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Global Health Seniors Complete Virtual Internships at Well-Known Organizations

This semester, through a course taught by Dr. Myriam Vučković, a group of global health seniors are completing virtual internships at well-known organizations, including the…

October 1, 2020

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Global Health Major Named George H.W. Bush Points of Light Awardee

A first-year global health major at the School of Nursing & Health Studies and her sister are being honored with George H.W. Bush Points of Light Awards for the work they have…

September 4, 2020

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Health Systems Administration Alumna Serves as a Leader at NIH Clinical Center

Ila Anita Flannigan (G’09), who received her master’s degree in health systems administration at Georgetown, is now the deputy executive officer of the Clinical Center at the…

August 17, 2020

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Recent Family Nurse Practitioner Graduate Works at COVID-19 Testing Site in Florida

Nordica Owens (G’20) graduated in May from the Family Nurse Practitioner Program. She grew up in Cumberland House, a First Nations community in Canada, and she was a teacher…

August 14, 2020

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Human Science Major Co-Founds Organization to Confront Racism, Promote Cultural Diversity

Nina Williams (NHS’22) recently co-founded, with a high school friend, the Student Coalition Against Racism. The human science major hopes the organization – focusing on…

August 12, 2020

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NHS Alumni Notes

The new edition (issue 13) of Alumni Notes at the School of Nursing & Health Studies contains highlights about school graduates from 1948 to 2019. This issue was published in…

August 5, 2020

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Using Zoom, NHS Undergraduates Teach Health Literacy in Alaska Literacy Program

Through a course on health promotion and disease prevention taught by Professor Joan Riley, associate professor of human science, undergraduates Janessa Mendoza (NHS’22) and…

August 3, 2020

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Professor Helps Produce New COVID-19 Legal Database

Dr. Matthew Kavanagh, assistant professor of international health at NHS and director of the Global Health Policy & Politics Initiative at the O'Neill Institute for National and…

July 22, 2020

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Human Science Alumnus Graduates First in Medical School Class

Dr. Nicholas Santaniello (NHS’16), who majored in human science, recently finished medical school at SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, where he graduated first in his class.…

July 17, 2020

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As Hospital VP, Health Systems Administration Alumnus Helps Respond to COVID-19 in Florida

Raynard Ware (G’18), who received his master’s degree in health systems administration at Georgetown, is now vice president of operations at Palms of Pasadena Hospital, an…

July 15, 2020