The School of Nursing & Health Studies is a vibrant learning community. This news section features the achievements of our students, faculty, staff, and alumni.
Health Care Management & Policy Major Writes Forthcoming Book on Innovation
April 14th, 2021
Isayah Henry (NHS’21), a senior health care management & policy major, has authored the forthcoming book, “Innovator’s Clinic: How Small Innovators Are Positioned Best to Address Healthcare’s Longest-Standing Challenges.” “Many of the venture founders I interviewed for the book are students and young professionals like many of my peers,” he said. “I want my readers to dare to think big.”
Georgetown Nursing Helps Promote Public Health Through COVID-19 Efforts
April 9th, 2021
National Public Health Week 2021: Georgetown nursing students, faculty, and graduates have been working to promote the health and well-being of individuals and communities through participation in COVID-19 vaccination and testing.
Georgetown FNP Alumna Manages COVID-19 Vaccine Site in Maryland
April 8th, 2021
Jessica Landau (G’20), a recent graduate of the Family Nurse Practitioner Program, is managing a COVID-19 vaccine site in Maryland. The Georgetown alumna, who hopes to continue focusing on health promotion and disease prevention, says, “People are so grateful to be vaccinated. We have a great team, and it is an exciting mission to be a part of,” she says.
Rediscovering Georgetown’s Women Graduates of the First Decades of the 20th Century
March 29th, 2021
As Women’s History Month comes to a close this week, learn about the religious sisters who were receiving their Georgetown degrees in the first decades of the 20th century. One of them, Sister Flavia Egan, who earned a bachelor’s degree in 1925, may be the first person to have received a degree in nursing from the university.
In Memoriam: Georgetown BSN Alumna and Renowned Nurse Leader Dr. Bernardine M. Lacey (1932-2021)
March 28th, 2021
Renowned nurse leader Dr. Bernardine (Mays) Lacey, who received her BSN at Georgetown in 1969, passed away Friday, March 26. Lacey, who served as the founding dean of Western Michigan University School of Nursing, was honored for her distinguished career in 2014 by the American Academy of Nursing, becoming one of four Living Legends that year.
Human Science Professor Develops New Course on Social Determinants of COVID-19
March 24th, 2021
This semester, Dr. Debbie Barrington, assistant professor of human science, is teaching a new course she developed on the social determinants of COVID-19. As a social epidemiologist, Barrington conceptualized the class last year as the world and the United States were learning more about SARS-CoV-2 and the disproportionate impact the virus would have on the most vulnerable.
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