Archive: Medical Humanities Initiative
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Ella Castanier Writes about the Policies to Combat Future Pandemics that GU Professors Recommend for The Hoya
Ella Castanier (COL’24) presents the recommendations for pandemic preparedness provided by Georgetown professors at the Center for Global Health Science and Security Alexandra Phelan and Rebecca Katz in “Governance Preparedness: Initial Lessons from COVID-19”.
Category: Media
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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 disproportionate impact on communities of color in the United States.
Category: Media
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A Distant Mirror: Seeing Medical History and Race through the Lens of U.S. Culture
The Medical Humanities Initiative, in collaboration with the Georgetown Humanities Initiative and Howard University, hosted the lecture “A Distant Mirror: Seeing Medical History and Race Through the Lens of U.S. Culture,” featuring Harriet Washington, National Book Critics’ Circle award-winning author of Medical Apartheid.
Category: Past events
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The Hoya Covers the Development of the Medical Humanities Major
The Hoya introduces the future Medical Humanities major, expected to possibly launch in coming years, mentioning the Spring 2020 courses, and Dr. Lakshmi Krishnan and Dr. Daniel Marchalik’s vision for the Medical Humanities at Georgetown University.
Category: Media