven free […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: community outreach, cura personalis, health disparities, health equity, HOYA Clinic, School of Medicine, service to others

• Georgetown Pre-Orientation Program Connects Health, Justice, and Values

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: community outreach, School of Nursing & Health Studies, service to others

• Hoyas Give Back to D.C. Community During Annual Summer Sports Camp

  (August 2, 2019) — Incoming medical student Rory Byrne (M’23) sat with 4-year-old camper, Gloria*, in the shade of the basketball court at Anacostia Park. The pair has been inseparable during most of this year’s HoyaMed Summer Sports Camp, an annual program run by first- and second-year students at Georgetown University School of Medicine (GUSOM) […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: HoyaMed Summer Sports Camp, School of Medicine, service to others

• NHS Family Nurse Practitioner Program Director Builds Collaboration With West Virginia Community

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: population health, School of Nursing & Health Studies, service to others

• GU Collaboration With Community Partners Creates Educational Opportunity for Nursing and Medical Assistant Students

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: community outreach, School of Nursing & Health Studies, service to others

• Passion for Health Equity Inspires Undergraduate HJA Collaboration

  (June 1, 2019) — When she was a sophomore at the School of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS) , an experience volunteering abroad led Carolyn Hofley (NHS’19, M’23) to think more deeply about the way that social determinants of health contribute to health disparities. By starting a club for students interested in issues related to […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: health disparities, health equity, health justice, Health Justice Alliance, School of Nursing & Health Studies, service to others

• MCGSO Welcomes Hardy Middle School During Brain Awareness Week

  (March 29, 2019) — In an effort to promote brain research and awareness, the Medical Center Graduate Student Organization (MCGSO) hosted more than 100 seventh graders from a local middle school for a full day of creative, interactive brain-related activities and demonstrations. The March 14 visit to Georgetown gave MCGSO members a potent opportunity to […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: brain, community outreach, neuroscience, service to others, STEM