All Posts: Health Equity

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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

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Video: Nurses Week 2021 Conversation with NINR Director Dr. Shannon Zenk

On May 12, the last day of National Nurses Week and Florence Nightingale's birthday, Dr. Shannon Zenk, director of the National Institute of Nursing Research, joined a virtual…

May 21, 2021

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Themes in New ‘Future of Nursing’ Report Align with Georgetown Nursing’s Commitment to Health Equity

A newly issued report by the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), “The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity,” illuminates strategic directions…

May 12, 2021

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On Academic Leave with CDC Foundation, GU Nursing Professor Helps Lead COVID Response in West Virginia

As a part of the school’s National Nurses Week 2021 conversation series, Dr. Melody Wilkinson took the time last week to share her experiences helping lead the COVID-19…

May 10, 2021

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A Conversation with Congresswoman Lauren Underwood Begins Georgetown’s National Nurses Week 2021 Celebration

To celebrate National Nurses Week 2021, which begins today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood – a nurse serving in the United States House of Representatives – spoke with…

May 6, 2021