Georgetown University Department of Health Systems Administration Year in Review 2021
Table of Contents 03 Letter from the Chair 04 Class of 2021 05 MHSA Class of 2023 06 Student Highlights Experiential Learning
09 Alumni News 11 Faculty and Staff Faculty and Staff News Publications Service and Accomplishments Department News
21 Launching the School of Health Interim Dean
22 Save the Date! Make a Gift
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Letter from the Chair Greetings from the HilltopDespite numerous challenges faced by our community in 2021, there are many accomplishments to celebrate. In this document, we highlight achievements made by students, alums, and faculty as well as noteworthy initiatives that advance our mission. • In the summer, we celebrated 36 students who fulfilled their graduation requirements and joined our alumni community. • After obtaining input from employers and key stakeholders, we made curricular changes to the Master of Science in Health Systems Administration (MHSA) and welcomed a cohort of 18 working professionals. • We continue to be ever-inspired by alumni accomplishments. We feature Ken West, a newly named hospital president and CEO, and Lara Wilson, director of Rural Health Care Transformation at UM Shore Medical Center at Chestertown, as well as Vanessa Villaverde, who now serves on the School of Nursing & Health Studies Advisory Board. • In a commitment to deepen work at the intersection of race, policy and health, we proudly welcomed nationally renowned health equity and racial justice scholar, Dr. Derek M. Griffith to the department. We were also thrilled to confirm that Father Michael Rozier would serve as the first Jesuit Chair in the School of Nursing & Health Studies – effective Spring 2022. • Our accomplishments would not be possible without the hard work and dedication of our staff. We were proud to recruit Danielle Simcic, Associate Director of the graduate program and Angel Phan, Program Coordinator. • We also express gratitude and congratulate Drs. Patricia Cloonan and Laura Anderko on their retirement. • And throughout the year, our esteemed and prolific faculty made noteworthy contributions to research, scholarship, and practice. Their work is cited. We are grateful for alums, preceptors, adjuncts, and key partners who helped make these accomplishments possible. And we look forward to working with you as we launch the School of Health in 2022. Sincerely
Christopher J. King, PhD, FACHE Associate Professor and Department Chair
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CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES! Master’s Degree Recipients Master of Science, Health Systems Administration Matteson Lee Beckis Amelia Bedri Mongoljin Byambadorj Nathaly Garcés Lenis Edward Oresman Kasper
Joseph Matthew Lopez Sarah Anne Mark Thomas Charles Nash III Jonathan Perry
Bachelor’s Degree Recipients Bachelor of Science, Health Care Management & Policy Steven Banko Elizabeth Barnett Christopher Callander Arylene Campos Sanjuana Castorena Mares Nathalie Danso Caleb Ernst Malika Fernandes Stephanie Gajdjis De’Ara Graves Isayah Henry Avni Kulkarni Joseph Maccarone III Neehar Mahidadia
Priscilla Mbimadong Clara Ortega Viraj Paul Sonali Persaud Aashna Reddy Emily Ren Isabel Roemer Kevin Runfola Samantha Schlageter Thomas Sullivan Allison Van Grinsven Christof Kuehne Meredith Shamamian Eric Steeby
Phi Beta Kappa: Kevin Runfola, Isabel Roemer, Samantha Schlageter, Eric Steeby Sigma Xi: Samantha Schlageter Lena Landegger Community Service Award: Emily Ren Departmental Honors Program: Steven Banko, Natalie Danso, Isabel Roemer, Meredith Shamamian, Avni Kulkarni, Sonali Persuad, Emily Ren, Samantha Schlageter, Clara Ortega Department of Health Systems Administration Outstanding Student Award: Chris Callander Marianne Cardillo Lyons Commitment to Cura Personalis Award: Isabel Roemer 4 NHS Tropaia Student Speaker: Joseph Maccarone III
MHSA Class of 2023 Based on feedback from students, alums, and employers, the nationally accredited Master of Science in Health Systems Administration is now a two-year, part-time hybrid program that targets early career working professionals. In 2021, 18 professionals with diverse backgrounds in the health, health care, and policy sectors joined our community of learning.
