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Maloy Lecture: USAID Administrator Talks Promoting Longevity

Maloy Lecture: USAID Administrator Talks Promoting Longevity

By Lily Coulter February 29, 2024

A surgeon and global health administrator delivered the annual Maloy Distinguished Lecture in Global Health, hosted Feb. 20 by the Georgetown University Science, Technology and International Affairs program. The...

School of Health Inaugurates New Mental Health and Well-Being Initiative

School of Health Inaugurates New Mental Health and Well-Being Initiative

By Lucia Lavallee February 15, 2024

A new initiative, which plans to unite Georgetown University students, faculty and the local community around mental health research, held its inaugural event on Feb. 8.  The Global Mental Health and...

New Club Promotes Effective Altruism in Global Health

New Club Promotes Effective Altruism in Global Health

By Audrey Twyford October 11, 2023

Three undergraduate Georgetown students have founded a new club that aims to promote effective altruism, a philosophical movement that champions evidence-based approaches to philanthropy, among members...

Georgetown Formally Announces Global Health Institute

Georgetown Formally Announces Global Health Institute

By Briana Sparacino April 1, 2023

Georgetown University announced March 27 the appointment of Deus Bazira, who has a doctorate in public health, as the inaugural director of the Georgetown Global Health Institute (GHI), which was announced...

Georgetown Medical Students Lead Congressional Training on Intervening in Opioid Overdoses

Georgetown Medical Students Lead Congressional Training on Intervening in Opioid Overdoses

By Nina Raj October 7, 2022

Georgetown University School of Medicine students led a training for congressional staffers on Capitol Hill about the signs of opioid overdoses and ways to safely intervene through the Hoya Drug Overdose...

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Amid Prolonged COVID-19 Crisis, GU Professors Recommend Policies to Combat Future Pandemics

By Ella Castanier September 30, 2020

Domestic and international governance failures have prolonged the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and needlessly exasperated its human cost, two Georgetown University Medical Center professors found in a recent...

Senior Becomes 1st Rhodes Scholar in NHS History

Senior Becomes 1st Rhodes Scholar in NHS History

By Curran Stockton December 6, 2019

Sara Rotenberg (NHS ’20) became the first student from the Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies studies to be named a 2020 Rhodes scholar from Canada, according to a Nov. 23 university...

New Branch of GU Medical Center Appoints Leadership

New Branch of GU Medical Center Appoints Leadership

By Riley Rogerson April 26, 2019

A center to promote public health and equal access to health care worldwide announced the appointment of its first directors April 15, as the Georgetown University Medical Center continues to expand its...

@REBECCAKATZ5/TWITTER | Rebecca Katz, director of the Center for Global Health Science and Security, which studies public health emergencies, will be co-director of a new infectious disease masters program.

GU Develops New Masters Program in Infectious Disease

By Meredith Miller April 4, 2019

A new masters program in global infectious disease is set to launch in fall 2019. The program intends to bridge the gap between the science of infectious diseases and its public policy implications, according...

Balancing the Unequal Ebola Epidemic

By Spencer Crawford February 10, 2015

In the first of Georgetown’s Global Futures lectures last week, Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank Group described the core mission of his development-based financial institution. Kim aligned...

Climate Panel Talks Art, Health, Activism

By Steven Piccione March 17, 2013

Three panelists from George Mason University and Johns Hopkins University discussed the escalating effects of global climate change Wednesday, bringing to light the impending danger of weather changes...

Pursuing Health Beyond the Border

By Heather Flynn January 26, 2012

When Anja Frost (COL '12) and Ashley Sharp (COL '12) founded the Georgetown chapter of GlobeMed, a national organization that helps provide health care and education in Guatemala, they were hoping to fill...

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