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Global Health

Georgetown University’s schools, departments, and programs address global health challenges through innovative scholarship, teaching, and outreach.

Faculty across three campuses—the Medical Center, Main Campus, and the Law Center—explore international health issues in their scientific, legal, policy, and ethical dimensions. As a Jesuit university with a strong international presence and outlook, Georgetown approaches global health in a spirit of service to the wider world. Students in our undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs benefit from close interaction with world-class faculty and proximity to the World Bank, USAID, and other international and national institutions active in the global health field. In April 2017, Georgetown launched a Global Health Initiative, a university-wide platform for supporting research, teaching, and service in global health.

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Sara Rotenberg (NHS'20), a recipient of the 2020 Rhodes Scholarship

Rhodes Scholarship Winner Pursues Equity for People With Disabilities

Sara Rotenberg (NHS'20) is a recipient of the 2020 Rhodes Scholarship. She is a global health major from Canada who aims to create a more equitable world for those with disabilities.

Marelyn Perez-Badillo (NHS’21)

Human Science Junior Plans Medical Career to Promote Health Equity

Georgetown Nurse-Midwifery Professor Enjoys Semester as Faculty Resident at Oxford

Brain Studies Show Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Gulf War Illness are Distinct Conditions

Select Academic Programs

B.S. in the Biology of Global Health

B.S. in the Biology of Global Health

The Department of Biology sponsors this program for Georgetown undergraduates. Participants focus the study of biology on current public health issues at the local, national, and global levels.

M.S. in Global Health

M.S. in Global Health

Sponsored by the Department of International Health in the School of Nursing and Health Studies, this interdisciplinary master's degree emphasizes a development-oriented approach and focuses on quantitative, qualitative, and applied social sector research in developing countries.

B.S. in Global Health

B.S. in Global Health

Sponsored by the Department of International Health in the School of Nursing and Health Studies, this bachelor's degree trains students in the fields of public health, political economy of health, health science, and health systems management.

Select Centers, Institutes,
and Research Programs

Global Health Initiative

Global Health InitiativeGeorgetown Unit

The Georgetown Global Health Initiative serves as a university-wide platform for supporting research, teaching, and service in global health and for developing concrete solutions to the health challenges facing families and communities throughout the…

Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center

Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer CenterGeorgetown Unit

Established in 1970, the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center is a cancer clinic and research center at the Medical Center and hospital.

O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law

O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health LawGeorgetown Unit

Founded in 2007, the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law is a research institute based at the Law Center focused on public and private law in health policy analysis.

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The Road to Universal Health Coverage

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January 30

Status of Road Safety in the Region of the Americas

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January 28

Global Health Diplomacy and Partnerships for Health

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B.S. in Global Health

B.S. in the Biology of Global Health

Biomedical Graduate Study for Students - Fu Jen Catholic University

Biomedical Graduate Study for Students - Shandong University

Biomedical Graduate Study for Students -United International College

Certificate in Biohazardous Threat Agents and Emerging Infectious Diseases

Certificate in Epidemiology

Certificate in Health Policy Program

Department of Pediatrics Global Health Track Residency

Executive Master of Professional Studies in Emergency and Disaster Management

LL.M. in Global Health Law

LL.M. in Global Health Law and International Institutions

M.D./M.S. - Fu Jen College of Medicine

M.S. in Biohazardous Threat Agents and Emerging Infectious Diseases

M.S. in Biomedical Science Policy and Advocacy

M.S. in Biostatistics

M.S. in Global Health

M.S. in Global Infectious Disease

M.S. in Microbiology and Immunology

Master of Professional Studies in Regulatory Affairs

Minor in Environmental and Occupational Health

Minor in Philosophy and Bioethics

O'Neill Institute Colloquium

O'Neill Institute LL.M./Master of Public Health Dual Degree Program - Bloomberg School of Public Health

O'Neill Institute Summer Programs

ARV-Based HIV Prevention Technologies: Developing the Capacity and Tools to Deliver New Prevention Products

Business for Impact

China Health Law Initiative

Eastern Mediterranean Region Office and the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases Project

Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications Working Group of the Global Virome Project

Fertility Awareness for Community Transformation Project

Global Health and Human Rights Database

Global Health Initiative Student Fellows Program

Global Tobacco Control

Healthcare Policy and Politics in the Gulf States

Islamic Bioethics Project

Islamic Medical and Scientific Ethics

National Capital Region Organized Against Resistance

O'Neill Institute-Pellegrino Center Program in Brain Science and Global Health Law and Policy

Passages Project

Practitioner Guides for Human Rights in Patient Care

Practitioners and Faith-Inspired Development Interview Series

Religion and Development: Country-Level Mapping

Responsible Engaged and Loving Fathers Initiative

Tekponon Jikuagou

Trade, Investment, and Health Initiative

Child Family Health International Program in Durban, South Africa

Department of International Health- Internship Opportunity with University of Health and Allied Sciences

