All Posts: News Stories

• Veterans Day 2022: Stories from GUMC Student Veterans

  Category: News Stories Tags: military service, student experience, student veterans

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

  Category: News Stories Tags: health disparities, racial disparities, racial justice

• Medical Students Train Congressional Staffers on Opioid Overdose Reversal

  (October 1, 2022) — Medical students from the student-run organization Hoya DOPE (Drug Overdose Prevention & Education) led a bystander training for congressional staffers on Capitol Hill on September 28.  Hoya DOPE student leaders Ruth Watson (M’23), Kira Chandran (M’23), Pei-Ying Kobres (M’23), and John Lim (M’22) led the training, which was hosted by the […]

  Category: News Stories Tags: community outreach, opioid epidemic, student experience

• Georgetown Students Help Recently Arrived Refugees Navigate the U.S. Health Care System

  (September 29, 2022) — After a community-based learning project highlighted the challenges faced by refugees in picking up medication from a pharmacy, a group of medical students created a new program — the Health Navigator Program — to match students to families to broaden the assistance they could provide. “The refugee community is often overlooked […]

  Category: News Stories Tags: Health Navigator Program, refugees, service to others, student experience

• Nursing, Medical Students Administer Flu Shots

  Category: News Stories Tags: service to others, student experience, student flu clinic

• Georgetown Nursing and Medical Students and Faculty Participate in Health Leadership Academy

  Category: News Stories Tags: student experience, student leadership

• Latino Medical Students Strive to Increase Health Access and Build a Sense of Community

  (September 23, 2022) — During National Hispanic Heritage Month, the School of Medicine’s Latino American Student Association (LMSA) is bringing awareness to the health needs of the Latine community and building a sense of community for Latine graduate students across Georgetown’s campuses through thoughtful programming. Created just four years ago, the LMSA chapter’s current nine […]

  Category: News Stories Tags: cultural competence, health disparities, Latino American Student Association

• Medical Students on a Mission to Reverse Opioid Overdoses in DC

  (September 9, 2022) — In 2020, the DC Department of Health reported 411 overdose deaths from opioids, nearly twice as many as in 2018. As the number of deaths attributed to opioid overdoses grows in the District, a team of medical students is determined to make a difference and help save lives. For the last […]

  Category: News Stories Tags: community outreach, opioid epidemic, substance abuse

• Georgetown Students Provide Practical Nutritional Information to Families in DC Food Deserts

  (September 2, 2022) — In an area of Washington, DC, where over 85% of residents live in a food desert, a group of volunteer undergraduates, postdocs and medical students provide nutrition education to families in order to combat poor diets, which can exacerbate some health conditions. “Nutrition is so important to daily life,” said Elizabeth […]

  Category: News Stories Tags: community outreach, cura personalis, medical education, nutrition education, service to others

• Incoming Medical Students Begin Education with Anti-Racist Curriculum

  (August 11, 2022) — Before taking part in the White Coat Ceremony, a tradition that officially marks the start of their medical education at Georgetown, incoming School of Medicine students first learned about racism and medicine through their required anti-racism summer reading. “Most medical school curricula don’t explore why certain populations experience a higher prevalence […]

  Category: News Stories Tags: curriculum, medical education, RJCC