All Posts: student research

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HIV Has Devastated Her Home. She’s Pursuing a PhD to Channel Aid Where It’s Needed

Martha Cameron (G’25, G’30), from Lusaka, Zambia, has both lived with HIV and built a globe-spanning career in HIV awareness. She has continued her work at Georgetown, first…

August 7, 2025

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School of Health Student Uncovers the Impact of Ecological Changes on Indigenous Peoples’ Mental Health

Arjun Chhabra (H’25, M’29) explored the connections between the mental health of the Oglala Lakota people on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge reservation and changing…

May 28, 2025

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Should You Take Antibiotics for a Sinus Infection? Students Are Working To Find Out

In the largest-of-its-kind study, Dan Merenstein, MD, professor in the School of Medicine and School of Health, and co-investigator Nawar Shara of MedStar Health, are…

April 14, 2025

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Georgetown Sweeps BIG EAST Undergraduate Symposium

Three Georgetown students, including a School of Nursing student, took home the three top prizes at the 2025 BIG EAST Undergraduate Research Poster.…

March 17, 2025

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Medical Students Present Summer Research Findings

Just over 130 School of Medicine second-year students presented their summer research findings at the annual capstone presentation event — with more than 65 of them from the…

October 31, 2024

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For This Medical Student, Her Cancer Research Is for Her Little Sister

Ritu Amarnani (M’27), a second-year medical student, spent this summer researching cancer care at Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. She turned her career…

August 22, 2024

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Record Number of Students Share Research at Annual Undergraduate Research Conference

A record 94 Georgetown students from diverse majors such as biology, nursing, chemistry, psychology, and the human sciences presented their work at this year’s Undergraduate…

April 20, 2024

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DNP Students Present Doctoral Research Projects

The School of Nursing’s ninth annual Doctoral Scholars Day showcased more than two dozen final research projects conducted by students from the Post-Master’s Doctor of…

March 28, 2024

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How Two Doctors Are Using Research To Push the Field of Medicine

Ever since their own families grappled with their own health crises, Dr. Ralf Martz Sulague (G’23) and Dr. Allison Fitzgerald (M’23, G’23) wanted to pursue careers taking…

May 25, 2023

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Student Fellows Connect Interprofessionally To Advance Global Health Research

The current cohort of Global Health Institute (GHI) student fellows embodies the university’s commitment to a cross-disciplinary approach to researching global health. Students…

April 26, 2023