All Posts: health disparities

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Marea Selected as 2024 Health Disparities Research Institute Scholar

Christina X. Marea, PhD, MA, FACNM, an assistant professor of nursing, was selected by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities as a 2024 Health…

August 9, 2024

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Nursing School Faculty Member Supports Marginalized Communities Through Clinical Work and Research

As a certified nurse midwife, Christina X. Marea, PhD, MA, FACNM, has focused on caring for people affected by social and structural marginalization. That focus carries over into…

July 18, 2024

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Waite and Fauci Discuss Health Inequities and Disparities, Burnout and Well-being

Roberta Waite, EdD, RN, dean of the School of Nursing, and Anthony Fauci, MD, a Georgetown distinguished university professor in the School of Medicine and the McCourt School of…

May 15, 2024

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School of Nursing Commencement Speaker Says Every Patient Interaction is ‘Sacred’

Patricia “Tish” Polgar-Bailey, PsyD, MPH, MS, APRN, FNP-BC, CDE, a licensed clinical psychologist and family nurse practitioner at Charlottesville Free Clinic in Virginia.…

May 6, 2024

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School of Nursing Alum to Speak About Justice and Joy at Midwifery Anniversary Celebration

In celebrating 50 years of the nurse-midwifery program at Georgetown, the School of Nursing chose to honor one of their own, Ebony Marcelle (N’04), CNM, MS, FACNM, with the…

September 22, 2023

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Nursing Programs Implement Innovative Curriculum to Emphasize Health Equity

Recognizing a need to strategically weave health equity content throughout their courses, educators in the School of Nursing’s Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner (WHNP) and…

July 28, 2023

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Medical Center Deans Discuss Future of Health at GU Black Alumni Summit

Closing the health-disparities gap in Black communities throughout the U.S. requires a commitment to providing an anti-racism curriculum that teaches health equity to future…

October 23, 2022