D.C. Council member David A. Catania (I-At Large) visited Georgetown University to celebrate city residents who had successfully completed the Health Workforce Innovation Project, a collaborative effort among Georgetown University Hospital, the District of Columbia Department of Employee Services, and the Department of Health Systems Administration at NHS. Read more.

On April 2-3, NHS hosted the seventh annual Undergraduate Research Conference. Read more.

David Lee (NHS’10), a health care management & policy major at NHS, recently earned a UNESCO Laura W. Bush Traveling Fellowship. Read more.

The Nurse Anesthesia Program, ranked sixth in the nation, is featured on the GUMC Web site.

Several NHS students have returned from alternative spring break projects, during which they served communities around the United States. Read more.

Dr. Carolyn Clancy (H’08), director of the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, delivered the keynote address at a major forum on January 29, hosted by the Department of Health Systems Administration and sponsered by Perkins+Will, an international architecture firm that specializes in health care. Read more.

NHS honored 95 students who completed their bachelor's and master's degrees in nursing in the fall 2008 semester at a completion ceremony on Dec. 13. Read more.

The O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law and NHS conducted a pandemic influenza mock crisis. Read more.

The Department of Health Systems Administration and the Department of International Health hosted Vishal Bali, chief executive officer of Wockhardt Hospitals in India. Read more.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt speaks during NHS’ annual McAuley Lecture. Read more.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt speaks during NHS’ annual McAuley Lecture. Read more.

Participants in the Health Workforce Innovation Project, a joint effort of Georgetown University Hospital, the District of Columbia, and the Department of Health Systems Administration at NHS, earned certificates at the program’s closing ceremony. Read more.

NHS and the Office of Advancement announced the hire of Kate Paulsen as the school's new director of development. Read more.

In July, NHS introduced a brand new pediatric simulator to the school's O'Neill Family Foundation Clinical Simulation Center. Read more.

Pathways to Success program, funded by founding sponsor the Goldman Sachs Foundation, is covered on Georgetown University Web site.

Throughout the summer months, many NHS students and faculty members are participating in a range of health-related special programs. Read more.

NHS senior Emily Herzberg, a human science major, was selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Fulbright award. Read more.

NHS senior Emily Herzberg, a human science major, was selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Fulbright award. Read more.

Congratulations NHS Class of 2008!  During a beautiful Washington day on Saturday, May 17, members of the School of Nursing & Health Studies Class of 2008 received their degrees. Read more.

Jennifer Mulla (NHS'08), a human science major, presented at the American Association of Cancer Research's Annual meeting in San Diego. Read more.

The Department of Health Systems Administration hosted a ceremony for undergraduate and graduate students who were inducted into Upsilon Phi Delta. Read more.

Silpa Thaivalappil (NHS’10), an international health and pre-med major at NHS, was recently awarded a Critical Language Scholarship from the U.S. Department of State and the Council of American Overseas Research Centers. Read more.

Thirty undergraduate students presented their science and health-related research at the sixth annual Georgetown University Undergraduate Research Conference. Read more.

NHS's nationally ranked Nurse Midwifery Program is hosting two events this spring and summer. Read more.

Enrique Ruelas Barajas, M.D., secretary of the General Health Council of Mexico, keynotes the McAuley Lecture Series hosted by NHS. Read more.

New Regional Partnership Aims to Strengthen Local Health Care Delivery: Georgetown University, Washington Hospital Center Team Up On Nursing Workforce. Read more.

The Department of Health Systems Administration hosted a two-day conference to look at ethics and values in health services coursework. Read more.

International Health Students return from their semester abroad and present their experiences to faculty and fellow students. Read more.

NHS will host Enrique Ruelas Barajas, M.D., as the next keynote speaker in the school’s McAuley Lecture Series. The title of his talk is, "Towards Quality and Safety in a Health Care System Through a Country-Wide Strategy." Read more.

Irene Jillson, Ph.D., assistant professor of nursing, recently co-presented at a National Institute on Drug Abuse forum. Read more.

Ten members of the Georgetown community returned in mid-June after a two-week visit to Nairobi, Kenya. Julie DeLoia, Ph.D., associate dean of academic affairs at NHS, reflects. Read more.

Laura Anderko, Ph.D., RN, the Robert and Kathleen Scanlon Chair in Values Based Health Care, received the 2009 Charlotte Brody Award. Read more.

