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Announcements

Founding Director of the Medical Humanities Initiative, Professor Krishnan, on WHUT TV

Professor Lakshmi Krishnan was on WHUT TV with her co-executive director of the Georgetown-Howard Center for Medical Humanities and Health Justice (MHHJ), Professor Dana, …

November 13, 2024

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Director of Undergrad Research and Scholarship, Professor Newfield, Wins $100K Magis Prize for Research

The inaugural winners are Diana Kim, a political scientist in the School of Foreign Service; Timothy Newfield, a historical epidemiologist in the Departments of History and…

October 30, 2024

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Professor Joel Michael Reynolds Publishes Article on Historic Decision to Designate Disabled People a “Health Disparity Population”

Core Faculty in the MHI and Associate Professor of Philosophy and Disability Studies Joel Michael Reynolds published a new article in JAMA Health Forum, a journal of the American…

September 4, 2024

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Dr. Earl Named Research and Data Ethics Director at Department of Veterans Affairs

Dr. Jake Earl began a new role as Director of Research, Innovation, and Data Ethics in the National Center for Ethics in Health Care at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.…

February 28, 2024

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Professor Daniel Marchalik on The Diane Rehm Show to Discuss “The Covenant of Water”

On August 30, Professor Daniel Marchalik joined a panel of guests to discuss Abraham Verghese’s novel The Covenant of Water. The book is about three generations of a family in…

January 27, 2024

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Professor Timothy Newfield Named Director of Undergraduate Research and Scholarship

Meet our new Director of Undergraduate Research and Scholarship, Professor Timothy Newfield! Dr. Newfield is a historical epidemiologist, environmental historian, and assistant…

December 20, 2023

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A Reading and Conversation with V.V. Ganeshananthan, Author of Brotherless Night

On November 16, the Medical Humanities Initiative held an event with V.V. Ganeshananthan, author of Brotherless Night, a novel that follows the perspective of a young girl who…

November 16, 2023

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Lannan Center Reading & Talk Featuring Rabih Alameddine

On October 17th, Lannan Visiting Chair Rabih Alameddine gave a talk on his most recent book The Wrong End of the Telescope. The Wrong End of the Telescope won the 2022 Pen…

October 17, 2023

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First Annual Medical Humanities Fall Faculty Retreat

The first annual Medical Humanities fall faculty retreat was held on October 17, 2023 with great discussion and community.…

October 17, 2023

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1st Annual Medical Humanities Research Showcase

On May 2nd, 2023, Medical Humanities hosted our first annual research showcase celebrating the scholarship from this year’s senior capstones and research fellowships.…

May 2, 2023