Health Equity

Vaccines save millions of lives each year. But they can only be truly effective if every individual has both the opportunity and the willingness to be vaccinated. In response to…

Ebony Marcelle (NHS'05) says that midwives like herself play critical roles in the lives of Black women and their babies.

Based in Seattle, Shireesha Dhanireddy, MD (C'95, M'99), completed her internal medicine residency and infectious disease fellowship at the University of Washington.

Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School…

My kindergarten teacher once told my mom that I don't do well with free time. The same could be said of me today.

Hands-on learning at Georgetown…

At age 33, Maria Gomez (N'77) with a group of idealistic friends opened Mary's Center in a D.C. basement to offer prenatal care for women migrants. Thirty years later, they…

Physicians know all too well that gun violence is a public health problem of epidemic proportions.

How culture shapes mental health…

With funding from the Office of the Vice President for Global Engagement, a team from Georgetown's School of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS) conducted a three-day workshop for local midwives…