Jeanne Matthews, Ph.D., assistant professor of nursing, recently answered questions about swine flu. Read more.

The Center for Disease Prevention and Health Outcomes at the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law recently announced its first round of pilot grant awards. Read more.

Mark Dybul, former U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Ambassador, has joined Georgetown University and the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law. Read more.

Laura Anderko, the Robert and Kathleen Scanlon Chair in Values Based Health Care, was recently profiled on the Web site of Georgetown University Medical Center.

Michael Stoto, professor of health systems administration, was recently profiled on the Web site of Georgetown University Medical Center.

Pablo Irusta, assistant professor of human science at NHS, has contributed to a recent article in Nature Medicine about respiratory syncytial virus. Read more.

Bernard J. Horak, Ph.D., professor of health systems administration at NHS, was recently re-certified as a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Read more.

A new multimillion-dollar project—housed in the Department of Health Systems Administration—has created a veterans health education and outreach initiative. Read more.

Michael Stoto, Ph.D., professor of health systems administration, is serving as co-principal investigator on a Harvard research project on emergency preparedness. Read More.

Myriam Vuckovic, assistant professor of international health at NHS, authored the new book Voices from Haskell: Indian Students Between Two Worlds, 1884-1928. Read more.

NHS announced the recruitment of Laura Anderko, Ph.D., RN, as the new Robert and Kathleen Scanlon Chair in Values Based Health Care. Read more.

NHS hosted a morning panel discussion on “Systems Medicine & Health Care Delivery,” as a part of the daylong inaugural convocation ceremonies at Georgetown University Medical Center. Read more.

A task force—including faculty members from NHS and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law—recently released its Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Foreign-Educated Nurses to the United States. Read more.

Kevin Mallinson, Ph.D., RN, assistant professor in the Department of Nursing at NHS, has been selected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN). Read more.

J.P. Hyatt, assistant professor of human science, and recent graduate Elizabeth Kander (NHS'08), co-authored a recent article in the journal Muscle & Nerve. Read more.

NHS professors Kathryn Ellis and Colleen Norton meet with Brunei Minister of Education Pehin Abdul Rahman Taib. Read more.

Frank Y. Wong, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of International Health, is taking part in a national videoconference. Read more.

Ladan Eshkevari, assistant director of the nationally ranked Nurse Anesthesia Program at NHS, has been selected to participate in the National Institutes of Health’s 2008 Summer Genetics Institute. Read more.

Ladan Eshkevari, assistant director of the nationally ranked Nurse Anesthesia Program at NHS, has been selected to participate in the National Institutes of Health’s 2008 Summer Genetics Institute. Read more.

Edilma L. Yearwood, Ph.D., assistant professor of nursing at NHS, has been recently selected as a U.S. Fulbright Senior Specialist. Read more.

Bernhard Liese, M.D., chair of the Department of International Health, has joined the executive committee of the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis. Read more.

Several faculty members in the Department of Nursing will present at the National Teaching Institute of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, May 2008. Read more.

Mayri Sagady Leslie, a faculty member in the nationally ranked Nurse Midwifery Program at NHS, has published a chapter in the brand new book Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth. Read more.

Pablo Irusta, Ph.D., assistant professor of human science at NHS, is profiled on the Georgetown University Web site. Read more.

Edilma Yearwood, Ph.D., assistant professor of nursing at NHS, will make three presentations this spring and summer in Kentucky, South Carolina, and Germany. Read more.

The O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University announced that Jeffrey Collmann, Ph.D. joined its leadership team. Read more.

Alexander Theos, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Human Science, was profiled in the GUMC Update, the online newsletter of Georgetown University Medical Center.

Michael Stoto, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Health Systems Administration, published an article on public health surveillance in the January 2008 issue of The Georgetown Law Journal. Read more.

Michael Stoto, Ph.D., a professor of health systems administration at NHS, presented at the seventh annual International Conference on Health Policy Statistics in Philadelphia, Pa. Read more.

The Department of International Health welcomes Weibing Wang, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., a lecturer in the Department of Epidemiology at Fudan University in China, as a visiting post-doctoral fellow. Read more.

Craig Ramey, Ph.D., and Sharon Ramey, Ph.D., directors of Georgetown University Center on Health and Education at NHS, testified Jan. 3 before the D.C. Council on expanding pre-kindergarten programs. Read more.

Students, faculty, and staff talked to Voice of America about simulation at NHS.

Jeanne Matthews, Ph.D., RN, assistant professor of nursing, was quoted in a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and an NPR story on swine flu.

