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School and Students

Enrique Ruelas Barajas, M.D., secretary of the General Health Council of Mexico, keynotes the McAuley Lecture Series hosted by NHS. Read more.

New Regional Partnership Aims to Strengthen Local Health Care Delivery: Georgetown University, Washington Hospital Center Team Up On Nursing Workforce. Read more.

The Department of Health Systems Administration hosted a two-day conference to look at ethics and values in health services coursework. Read more.

International Health Students return from their semester abroad and present their experiences to faculty and fellow students. Read more.

NHS will host Enrique Ruelas Barajas, M.D., as the next keynote speaker in the school’s McAuley Lecture Series. The title of his talk is, "Towards Quality and Safety in a Health Care System Through a Country-Wide Strategy." Read more.


Faculty and Research

Edilma Yearwood, Ph.D., assistant professor of nursing at NHS, will make three presentations this spring and summer in Kentucky, South Carolina, and Germany. Read more.

The O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University announced that Jeffrey Collmann, Ph.D. joined its leadership team. Read more.

Alexander Theos, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Human Science, was profiled in the GUMC Update, the online newsletter of Georgetown University Medical Center.

Michael Stoto, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Health Systems Administration, published an article on public health surveillance in the January 2008 issue of The Georgetown Law Journal. Read more.

Michael Stoto, Ph.D., a professor of health systems administration at NHS, presented at the seventh annual International Conference on Health Policy Statistics in Philadelphia, Pa. Read more.

The Department of International Health welcomes Weibing Wang, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., a lecturer in the Department of Epidemiology at Fudan University in China, as a visiting post-doctoral fellow. Read more.

Craig Ramey, Ph.D., and Sharon Ramey, Ph.D., directors of Georgetown University Center on Health and Education at NHS, testified Jan. 3 before the D.C. Council on expanding pre-kindergarten programs. Read more.


NHS In the News

Craig T. Ramey, Ph.D., director of the Center on Health and Education at NHS, was quoted in The Washington Post about a new study detailing various indicators of childhood progress.

David Fajgenbaum (NHS'07) talked to the Today Show recently about the group he started, National Students of Ailing Mothers & Fathers.

Edilma Yearwood, Ph.D., assistant professor of nursing, is highlighted on the Web site of the Jamaica News Bulletin about her forthcoming work in the country as a U.S. Fulbright Senior Specialist.

Craig T. Ramey, Ph.D., director of the Center on Health and Education at NHS, was recently cited in The Binghamton (N.Y.) Press & Sun-Bulletin about his work on early childhood development.

Robin Lanzi, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Human Science at NHS, was quoted in a Washington Post story about critical thinking skills development.

Robert Friedland, Ph.D., associate professor of health systems administration at NHS, was quoted in The Washington Post in a story about providing care for the uninsured.

The Association of American Colleges and Universities featured Georgetown's Engelhard Project on AACU-TV during the association's annual meeting in Washington, D.C. The piece features Todd Olson, vice president for student affairs, Edilma Yearwood, assistant professor of nursing, and Martyna Skowron (NHS'09), a human science major.

Mayri Sagady Leslie, a faculty member in the nationally ranked Nurse Midwifery Program at NHS, was quoted in The (N.Y.) Daily Gazette about myths around guessing a baby's gender.

Myrtle McCulloch, Ed.D., assistant professor in the Department of International Health and a registered dietitian, was quoted extensively in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer about balancing healthy and unhealthy ingredients in various dishes.

Lois Wessel, a faculty member in the Family Nurse Practitioner Program, wrote an essay that ran in the The Washington Post's health section about her work with the immigrant community.

Craig Ramey, Ph.D., director of the Center on Health and Education at NHS, was quoted in The Washington Post related to his testimony before the D.C. Council on expanding pre-K programs.

 

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