Welcome from the Dean
Welcome and thank you for visiting the Web site of Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS). We renovated St. Mary’s Hall several years ago. This building is the historic home of NHS on the university’s Hilltop campus. I told the architect that we wanted an “intellectual hum” to pervade our new interior. That vibrant intellectual hum continues here each day. Our community of learners flourishes in meaningful ways—much as it has since our founding in 1903. Today, NHS houses Departments of Health Systems Administration, Human Science, International Health, and Nursing with strong graduate and undergraduate programs. NHS faculty members oversee a multimillion-dollar research portfolio. Our faculty pursues diverse areas of inquiry, including HIV/AIDS, childhood development, health care access, and population health. We also have opened our new Discovery Center. This 3,000-square-foot facility supports education and research among our students and faculty. In addition, we recently launched the Linda and Timothy O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, a timely initiative that we co-founded with our colleagues at Georgetown University Law Center. NHS remains deeply committed in all these endeavors to the university’s historic Catholic, Jesuit identity. That identity animates our mission to improve the health and well being of all people. Do visit us soon Sincerely, Bette Keltner Jacobs |