The Washington Diplomat recently covered the NHS-Washington Hospital Center scholarship program in a story about the nursing shortage.

Britt Williams (NHS'11) was featured on MSNBC.com for her participation in an alternative spring break service project.

Craig Trimbach (G'09), a master's degree candidate in the Nurse Anesthesia Program, talks about his 10-day medical mission to the Philippines with NewsChannel 8.

The Washington Post recently covered the life of the late Elizabeth Mary Hughes, 71, former dean of NHS. Hughes, who died Jan. 8, served from 1980-1986.

Laura Anderko, the Robert and Kathleen Scanlon Chair in Values Based Health Care at NHS, spoke to the Arizona Republic about children and environmental health.

Gary Filerman, professor of health systems administration, participated in a Modern Healthcare panel on health care labor relations.

Akite Daniel (NHS'10) spoke to WAMU, the D.C. affiliate of National Public Radio, about her experience casting an absentee ballot in Washington.

Craig and Sharon Ramey, directors of Georgetown University Center on Health and Education at NHS, were cited in a Chicago Tribune letter to the editor about their groundbreaking work in the field of early childhood education.

Craig Ramey, director of the Center on Health and Education at NHS, was cited in an article in the San Francisco Chronicle about universal preschool.

Myrtle McCulloch, Ed.D., assistant professor of international health at NHS, was quoted in the Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune about the nutritional content of the pizza being served for lunch in a Florida school district.

The Baton Rouge (La.) Advocate recently covered the Pathways to Success program.

Medill News Service recently covered the $2 million nursing scholarship program that NHS and Washington Hospital Center launched.

Ryan Lynch (G'09), a graduate student in the Department of Health Systems Administration, co-authored an op-ed on health care reform that appeared in the Boston Herald.

Edilma Yearwood, Ph.D., assistant professor of nursing at NHS, was featured in a second column in The Hartford Courant about the mental health of immigrant children.

Edilma Yearwood, Ph.D., assistant professor of nursing at NHS, interviewed with The Hartford Courant about trauma disorders in at-risk kids.

Timothy Shannon (NHS'07), who majored in health care management & policy at NHS, was featured as a young entrepreneur in FORTUNE magazine.

Michael Relf, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Nursing at NHS, and Elizabeth Wykpisz, interim chief nursing officer at Washington Hospital Center, co-authored an op-ed in the Baltimore Sun about the nursing shortage and the organizations' new $2 million partnership to launch a second degree scholarship program.

Craig T. Ramey, Ph.D., director of the Center on Health and Education at NHS, was quoted in The Washington Post about a new study detailing various indicators of childhood progress.

David Fajgenbaum (NHS'07) talked to the Today Show recently about the group he started, National Students of Ailing Mothers & Fathers.

Edilma Yearwood, Ph.D., assistant professor of nursing, is highlighted on the Web site of the Jamaica News Bulletin about her forthcoming work in the country as a U.S. Fulbright Senior Specialist.

Craig T. Ramey, Ph.D., director of the Center on Health and Education at NHS, was recently cited in The Binghamton (N.Y.) Press & Sun-Bulletin about his work on early childhood development.

Robin Lanzi, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Human Science at NHS, was quoted in a Washington Post story about critical thinking skills development.

Robert Friedland, Ph.D., associate professor of health systems administration at NHS, was quoted in The Washington Post in a story about providing care for the uninsured.

The Association of American Colleges and Universities featured Georgetown's Engelhard Project on AACU-TV during the association's annual meeting in Washington, D.C. The piece features Todd Olson, vice president for student affairs, Edilma Yearwood, assistant professor of nursing, and Martyna Skowron (NHS'09), a human science major.

Mayri Sagady Leslie, a faculty member in the nationally ranked Nurse Midwifery Program at NHS, was quoted in The (N.Y.) Daily Gazette about myths around guessing a baby's gender.

Myrtle McCulloch, Ed.D., assistant professor in the Department of International Health and a registered dietitian, was quoted extensively in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer about balancing healthy and unhealthy ingredients in various dishes.

Lois Wessel, a faculty member in the Family Nurse Practitioner Program, wrote an essay that ran in the The Washington Post's health section about her work with the immigrant community.

Craig Ramey, Ph.D., director of the Center on Health and Education at NHS, was quoted in The Washington Post related to his testimony before the D.C. Council on expanding pre-K programs.

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