All Posts: Health Equity

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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

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Georgetown Appoints Transformative Nurse Leader as Dean of Newly Reconceptualized School of Nursing

On July 1, Dr. Roberta Waite will begin service as dean of the newly reconceptualized and standalone Georgetown University School of Nursing — one that continues a nearly 120…

December 15, 2021

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Georgetown Doctoral Student Receives ‘Forty Under 40’ Award from National Association of Hispanic Nurses

Last week, Georgetown doctoral student Felipe Santoyo-Cuellar (G’23) received a ‘Forty Under 40’ Award during the annual conference of the National Association of Hispanic…

November 23, 2021

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Georgetown Nursing Chair Leads AACN, Johnson & Johnson Effort to Develop Documentary Teaching Toolkit

A new teaching toolkit focused on the documentary "5B" seeks to inspire the next generation of nurses through engagement with concepts like leadership and moral courage. Dr.…

November 9, 2021

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Four Graduate Nursing Students Become First Scholars Through Transformative Johnson/Turpin Fellows Endowed Fund

In June of 2020, Georgetown announced the creation of the Johnson/Turpin Fellows Endowed Fund – a transformative endowment established through a $1 million gift from Luci…

November 2, 2021

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School of Nursing & Health Studies Undergraduates Enjoy Capitol Applied Learning Labs Experience

October 5, 2021

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School of Nursing & Health Studies Undergraduates Enjoy Capitol Applied Learning Labs Experience

Mariah Sheppard (NHS’23), a nursing major, and Karan Buddala (NHS’23), a health care management & policy major, are among the undergraduates living in downtown Washington,, …

October 5, 2021

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Nursing Professor Selected as 2021 KL2 Scholar of Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science

Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science recently announced that Dr. Roxanne Mirabal-Beltran is one of two new KL2 Scholars. Mirabal-Beltran,…

August 23, 2021

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Family Nurse Practitioner Students Receive AANP Scholarships

Kristina Balandan (G’21) and Juliette Carr (G’21), students in the Family Nurse Practitioner Program at the School of Nursing & Health Studies, are two of seventeen master-…

July 22, 2021

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Nurse-Midwifery and Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Leaders Receive Recognitions

Professor Heather Bradford and Professor Melicia Escobar (NHS’04, DNP’22), leaders in the Nurse-Midwifery/Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner and WHNP Programs, have recently…

May 26, 2021