 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.
Gary
Filerman, Ph.D., chair of the Department of
Health Systems Administration, recently met with
Manmohan Singh, prime minister of India. Read
more.
Robert
B. Friedland, Ph.D., associate professor of
health systems administration, was elected chair
of the Center for Health Policy Development. Read
more.
Diane
Downing, MSN, and Jeanne Matthews, Ph.D.,
public health nursing professors at NHS, took on
leadership roles at the recent meeting of the American
Public Health Association. Read
more.
Gary
L. Filerman, Ph.D., chair of the Department
of Health Systems Administration, will be chairing
a one-week visit to India by the leadership of
Volunteers of America. Read
more.
Mark
Legnini, Ph.D., associate professor in the
Department of Health Systems Administration, has
completed a commissioned paper on health care cost
and price transparency for the National Quality
Forum. Read more.
The
Early Childhood Excellence in Teaching Partnership established
to ensure District of Columbia children are ready
for school. Read
more.
The
Department of Nursing's Nurses
SOAR!—a federally funded project
to build HIV/AIDS nursing workforce capacity in Africa—has
recently received supplemental funding from the President's
Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Read
more.
Frank
Y. Wong, Ph.D., an associate professor in the
Department of International Health at NHS, recently
received a $3 million R01 grant from the National
Institute of Child Health and Human Development
of the National Institutes of Health. Read
more.
Jerry
Price, chief operating officer of Sibley Memorial
Hospital, has been named to the faculty of the
Department of Health Systems Administration at
Georgetown University. Read
more.
Mayri
Sagady Leslie, MSN, a faculty member in the
national ranked Nurse Midwifery Program at NHS,
serves on a panel that will discuss the premiere
of the documentary, "The
Business of Being Born." Read
more.
Gary
L. Filerman, Ph.D., chair of the Department
of Health Systems Administration, served as co-author
two recent articles on Health Management. Read
more.
Michael
Stoto, Ph.D., a professor in the Department
of Health Systems Administration at NHS, presented
in Atlanta on Community Health. Read
more.
Adriana
Stoica, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department
of Human Science at NHS, will speak at the Sixth
International Congress on Targeted Therapies in
Cancer. Read
more.
Joan
Riley, assistant professor of human science
and nursing, speaks to Blue & Gray about
her work on a grant to bring student mental health
issues into the classroom. Read
more.
Gary
L. Filerman, Ph.D., chair of the Department
of Health Systems Administration at NHS, has
been invited by McKinsey & Company to serve
on an expert advisory panel. Read
more.
Edilma
Yearwood, Ph.D., assistant professor of nursing
at NHS, has published two recent articles on
the health of immigrant families. Read
more.
Robert
Friedland, Ph.D., associate professor in
the Department of Health Systems Administration
at NHS, addressed a group from Ukraine. Read
more.
Joan
Riley, assistant professor of human science
and nursing at NHS, is featured on the alumni
Web site of Georgetown University.
Michael
Stoto, Ph.D.,
professor of health systems administration and
population health at NHS, is profiled on the
main Web
site of Georgetown University.
Michael
Relf, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Nursing
at NHS, and Kevin Mallison, Ph.D.,assistant
professor of nursing, served as co-authors on
three articles in a supplement edition of AIDS
Patient Care and STDs, a monthly peer-reviewed
journal. Read
more.
Carlton
G. Brown, Ph.D., assistant professor of nursing
at NHS, was named president of the board of directors
of the Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation. Read
more.
Dean
Bette Keltner attended the launch of the Reading
Is Fundamental (RIF) Multicultural Literacy Campaign at
the National Press Club. Read
more.
Carolyn
Gegor, MS, CNM, program director of the nationally
ranked Nurse Midwifery Program NHS, was recently
elected president of the American College
of Nurse-Midwives Foundation. Read
more.
Several NHS Faculty members
will present at the 30th International Congress
on Law and Mental Health, this summer in Italy
at the University of Padua. Read
more.
Robert
Friedland, Ph.D., associate professor in
the NHS Department of Health Systems Administration,
spoke at a forum on financing long-term care. Read
more.
Ralph
DiClemente, Ph.D., and Gina Wingood, MPH, ScD—both
public health experts from Emory University—spoke
in Riggs Library on May 30, as part of an event
hosted by The Linda and Timothy O’Neill
Institute for National and Global Health Law. Read
more.
Carol
Taylor, Ph.D., assistant professor of nursing
at NHS and director of Georgetown University's
Center for Clinical Bioethics, participates in
seminar on "Nursing and Health Care Ethics:
A Legacy and a Vision." Read
more.
Michael
Stoto, Ph.D., a professor
in the Department of Health Systems Administration
at NHS, took part in a cyberpanel discussion
about public health. Read
more.
Karen
S. Kesten, an assistant professor in the
NHS Department of Nursing, presented at a conference
of the American Association of Critical Care
Nurses in Atlanta. Read
more.
Mayri
Sagady Leslie, MSN, has been awarded The
Hazel Corbin/Childbirth Connection Grant for Evidence-Based
Midwifery Care. Read
more.