Introducing the MHSA Class of 2023 (Video)
8 Languages Spoken: English, Arabic, French, German, Guajarati, Hindi, Spanish, and Urdu
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18 new students Mean Age: 28 Mean Years of Experience: 4.95
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Student Highlights Madison Dyer, NHS’22 serves as president of Students Advancing Food Equity (SAFE). The club focuses on raising awareness about food insecurity, spreading education on how to eat affordably and healthy and rescuing food from being wasted and bringing it to the Hoya Hub, the on-campus food pantry.
Melody Emenyonu, NHS’24 focuses on intersection of health and advocacy. She is a contributor to the African Society of Georgetown, Black Student Alliance, Georgetown Scholars Program, Georgetown University Minority Association of PreHealth Students and Students Helping Aspiring Physicians Excel.
Nicole Feenstra, NHS’22 hopes to advance health equity by pursuing work at the intersection of health administration and research. She is especially interested in addressing stigma and misinformation that historically compromised women’s access to timely, high-quality care.
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Student Highlights Matthew Fisher, NHS 22’ plans service-focused medical center. He has been accepted to medical school and is interested in pursuing family medicine with an obstetrics fellowship. Fisher says his HCMP courses have helped set himself apart as not just a future physician, but a physician-leader.
Joanna LaCoppola, NHS 22’ will attend Georgetown Law and hopes to focus on health. She believes her background in health care management and policy coupled with a law degree will uniquely position her to serve the most vulnerable. Reona Pereira, NHS’23 focuses on health policy to create change. She is a member of the Lecture Fund and has leadership roles with GU Jawani and Georgetown Individuals Vocal and Energetic for Services (GIVES).
Sannidhi Shaskikiran, NHS’22 leads as president of the Academy Health Chapter and Hindu Students Association. She values holding “programing that engages and promotes community-building among students, connects with other faith groups on campus and gives to Dharmic and South Asian communities through various philanthropic endeavors.”
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Experiential Learning Experiential learning is a cornerstone of students’ educational experience. During the year, seniors in the Health Care Management and Policy program performed work that advanced the missions of nearly 20 entities in the health care and health policy ecosystem: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Center for Global Health Science and Security (CGHSS) at Georgetown University Center for Transformational Health Law at O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law DC Health Matters Floreo Food & Friends Georgetown Center of Health Insurance Reform Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Global Health Policy and Politics Initiative at Georgetown Law Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) March of Dimes Mary’s Center MedStar Community Pediatrics MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Pathforward Penn Quarter Partners Regional Medical Center of San Jose Tampa General Hospital
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Alumni News Dorothy Hector, NHS ‘12 practices finance law in NYC. Hector says Georgetown taught her a framework for problem-solving and gave her the confidence in her work to take the path that works best for her even when she saw others taking a different approach.
Isayah Henry, NHS ‘21 authored “Innovator’s Clinic: How Small Innovators Are Positioned Best to Address Healthcare’s Longest-Standing Challenges” that c released in August 2021. The book is about how innovators are redesigning the future of healthcare, through the use of technology and unique business models.
Robert Longyear, NHS ‘19 authored “Virtual Care Blueprint: How Digital Health Technologies Can Improve Health Outcomes, Patient Experience and Cost-Effectiveness”. Released in September 2021, he explores the science, frontline clinical perspectives and potential impact of RPM-based virtual care programs.
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Alumni News Samantha Schlageter, NHS ‘21 co-authored a new white paper on excess mortality during COVID-19 with Dr. Michael Stoto. The paper illustrates how excess mortality can provide more complete estimates of the burden of COVID-19, as well as how the virus differentially affected sociodemographic groups. The authors also explore how the virus disrupted health and social systems.
Vanessa Villaverde, MHSA ‘17 joins the Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies Advisory Board. She hopes her position on the board will enable her to share her enthusiasm for the opportunities of startup creation with current health systems administration students. Ken West, MHSA ‘09 was named president and CEO at Regional Medical Center of San Jose. Since 2009, he has worked at HCA Healthcare hospitals in Virginia, Florida and California with increasing responsibility in executive leadership roles.
