All Posts:sustainability

• Haitian-Focused Foundation Selects Georgetown to Support Youth HIV Programs

  A new grant will allow Georgetown’s Center for Global Health Practice and Impact to establish the Y-LEAF (Youth-led Eco Action for the Future) initiative to help more young people with HIV in Haiti thrive,

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: AIDS, Center for Global Health Practice and Impact, cura personalis, global health, Haiti, HIV, sustainability

• Global Health Alum Transforms Cambodian River Waste into Sustainable Fashion

  Alyssa Erin Kardos Loera (NHS’21) credits her Georgetown experience with preparing her for her current role as CEO of ReMade in Cambodia, which she founded while serving as a Fulbright English teaching assistant in that country. Working with local young designers, the enterprise collects and then transforms textile river waste into sustainable wearable products.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: alumni, global health, School of Health, sustainability

• School of Medicine Adds Environmental Health and Medicine Track

  (April 22, 2022) — Health care providers will increasingly encounter patients who have been affected by environmental factors as the effects of climate change grow, including climate migration and expanding infectious diseases. With the new Environmental Health and Medicine longitudinal academic track, Georgetown medical students now have the option to receive additional training to address […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: environmental health, Environmental Health and Medicine longitudinal academic track, medical education, School of Medicine, sustainability