Archive: Perspectives

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Perspectives

Science Means Even More In Its Human Context

I work on the history of infectious disease in Britain and Ireland in the first millennium, CE. The evidence I work with comes from several different disciplines – I draw…

October 20, 2025

Perspectives

Why I Chose Medical Humanitites

My name is Olivia Collins, and I am from Essex, Connecticut. I am a sophomore majoring in Healthcare Management and Policy. History has always been one of my favorite subjects,…

October 13, 2025

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Why I Chose Medical Humanities

As a biology student, I was looking for a way to blend my passions for science and healthcare with my love of literature and media analysis. Medical Humanities offers a perfect…

October 13, 2025

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Why Medical Humanities

I am a junior majoring in Computer Science, Ethics, and Society, passionate about responsible AI, policy, and biotech. I chose Medical Humanities to investigate how technological…

September 22, 2025

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Why Medical Humanities

I’m Michael Cormack (CAS’28) from Manhattan Beach, California. I’m on the pre-med track and currently deciding between Biochemistry and Neurobiology. I have always loved…

September 22, 2025

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Why Arts And The Humanities

I graduated in 2025 and am now a first-year medical student at Georgetown University Medical School. I was in the College and I majored in Anthropology and minored in STIA with a…

September 22, 2025

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Why I Chose Medical Humanities

The medical humanities program has been the highlight of my academic experience at Georgetown thus far. . . . Studying medical humanities has become imperative to me since living…

September 11, 2025

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I believe the medical humanities are not solely an academic discipline, but a mechanism for achieving health justice.

Ella Castanier (History Major, Medical Humanities Minor ‘24) During the Covid-19 pandemic, I found the medical humanities when I took Dr. LakshmiKrishnan’s course :…

May 28, 2025

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Working with the Medical Humanities Initiative has been one of the highlights during my time as a resident

The Medical Humanities Initiative has been the highlight of my academic experience at Georgetown thus far. . . . Studying medical humanities has become imperative to me since…

February 20, 2024

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The medical humanities asks me to engage with what it means to be human; it asks me to engage with humanity

The medical humanities program has been the highlight of my academic experience at Georgetown thus far. . . . Studying medical humanities has become imperative to me since living…

November 1, 2023