Archive: Medical Humanities Initiative
74 Articles
- 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
- Perspectives
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
- Announcements
The Art of Care: Georgetown Collaborators Devise a New Play Highlighting Connections Between Theater and Medicine
“We must go beyond the traditional biomedical approach and normalize a bio/psycho/social approach to how we care for populations,” says Professor Christopher…
September 26, 2025
- Announcements
- Scholarship
Medical Humanities Research Fellowship
Are you ready to bring your vision for a medical humanities research project to life? The Georgetown Medical Humanities Initiative is funding undergraduate ($1),…
September 26, 2025
- 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
- Perspectives
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
- Perspectives
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
- Announcements
- 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
- Announcements
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
- Perspectives
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