All Posts: student experience

• 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.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: global health, Health Care Management & Policy, health care systems, School of Health, student experience, study abroad

• 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 Tags: Berkley School of Nursing, cura personalis, mental health, nursing education, psychiatric care, student experience

• 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.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: global health, graduate education, School of Health, sickle-cell disease, student experience

• 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.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: School of Health, student experience, well-being

• 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 Tags: Biomedical Graduate Education, graduate education, research, student experience, student research

• 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 Tags: cura personalis, first-generation students, medical education, people for others, School of Medicine, student experience, student groups

• 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 Tags: global health, people for others, Rohinga refugees, School of Health, student achievement, student experience

• 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.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: BellRinger, BellRinger Fellows, Georgetown Lombardi, medical education, research, School of Medicine, student experience, student research

• Facing Down Homelessness and Hurdles, This First-Gen Student Enters Medical School

  Alumna Halyn Orellana pushed past barriers to pursue her dream of becoming a doctor. Now, she wants to blaze a trail for those behind her.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: first-generation students, GEMS, pathway programs, student experience, White Coat Ceremony

• Georgetown Welcomes School of Medicine Class of 2029 at White Coat Ceremony

  Filled with joy, anticipation and a deep sense of purpose, the 203 members of Georgetown University School of Medicine’s Class of 2029 officially entered the medical profession during the White Coat Ceremony.

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