Despite the obstacles created by the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers at Georgetown University increased their productivity leading to the renewed designation as an “R1” institution by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, a designation awarded to American doctoral universities with “very high research activity.”

In a letter to the medical center community, GUMC leaders denounced recent acts of hate including the bomb threats made against many Historically Black Colleges and Universities and swastikas spray painted on columns at Union Station.

On Wednesday, February 9 at 4:30 p.m. via Zoom, GUMC community members are invited to participate in a panel discussion about the legacy of medicine during the Holocaust and its contemporary relevance.

Panelists include Lee Jones, MD, Dean for Medical Education; Michael Goldman, Jewish Chaplain; Helain Landy, Chair, Dept of Obstetrics & Gynecology; and Daniel Sulmasy, MD, PhD, Director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics. The panel will be moderated by Fr. Myles Sheehan, SJ, MD, Director, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics. Learn more and register.

To highlight its theme issue, “Racism & Health,” Health Affairs hosts a discussion led by its editor-in-chief, Alan Weil, and Christopher J. King, PhD, MHSc, FACHE, chair of the School of Nursing & Health Studies’ Department of Health Systems Administration, on how structural racism and historical events socially, economically, and politically disenfranchised Black residents in the District of Columbia, yielding stark differences in health outcomes. “Race, Place and Structural Racism: A Review of Health and History in Washington, D.C.” takes place on Monday, February 7, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., at Busboys and Poets (450 K St NW).

Members of the Subcommittee on Faculty Diversity and Inclusion will present an overview of recommendations from their 2021 report at the GUMC Faculty Town Hall on February 15 from 4:00-5:30 p.m. via Zoom. 

Applications to participate as a mentee or pod leader in the GUMC Faculty Mentoring Program for New and Early Career Faculty are due by February 8. Learn more here.

The Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences (GHUCCTS) is offering assistance to research teams for the inclusion of people with limited English proficiency in research. Contact Kathryn Turner or Florencia Gonzalez for a no-cost consultation.

On Monday, February 7 and Tuesday, February 8 from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., traffic will be restricted to one lane on East-West Road between Entrance 4 and Lombardi Circle. Flaggers will be in place to guide traffic around work to repair pole lights on East-West Road. Entrance 4 will be accessible but expect minor delays.

To align with the D.C. Department of Health isolation guidelines and quarantine guidance, the university’s public health guidelines regarding isolation, quarantine and contact tracing have been updated. Learn more about the new guidelines.