Archive: Media and Scholarship
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- Media
The Hoya Covers the “Health Inequities in Time of Covid” Course, as Part of the New Course Offerings Focused on Racial Injustice
The Hoya presents the Health Inequities in Time of Covid course, taught by Theodora Danylevich and Carol Day, which investigates the systemic reasons behind COVID-19’s…
July 22, 2020
- Scholarship
“What We May Learn – And Need – From Pandemic Fiction”
James Giordano and Jane Doherty explore the reasons why people might be looking at science fiction stories since the global outbreak of COVID-19, and identify key takeaways of…
July 21, 2020
- Media
“America Should Prepare for a Double Pandemic”, The Atlantic Explores Emily Mendenhall’s Research
On its coverage of America's need to prepare for new disease outbreaks, The Atlantic highlights Emily Mendenhall's research about syndemics and the influence that every aspect of…
July 15, 2020
- Scholarship
“Cripistemologies of Crisis: Emergent Knowledges for the Present”
Theodora Danylevich and Alyson Patsavas introduce the essays in "Cripistemologies of Crisis: Emergent Knowledges for the Present", the Spring 2021 issue of the Lateral.…
July 12, 2020
- Scholarship
“Seeing COVID-19 through José Saramago’s Blindness”
Daniel Marchalik and Dmitriy Petrov propose an approach to the novel Blindness, which would allow us to process the emotional devastation, socioeconomic impacts, and pressures on…
June 20, 2020
- Scholarship
“Practicing Serious Illness Conversations in Graduate Medical Education”
Dr. Michael Pottash and his co-authors address the lack of routine practice opportunities in medical training to have a serious illness conversation, including discussing'…
June 3, 2020
- Media
The Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies Presents Report, Co-Authored by Dr. Christopher King, on Health Disparities in the Black Community
The Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies presents the Health Disparities in the Black Community: An Imperative for Racial Equity in the District of Columbia,…
June 2, 2020
- Scholarship
“Health Disparities in the Black Community: An Imperative for Racial Equity in the District of Columbia”
This publication, with Dr. Christopher King as lead author, illuminates the entrenched health and socioeconomic disparities that help explain why approximately three quarters of…
May 27, 2020
- Scholarship
“Views among Malawian Women about Joining HIV Prevention Clinical Trials when Pregnant”
Maggie Little and her co-authors conducted 35 semi-structured interviews with reproductive-aged women in Malawi, in order to understand their views about participating in…
May 27, 2020
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- Past events
The Health Disparities Podcast: Both Pandemic and Syndemic – How Clusters of Preexisting Comorbid Conditions Have Driven Up Fatalities, featuring Emily Mendenhall and Robert Like
Emily Mendenhall and Robert Like discuss the syndemic concept with host Mary O’Connor, to explain why certain populations are disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, and offer…
May 22, 2020