All Posts:student experience
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Global Ties, Local Impact: School of Health Hosts International Preceptors
Georgetown’s School of Health became a global crossroads as preceptors from Indonesia, Tanzania, Mexico, Kenya, India and beyond gathered in Washington recently to celebrate over two decades of international partnership.
Category: GUMC Stories
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From Patient Bedside to Boardroom: How Personal Experience Fueled a School of Health Student’s Journey
For many students, the path to a graduate degree is a straight line between their undergraduate studies and graduate program. For Kathryn (“Katie”) Kalhorn (C’23, G’27), a Master of Science in Health Systems Administration (MHSA) student, her journey was defined by pivots, a family medical emergency, and an unshakeable calling back to the Hilltop.
Category: GUMC Stories
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A Classroom Without Walls: School of Health Students Study Health Care from Denmark to Greece
Health Care Management and Policy Program students Dhruvi Parikh (H’27), Nitya Nalamothu (H’27) and Sophia Zhang (H’27), spent the past semester studying abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark, and gaining valuable insight into health care in other countries.
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New Berkley School of Nursing Certificate Program Expands Access to Mental Health Care in Communities
To help address the nation’s escalating mental health needs, the Berkley School of Nursing has launched a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) certificate program. The inaugural cohort of established post-master’s nurses are learning the necessary competencies to provide mental health services directly to their patients in primary and urgent care settings to fill the critical gap for care in communities.
Category: GUMC Stories
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School of Health Student Uncovers Barriers to Sickle Cell Care in Rural Ghana
Tara-Yesomi Wenegieme (G’26), a student in the Master of Science in Global Health program, is completing her 14-week international fieldwork requirement in Dodowa, a rural part of Ghana, where she is investigating the social and cultural factors that delay treatment among SCD patients.
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School of Health Event Focuses on Emotional Intelligence
Philanthropist Deborah Sawaf led an interactive session exploring emotional intelligence as a tool for global well-being, leadership and human connection on Oct. 8.
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Student Research Day Celebrates 40th Year at Georgetown
Student Research Day has given generations of biomedical scientists-in-training their start. This year, Student Research Day celebrated its 40th anniversary on Oct. 15 with a daylong celebration of scientific advancement that included, for the first time, two keynote speakers.
Category: GUMC Stories
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First-Generation Medical Students Build Community Through Supportive, Honest Conversations
Navigating the medical school journey can be especially challenging for students who are the first in their families to pursue medicine, a group comprising only 15% of students in U.S. medical schools. The First-Generation in Medicine Club at the School of Medicine is working to change the experience for first-generation Georgetown medical students.
Category: GUMC Stories
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School of Health Student Reflects on Her Summer Working With Rohingya Refugees
Less than two weeks after returning from her summer volunteer work with refugees in Bangladesh, Isra Satiar (H’26) drew on her experiences when addressing the 1,600 members of Georgetown’s Class of 2029 during Georgetown’s New Student Convocation on August 23.
Category: GUMC Stories
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Meet the 2025 BellRinger Fellows
Meet this year’s BellRinger Fellows, who worked alongside investigators at Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, gaining valuable experience and insight into how cancer research is conducted.
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