Global Health

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 July 2022, Georgetown founded the Global Health Institute (a successor to the Global Health Initiative) to serve as a university-wide platform for supporting research, teaching, and service in global health. 

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This initiative aims to strengthen relationships and mutual understanding among the faith and global health communities, to explore diverse perspectives on how beliefs interact with health in society, and to work together to strengthen our shared well-being locally and globally.

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The Georgetown Global Health Institute 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 world.

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