Archive: Medical Humanities Initiative

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Perspectives

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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Past events

Measure Your Meridians: Mapping Invisible Anatomy in Global Chinese Medicine

Join the GU History Department, Asian Studies Program, and Medical Humanities Initiative for “Measure Your Meridians: Mapping Invisible Anatomy in Global Chinese Medicine”…

September 22, 2025

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Ask a Professor: Civil Discourse — Q&A with Dr. Marissa Fond

In Georgetown’s Ask a Professor series, applied sociolinguist and College of Arts & Sciences assistant teaching professor Dr. Marissa Fond shares practical ways to…

September 12, 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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Upcoming Events

On-Call: A Conversation with Dr. Anthony Fauci

Thursday, Nov 6, 2025 | 5:00pm – 6:30pm EST | Gaston Hall Join the Georgetown Medical Humanities Initiative on 6 November 2025 at 5:00 pm in Gaston Hall for a…

September 10, 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

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The medical humanities allows me to explore interests not limited to the traditional medical world

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