M.S. in Foreign Service Internship Opportunity with Koe Koe Tech

M.S. in Foreign Service Internship Opportunity with UNICEF

M.S. in Global Health Program Field Research

School of Medicine International Electives

Study Abroad in Amman, Jordan: Refugees, Health, and Humanitarian Action - School for International Training

Study Abroad in Arica, Chile: Public Health, Traditional Medicine, and Community Empowerment - School for International Training

Study Abroad in Auckland, New Zealand: University of Auckland - Institute for Study Abroad

Study Abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina: Public Health in Urban Environments - School for International Training

Study Abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark: Study Abroad in Scandinavia - Danish Institute for Study Abroad

Study Abroad in Dublin, Ireland: College of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems - University College Dublin

Study Abroad in Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago - Institute for Study Abroad

Study Abroad in Durban, South Africa: Community Health and Social Policy - School for International Training

Study Abroad in Edinburgh, United Kingdom - University of Edinburgh

Study Abroad in Gaborone, Botswana: Community Public Health - Council on International Educational Exchange

Study Abroad in Geneva, Switzerland: Global Health and Development Policy - School for International Training

Study Abroad in Glasgow, United Kingdom - University of Glasgow

Study Abroad in Hong Kong - Chinese University of Hong Kong

Study Abroad in Hong Kong; Seoul, South Korea; Tokyo, Japan: 3 Campus East Asia

Study Abroad in Khon Kaen, Thailand: Community Public Health - Council on International Educational Exchange

Study Abroad in Kunming, China: Health, Environment, and Traditional Chinese Medicine - School for International Training

Study Abroad in London, United Kingdom - King's College London

Study Abroad in Manipal, India: Global and Public Health - Institute for Study Abroad

Study Abroad in Melbourne, Australia - University of Melbourne

Study Abroad in New Delhi, India: Public Health, Gender, and Community Action - School for International Training

Study Abroad in Pune, India: Contemporary India - Development, Economy, Society - Institute for Study Abroad

Study Abroad in Salamanca, Spain: Healthcare

Study Abroad in Santiago, Chile: Chilean Universities Program - Institute for Study Abroad

Study Abroad in Seoul, South Korea: Arts and Sciences - Yonsei University/Council on International Educational Exchange

Study Abroad in Singapore - National University of Singapore

Study Abroad in Sydney, Australia - Australian Catholic University

Study Abroad in Sydney, Australia - University of New South Wales

Study Abroad in Sydney, Australia - University of Sydney

Study Abroad in Sydney, Australia: Spring Friendly Program - University of Sydney

Study Abroad in Tel Aviv, Israel - Tel Aviv University

Study Abroad in Tokyo, Japan - International Christian University

Study Abroad in Tokyo, Japan - Keio University

Study Abroad in Tokyo, Japan - Sophia University

Study Abroad in Tokyo, Japan - Waseda University

Study Abroad in Tokyo, Japan: Global Leadership Program - Waseda University

Study Abroad in Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University of Wellington - Institute for Study Abroad

Summer in Buenos Aires, Argentina: Translational Health Science Internship

Conversations in Bioethics

Global Health Security Seminar Series

Psi Chi: The International Honor Society in Psychology, Georgetown Chapter

Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing - Tau Chapter

Lucile Adams-Campbell

Peter Armbruster

Thomas Banchoff

Maxwell Gregg Bloche

Jennifer Huang Bouey

Dejana Braithwaite

Oscar A. Cabrera

Richard Calderone

Yulia Chentsova Dutton

Margherita Cinà

Patricia Ann Cloonan

Dionne Coker-Appiah

Willy De Geyndt

Katharine Donato

Michael Donnelly

G. Kevin Donovan

Rhonda Dzakpasu

Jennifer Eagleton

Heidi Elmendorf

Gabrielle Essix

James Feinerman

Julie E. Fischer

Timothy Frazier

Giuseppe Giaccone

Lawrence O. Gostin

Katie Gottschalk

Elzbieta Gozdziak

Carole Roan Gresenz

James Habyarimana

Jonathan Halpern

Edward B. Healton

Charles B. Holmes

Victoria Jennings

Timothy Jorgensen

Matthew M. Kavanagh

Christopher King

Jonathan Kluczynski

Princy N. Kumar

Christopher Loffredo

Rebecka Lundgren

Christina X. Marea

Myrtle McCulloch

Emily Mendenhall

Stephen Ray Mitchell

Marta Molares de Halberg

John T. Monahan

William Novelli

Radhakrishnan Padmanabhan

Makarand Paranjape

Deborah Phillips

Michael Plankey

Martin Ravallion

Wolfgang Rennert

Henry Richardson

Grant Rosensteel

Kamila Saldanha

Richard Schlegel

Andrew Schoenholtz

Katelyn Shahbazian

Dominick Shattuck

Claire Standley

Elizabeth Stanley

Robert Stumberg

Ernesto Vasquez del Aguila

Wilfried Ver Eecke

Joseph Verbalis

Myriam Vuckovic

Richard Waldhorn

Caroline Wellbery

Edilma Yearwood

Kathleen Maguire Zeiss

Biomedical Graduate Research Organization

Center for Child and Human Development

Center for Global Health Practice and Impact

Center for Global Health Science and Security

Center on Medical Product Access, Safety, and Stewardship

Department of Biology

Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Biomathematics

Department of Human Science

Department of International Health

Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Department of Nursing

Department of Pediatrics

Edmund D. Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics

Georgetown University Initiative on Innovation, Development, and Evaluation

Georgetown University Medical Center

Global Health Initiative

Graduate Biomedical Education

Health Policy Institute

Institute for Reproductive Health

Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center

Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment

O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law

School of Medicine

School of Nursing and Health Studies

African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET)