Lara Wilson, MHSA ‘08 was named director of Rural Health Care Transformation at UM Shore Medical Center at Chestertown. She will be leading rural health transformation initiatives from her experience in the nonprofit, hospital and community health industries.
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Health Systems Administration Faculty and Staff
Robert Friedland, PhD HCMP Director and Associate Director
Carole Roan Gresenz, PhD Bette Jacobs Endowed Professor
Derek M. Griffith, PhD Professor and CoFounding Director of the Racial Justice Institute
Sean Huang, PhD Associate Professor
Vanessa Hurley, PhD Assistant Professor
Bette Jacobs, PhD Professor
Christopher King, PhD, MHSc, FACHE Chair and Associate Professor
John Kraemer, JD, MPH Associate Professor
Angel Phan Program Coordinator
Sarah Shohet Interim Associate Dean
Danielle Simcic, MA, Ed Associate Director of Graduate Studies
Michael Stoto, PhD Professor
Ryung Suh, MBA, MPH, MD Associate Professor
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Faculty and Staff News Derek Griffith joined the department as a professor and co-director of the university’s Racial Justice Institute. Dr. Griffith is a distinguished scholar with expertise in psychology and public health. His accomplishments center on health equity with a special focus on ethnicity, gender and race.
Angel Phan joined the department as the program coordinator. She is interested in advancing health equity and studied public health with a concentration in community health and health promotion.
Fr. Michael Rozier will be joining the department as Visiting Professor and Jesuit Chair to NHS in 2022. Fr. Rozier has an academic background in public health, moral theology, and health administration. He will be teaching Delivering Care Across Continuum in Spring 2022 and deliver the annual NHS Values Based Lecture on February 24, 2022. In addition to teaching, Father Rozier will support efforts to better integrate our core values in 12 teaching, research, and service.
Faculty and Staff News Danielle “Dani” Simcic joined the department as the Associate Director of Graduate Studies for the Master of Science in Health Systems Administration. Dani is a student affairs professional by training with 10 years of experience in the field of higher education.
After 12 years of dedication, Laura Anderko retired in June. During her tenure, Dr. Anderko served as the Robert and Kathleen Scanlon Endowed Chair for Values Based Health Care. In addition to her productivity in teaching, research, and scholarship, Dr. Anderko was a champion for the NHS public health minor and her leadership was instrumental in increasing the number of students who pursued the minor.
After 25 years of dedication, Patricia Cloonan, former chair of the department and dean of the School of Nursing & Health Studies retired this year. Dr. Cloonan says the focus of her work has been driven by the overall commitment to engage students in the extraordinary domain of health and health care within the context of Jesuit values. 13
Faculty’s Publications Derek Griffith: • Griffith, D.M., Pennings, J.S, & Jaeger, E.C. (January, 2021). African American manhood and self-rated health: What demographic characteristics, health conditions, and aspects of manhood matter? Psychology of Men and Masculinities, 22(2), 250–264. • Shelton, R.C., Adsul, P., Oh, A., Moise, N., & Griffith, D.M. (November 26, 2021). Application of an antiracism lens in the field of implementation science (IS): Recommendations for reframing implementation research with a focus on justice and racial equity. Implementation Research and Practice, 2, 1-19. • Morgan, R., Baker, P., Griffith, D.M., Klein, S.L., Logie, C.H., Mwiine, A.A., Scheim, A.I., Shapiro, J.R., Smith, J., Wenham, C. and White, A. (June 15, 2021). Beyond a ZeroSum Game: How Does the Impact of COVID-19 Vary by Gender? Frontiers in Sociology. • Ellison, J.M., Semlow, A.R., Jaeger, E.C., & Griffith, D.M. (July 6, 