Archive: Media and Scholarship
257 Articles
- Media
“Medical Humanities Initiative Creates Novel Learning Opportunities with Interdisciplinary Students and Faculty”, The Georgetown University Medical Center Covers the Work of the Medical Humanities Initiative
The Georgetown University Medical Center wrote about the novel learning opportunities that the Georgetown University Medical Humanities Initiative provides for undergraduate and…
January 28, 2021
- Scholarship
“Transformative Experiences and A Young Doctor’s Notebook”
Dr. Daniel Marchalik and Dr. Andrew Lipsky look at LA Paul's Transformative Experience to understand the implications and rationale behind the decision of becoming a.…
January 23, 2021
- Scholarship
“Pregnant Women & Vaccines Against Emerging Epidemic Threats: Ethics Guidance for Preparedness, Research, and Response”
Maggie Little and other researchers take a look at the way in which pregnant women and their offspring have been historically excluded from research agendas and investment…
January 3, 2021
- Scholarship
“’Thinking Too Much’: A Systematic Review of the Idiom of Distress in Sub-Saharan Africa”
In this systematic review, Emily Mendenhall and her co-authors take a look at the idiom “thinking too much”. This idiom is employed in cultural settings worldwide to express…
January 2, 2021
- Media
- Past events
AHR Interview: Merle Eisenberg and Lee Mordechai in Conversation with John McNeill on the Plague Concept
Merle Eisenberg and Lee Mordechai join this conversation with John McNeill. They discuss their article “The Justinianic Plague and Global Pandemics: The Making of the Plague…
January 1, 2021
- Media
- Past events
Everybody Hates Me: Let’s Talk About Stigma Podcast: Dr. Emily Mendenhall, Stigma, Syndemics and Diabetes
Emily Mendenhall discusses with host Dr. Carmen Logie the concept of syndemic, based on her global research on diabetes, HIV, violence, depression and.…
December 23, 2020
- Media
“The Role of the Humanities in Medical Studies,” Christopher Swisher Writes about the impact of the Medical Humanities in his Educational Experience
Christopher Swisher (M'22) writes about the impact of the Georgetown Humanities Initiative in his medical.…
December 19, 2020
- Media
Daniel Marchalik Writes on How Gratitude Can Help to Reduce Burnout in Hospital Caregivers
In this entry for the MedStar Health Blog, Dr. Daniel Marchalik writes about the prevalence of burnout amongst healthcare professionals, and how the recent public health crisis…
December 18, 2020
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“The Social Effects of Medicalizing an Entire Race,” Elisa Reverman Writes on the Georgetown Humanities Initiative
Elisa Revernman, Philosophy PhD student and one of our 2020-2021 Fellowship recipients, writes about her research project for the Georgetown Humanities.…
December 18, 2020
- Media
Lakshmi Krishnan Awarded Research Fellowship from National Endowment for the Humanities
On December 16, 2020, the National Endowment for the Humanities announced its grants to support different humanities projects. It awarded Lakshmi Krishnan a research fellowship…
December 16, 2020