Banso Baptist Hospital

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia

Child Family Health International

Curtin University School of Public Health

Dodowa Health Research Centre

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Johns Hopkins Global Early Adolescent Study

National Institute for Medical Research

National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania

Navrongo Health Research Centre

Otago Medical School

University of Health and Allied Sciences

Vector Control Research Centre

World Health Organization Western Pacific Region Office

HeForShe IMPACT Lab Convenes University and Corporate Global Leaders at Georgetown

Center for Global Health Practice and Impact Convenes Meetings on HIV/AIDS Work in Low-Resource Settings

Mammal Viruses Harmful to Humans Nearly 98% Lower Than Previous Estimates

New Study Shows How Law Can Advance Global Health Rights

Poor Prefer Public Health Services to Cash Transfers, Reveals Survey by Georgetown Professors

Caring for Mothers and Babies: NHS Faculty Promote Maternal Health in Liberia

New Master’s in Global Infectious Disease Bridges Science and Policy

GHI Student Fellowships Combine Research and Mentorship in Global Health

Georgetown Symposium On 1918 Flu Brings Together Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Students Simulate Pandemic in Capstone to GHI Great Influenza Centenary Project

Student Spotlight Story: Hana Burkly

GHI "Brown Bag" Event Focused on Experiential Learning as a Critical Dimension of Global Health Education

Student Spotlight Story: Emily Graul

The GHI Brown Bag Series Launches with a Discussion on the Role of Science in Global Health

GHI Student Fellow Grant Rosensteel Presents Research on Influenza Dynamics at the NetSci Conference in Paris

NHS Sends Seniors Overseas Through the Global Health Practical Experience Abroad

GHI Sponsors Exhibit to Explore the Impact of the 1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic on Georgetown’s Campus

Jesse Goodman: Working Against Superbugs and Pandemics

Seniors Participate in Focus Group to Shape the Future of the STIA Major

GHI Sponsors Great Influenza Centenary Project

Georgetown Faculty Brief Embassy Staff on the Affordable Care Act

Georgetown Faculty Reflect on First Year of the Global Health Initiative

Global Health Diplomacy and Security: Applications of Biosafety for Global Health Security

GHI Collaborative Research Seed Grant Supports Violence Prevention Program in Accra, Ghana

Kalorama Fellowship Funds Independent Student Research

Biology Professor Heidi Elmendorf Gives Rehearsal Lecture for National Teaching Award

Team of Georgetown Students Compete in D.C. Public Health Case Competition

O’Neill Institute’s Tenth Anniversary: Celebrating Impact and New WHO Partnership

Zika Vaccine, Partner Violence Subjects of Gender Justice Initiative Research Colloquium

Can’t Even Cry: Experts Discuss the Mental Health of Syrian Refugee Children

Global Health Security Seminar Series Launches with a Talk by Global Health and Biosecurity Expert

Biology of Global Health Major Shapes Students for Global Health Future

Reproductive Health: From Women’s Issue to Community Affair

Student Spotlight: Sheetal Gaharwar

Georgetown Launches Global Health Initiative to Advance Research, Solutions

Global Podcast: Georgetown's “Zusha!” Campaign Prevents Road Fatalities in Kenya

Faculty Gather to Explore Roadmap of Global Health Initiative

Professors Promote Global Mental Health through Multidisciplinary Symposium

Faculty Spotlight: Sona Vasudevan

Georgetown Hosts Indian Parliamentarians

Faculty Spotlight: Shareen Joshi

Georgetown's China Health Law Initiative: Promoting U.S.-China Dialogue to Improve Global Health

The Lancet—O’Neill Institute, Georgetown University Commission on Global Health and the Law

Where Medicine and Art Meet: Interfacing the Humanities with Medical Science

Global Social Justice Summer Research Symposium

Georgetown Students Volunteer in Honduras through Medical Brigades Organization

John Gyapong on Global Governance for Health

Graduate School Partners with Ugandan Universities to Design Collaborative Virtual Classes

Georgetown Professor Examines Solutions to Poverty in India

World Bank Group President Lectures on Pandemics, Preparedness

World Bank President to Lecture on Ebola, Global Development

Georgetown Scholar Examines Political Economy of Global Health

Environment Initiative Builds Community, Addresses Critical Issues

Georgetown Physician Spearheads Healthcare Volunteering Initiative in Cameroon

O’Neill Institute and Lawyers Collective Launch Global Health and Human Rights Law Database

Georgetown to Host International Human Development Conference in September 2015