Medical education

Students from communities underrepresented in health care fields are more likely to pursue their interests in medical professions if they are introduced to these careers in grades K-12, Harvard Medical…

Patty (NHS’93) and Chris (B’93) Mosher (Parents’24) reflect on how Georgetown values led them to establish the Nursing Student Resource Endowed Fund, which will support undergraduate nursing students when they…

Dylan Hughes (M’28), describes how the Academy for Research, Clinical, and Health Equity Scholarship (ARCHES) program helped him find his way to Georgetown University’s School of Medicine.

The donation from Bloomberg Philanthropies will remove financial barriers to a Johns Hopkins medical education for students from households making less than $300,000 a year.

Lindsey Russ, a doctoral student investigating brainstem function with her mentor Rebekah Evans, will receive research funding, as well as leadership training, through the Howard Hughes Medical Institution Gilliam Fellowship.

Xavier University of Louisiana, a historically Black university, has solidified plans to open a new college of medicine, which will be the fifth HBCU medical school in the nation and…

As some selective medical schools go tuition-free to increase access, experts say more is needed to boost enrollment of students from underrepresented communities and diversify the physician workforce.

The transformational gift to Albert Einstein College of Medicine from a former professor and widow of a Wall Street financier is the largest made to any medical school in the…

Five Georgetown University School of Medicine alumnae share their experiences as friends, medical students, and physicians in a new book, The Game Plan: A Woman’s Guide to Becoming a Doctor…

Amanda Wibben, MTS (M’26), winner of the 2023-24 Lawrence Dean Scholarship, has shown her dedication to caring for local communities and working to reduce global health inequities.