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Advancing the health and security of people and the planet

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Georgetown’s campuses are home to an array of students, scholars, and practitioners leading the charge toward a healthier, more secure future for our communities and our common home. The university’s Jesuit tradition—our responsibility to care for the whole person, to protect our planet, to serve one another—guides and propels this work.

We have decades of momentum. An internationally recognized academic health and science center. Renowned expertise in global health. Deep engagement with the environmental, social, and physical determinants of well-being.

Building on these strengths, we will enter a new era of action as Georgetown researchers, clinicians, policy experts, and students contribute to a better human condition, locally and globally.

rebecca katz

“We analyze policies and practices used throughout the world to prevent, detect, and respond to emerging health threats before they become international crises. …We ask and answer questions like: What kind of systems do you need in place to have countries working together? How do you think about the types of capacity that will be required at the municipality level? What does this mean for travel and trade?”

—Rebecca Katz, director of the Center for Global Health Science and Security, which helps decision-makers worldwide build sustainable capacities to prevent, detect, and respond to public health emergencies

The Center for Global Health Science and Security has become one of the world’s most trusted and effective partners for global health security preparedness. As part of this work, the center plans to measure the total impact of global health governance to date on outbreak response, and develop a new framework for thinking about policy reform as a scientific optimization problem.

We will address urgent threats to human well-being

  • pete marra

    Peter Marra

    Founding director of the Earth Commons, Georgetown University’s Institute for Environment and Sustainability

    “We need to have students leave Georgetown with both the passions in their belly and knowledge in their heads to tackle environment and sustainability challenges like never before.”

    Learn more about Georgetown’s environment and sustainability strategic initiative >

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    Kirk Zieser (SFS ‘22)

    Participant in the Walsh School of Foreign Service’s Science, Technology and International Affairs (STIA) program

    “I did a semester’s worth of research into the Alaskan Arctic, and having the opportunity to visit the Arctic made everything—the issues, the people, the places—feel much more real. I now have a sense for exactly what’s at stake when thinking about the existential threat climate change poses to these communities.”

  • anna riegel

    Anna Tate Riegel

    Senior associate dean for Biomedical Graduate Education

    “In recent years, we have seen more than ever the relevance and impact of cross-disciplinary, cutting-edge research and clinical and industry expertise across the biomedical sciences.”

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Medical students lead efforts to integrate environmental health into curriculum Ruba Omiera / Courtesy of Ruba Omeira For Ruba Omeira (M’24), a single grain of rice illustrates the staggering consequences…

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Center for Neural Injury and Recovery

Center for Health Equity

The Georgetown University Academy for Research, Clinical, and Health Equity Scholarship (ARCHES)

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School of Medicine Longitudinal Academic Track: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Medicine

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School of Health Interdisciplinary Research

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Racial Justice

Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics

Office of Sustainability

O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law

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Medical/Surgical Pavilion at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

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MS in Environmental Metrology & Policy

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Kennedy Institute of Ethics

Health Justice Alliance (HJA)

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Georgetown University Medical Center Research Gap Fund

Global Human Development Program (GHD)

Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Interdisciplinary Studies Programs

Georgetown M.D./Ph.D. Program

Georgetown University Medical Center Faculty Cluster Hires

Fund a Fellow for Parkinson’s

Georgetown Experimental Medical Studies Program (GEMS)

Environment and Sustainability

Environmental Justice Program

Educational Innovation and Transformation

Emergent Ethics

Cultivating Opportunity and Realizing Excellence (CORE) Leadership Program

Cognitive Recovery Lab

Center for Global Health Science and Security

Center for Innovation in Global Health

Center for Men’s Health Equity

Center for Child and Human Development

Center for Global Health Practice and Impact

Cancer Prevention and Control Research Programs

Cancer-Host Interactions Research Programs

Capitol Campus

Center for Brain Plasticity and Recovery

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Cancer Cell Biology Research Programs

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Center for Aphasia Research and Rehabilitation

Center for Neuroengineering

Center for Neural Injury and Recovery

Center for Health Equity

The Georgetown University Academy for Research, Clinical, and Health Equity Scholarship (ARCHES)

Tech and Society

The Gateway Exploration Program (GEP)

Summer Medical Institute and Medical Immersion Programs

School of Nursing Experiential Learning

School of Nursing O’Neill Family Foundation Clinical Simulation Center

School of Nursing Pre- and Post-Doctoral Fellowships

Science, Technology, and International Affairs

School of Medicine Longitudinal Academic Track: Spirituality in Medicine

School of Nursing Dean’s Excellence Fund

School of Medicine Longitudinal Academic Track: Healthcare Leadership

School of Medicine Longitudinal Academic Track: Literature and Medicine

School of Medicine Longitudinal Academic Track: Medical Education Research Scholar

School of Medicine Longitudinal Academic Track: Population Health Scholar

School of Medicine Longitudinal Academic Track: Primary Care Leadership

School of Medicine Faculty Professional Development Fund

School of Medicine Longitudinal Academic Track: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Medicine

School of Medicine Longitudinal Academic Track: Environmental Health and Medicine

School of Medicine Longitudinal Academic Track: Health Justice Scholar

School of Health Experiential Learning, Community Engagement, and Professional Development

School of Health Interdisciplinary Research

School of Health Department of Health Systems Administration

Regent STEM Scholars Program

Racial Justice

Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics

Office of Sustainability

O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law

Partners in Research

Office of Minority Health & Health Disparities Research

Medical/Surgical Pavilion at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

Mental Health and Wellbeing

Medical Campus Ministry

Medical Humanities

McCourt School Faculty Endowments

McCourt School Faculty Innovation Grants

MSB Fields of the Future: Business of Health

MSB Fields of the Future: Business of Sustainability

MS in Epidemiology

MS in Global Health

MS in Global Infectious Diseases

MS in Health and the Public Interest

MS in Addiction Policy & Practice

MS in Aging and Health

MS in Environment & Sustainability Management

MS in Environmental Metrology & Policy

Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Research Programs

Kennedy Institute of Ethics

Health Justice Alliance (HJA)

Human Development and Poverty Reduction

Humanities

Georgetown University Medical Center Research Gap Fund

Global Human Development Program (GHD)

Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Interdisciplinary Studies Programs

Georgetown M.D./Ph.D. Program

Georgetown University Medical Center Faculty Cluster Hires

Fund a Fellow for Parkinson’s

Georgetown Experimental Medical Studies Program (GEMS)

Environment and Sustainability

Environmental Justice Program

Educational Innovation and Transformation

Emergent Ethics

Cultivating Opportunity and Realizing Excellence (CORE) Leadership Program

Cognitive Recovery Lab

Center for Global Health Science and Security

Center for Innovation in Global Health

Center for Men’s Health Equity

Center for Child and Human Development

Center for Global Health Practice and Impact

Cancer Prevention and Control Research Programs

Cancer-Host Interactions Research Programs

Capitol Campus

Center for Brain Plasticity and Recovery

Biomedical Graduate Education (BGE) Postdoctoral Fellowships

Business and Global Affairs

Business for Impact

Cancer Cell Biology Research Programs

Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation

Biomedical Graduate Education (BGE) Dean’s Leadership Fund

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To learn more or to contribute to these priorities, please contact us at giving@georgetown.edu.