Z.
Jennifer Huang, Ph.D., assistant professor
in the NHS Department of International Health,
is participating in a discussion on "Mental
Health Issues in Children and Adolescents of
Asian Immigrant Families." Read
more.
Four
faculty members at the Georgetown University
Center on Health and Education have published
in the Handbook of Intellectual and Developmental
Disabilities. Read
more.
Edilma
L. Yearwood, Ph.D., has been selected
as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing
(FAAN). Read more.
Frank
Wong, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department
of International Health, will represent the NHS
in the Georgetown-Fudan Partnership. Read
more.
Keltner
Reflects On Nurses Week: NHS Dean
Bette Keltner sent out a note
to the faculty of the Department of Nursing
at the School of Nursing & Health Studies.
In it, she reflects upon the profession of
nursing in light of National
Nurses Week, celebrated from
May 6-12, 2007.
Joan
Riley, assistant professor of human science
and nursing at the School of Nursing & Health
Studies, wins the 2007
Dorothy Brown Award. Read
more.
Gary
Filerman, Ph.D., chair of the Department
of Health Systems Administration Joins Advisory
Panel. Read more.
Bette
Keltner, dean of Georgetown University School
of Nursing & Health Studies, testified April
12 on Capitol Hill. Read
more.
Michael
Relf, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Nursing,
attended the 2007 HIV/AIDS
Summit hosted by D.C. Mayor Adrian
M. Fenty. Read
more.
Michael
Stoto, Ph.D., has been appointed to a committee
of the National
Research Council of the National Academies. Read
more.
Craig T. Ramey,
Ph.D., and Sharon Ramey, Ph.D., directors
of the Georgetown University Center on Health
and Education (CHE), have received the "Distinguished
Contributions to Public Policy for Children" award
from the Society for Research in Child Development
(SRCD). Read
more.
Mayri
Sagady Leslie, MSN, a certified nurse midwife
in the Department of Nursing, studies Quality
of Care for Mothers. Read
more.
Michael
Stoto, Ph.D., a professor in
the Department of Health Systems Administration,
has been named statistical editor of the Journal
of Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. Read
more.
Craig
T. Ramey, Ph.D., director NHS's Center on
Health and Education (CHE), was recently elected
chairman of the National Board for Education
Sciences. Read
more.
The
Georgetown University Center on Health and
Education (CHE) at NHS was recently
awarded a grant from the CityBridge Foundation
to launch an intensive training program for
college graduates who want to teach in early
childhood educational settings. CHE is led
by renowned experts Craig Ramey, Ph.D., and
Sharon Ramey, Ph.D. Read
more.
Sharon
Ramey, Ph.D, the Susan H. Mayer Professor
of Child and Family Studies at Georgetown, appeared
on Discovery Health’s “Baby Madness,” which
premiered on Saturday, March 31. Read
more.
Karen
S. Kesten, an assistant professor in the
Department of Nursing at NHS, presented at the
conference “Sepsis Update 2007” on
March 28. Read more.
NHS
Faculty meet
with U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator. Read
more
Faculty
Attend White House Event - Michael Relf, Ph.D., chair of the Department
of Nursing, and department faculty members Irene
Jillson, Ph.D., Amanda Liddle, Ph.D., and Kevin
Mallinson, Ph.D., were among a group of faculty
who accompanied Georgetown President John J. DeGioia
to a White House event on malaria that was convened
by First Lady Laura Bush. Read
more.
Sharon
Ramey, Ph.D Presented at Washington Hospital
Center Grand Rounds on Tuesday, February 27. Read
more.
Michael
Stoto, Ph.D., a professor in the Department
of Health Systems Administration and population
health expert, delivered two presentations this
December. More...
Joan
Riley, assistant professor in the Department
of Nursing and the Department of Human Science,
presented at the fourth annual "Bringing
Theory to Practice" National
Working Conference. More...
NHS
nursing professors Maryanne Lachat; Michael
Ref; and Carol Scott won the best
article award—in the area
of practice—for “HIV and Pregnancy:
Considerations for Nursing Practice,” which
ran in The American Journal of Maternal/Child
Nursing. More...
Dr.
Michael A. Stoto has entered into a
subcontract agreement with Mathematica Policy
Research, Inc., to assess the comparative effectiveness
and cost-effectiveness of antidepressants. More...
Dr.
Z. Jennifer Huang awarded funds for “Maternal
Depression, Mental Health Seeking Pattern, and
Child Development in U.S. Immigrant Families.” More...
Dr.
Michael V. Relf becomes Associate Director
of the Georgetown
Center for Trauma and the Community. More...
Dr.
Adriana Stoica awarded an grant to conduct
research “Signaling
Networks in Breast Cancer - New Targets for Hormone
Therapy.” More...
Dr.
Irene A. Jillson awarded funds by the
World Bank to conduct “Social
Change Agents: Improving Women’s Health
in Egypt.” More...
Dr.
Jillson also received supplemental funds
for her existing grant from the DC Department of
Mental Health entitled, “Supporting
Transitions for EPSDT Eligible Children in D.C.” More...
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