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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COVID-19 and Religion: Pandemic Lessons and Legacies

In the Review of Faith & International Affairs, Berkley Center Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall draws on the work of the Religious Responses to COVID-19 Project to assess how religious communities experienced and shaped responses to the pandemic.

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Commercial Speech and Unhealthy Food Products: Conceptual Foundations

Financing the Health Needs of Ukrainian Refugees

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B.S. in Global Health

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

M.S. in Global Health

Sponsored by the School of Health, the Master of Science in Global Health program is based on an interdisciplinary and development-oriented approach to global health. With a strong focus on quantitative, qualitative, and applied social sector research in developing countries, the Global Health graduate program offers new opportunities to individuals pursuing a career in the field 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.

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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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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.

Global Health InstituteGeorgetown Unit

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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