2021). COVID-19 and MENtal health: Addressing Men’s Mental Health Needs in the Digital World. American Journal of Men's Health, 15(4). • Semlow, A.R., Ellison, J.M., Jaeger, E.C. & Griffith, D.M. (July 13, 2021). Healthy Men 2030: Setting Men’s Health Goals as a Tool to Improve the Nation’s Health and Achieve Health Equity. Health Education & Behavior, 48(4), 393-396. • Griffith, D.M., Jaeger, E.C., Semlow, A.R., Ellison, J.M., Bergner, E.M., & Stewart, E.C. (April 25, 2021). Individually Tailoring Messages to Promote African American Men’s Health. Health Communication, 1-10. • Anderson, A. & Griffith, D.M. (in press). Measuring the trustworthiness of health care organizations and systems to advance health care equity. The Milbank Quarterly. • Griffith, D.M. (July 23, 2021). Race, Ethnicity And Men’s Health. In R. Kirby, C.C. Carson, A. White, & M. Kirby (Eds.), Men’s Health, 4th Edition. (pp. 408-412). • Griffith, D.M., Holliday, C.S., Enyia, O.K., Ellison, J.M., & Jaeger, E.C. (June 23, 2021). Using Syndemics and Intersectionality to Explain the Disproportionate COVID-19 Mortality Among Black Men. Public Health Reports. • Griffith, D.M. (February 23, 2021). Well-being in Healthy People 2030: A Missed Opportunity. Health Education & Behavior, 48(2), 115-117.
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Faculty’s Publications • Pierce, L.J., Rebeiro, P., Brantley, M., Fields, E.L., Jenkins, C.A., Griffith, D.M., Conserve, D., Shepherd, B., Wester, C., & Aimalohi A. Ahonkhai, A.A. (April 19, 2021). Who Is Not Linking to HIV Care in Tennessee – The Benefits of an Intersectional Approach. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. Vanessa Hurley: • Hurley, V. B. (April 7, 2021). Are patients really getting what they want? the routine implementation of decision aids for patients with hip or knee osteoarthritis in the high value healthcare collaborative and alignment between patient treatment choice and receipt. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 27(6), 1207–1215. • Brown, T. T., Hurley, V. B., & Rodriguez, H. P. (November 26, 2021). Association of patient engagement strategies with utilisation and spending for musculoskeletal problems in the USA: A cross-sectional analysis of Medicare patients and physician practices. BMJ Open, 11(11). Christopher King: • 2021 Community Health Needs Assessment. MedStar Health. • King, C., Cloonan, P., Bedri, A. (2021) A Review of Health and Socioeconomic Disparities Among Older Black Adults in the District of Columbia. AARP District of Columbia. John Kraemer: • Meyer, M. J., Yan, S., Schlageter, S., Kraemer, J. D., Rosenberg, E. S., & Stoto, M. A. (November 13, 2021). Adjusting COVID-19 Seroprevalence Survey Results to Account for Test Sensitivity and Specificity. American journal of epidemiology. • Boyce, M. R., Meyer, M. J., Kraemer, J. D., & Katz, R. (September 1, 2021). Financial Assistance for Health Security: Effects of International Financial Assistance on Capacities for Preventing, Detecting, and Responding to Public Health Emergencies. International journal of health policy and management. • Rozelle, J. W., Korvah, J., Wiah, O., Kraemer, J., Hirschhorn, L. R., Price, M. R., Subah, M., McCormick, L., Varpilah, B., & Panjabi, R. (August 9, 2021). Improvements in malaria testing and treatment after a national community health worker program in rural Liberia. Journal of Global Health Reports.
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Faculty’s Publications • Downey, J., McKenna, A. H., Mendin, S. F., Waters, A., Dunbar, N., Tehmeh, L. G., White, E. E., Siedner, M. J., Panjabi, R., Kraemer, J. D., Kenny, A., Ly, E. J., Bass, J., Huang, K. N., Khan, M. S., Uchtmann, N., Agarwal, A., & Hirschhorn, L. R. (March 15, 2021). Measuring Knowledge of Community Health Workers at the Last Mile in Liberia: Feasibility and Results of Clinical Vignette Assessments. Global health, science and practice, 9(Suppl 1), S111–S121. • Garnier, R., Benetka, J. R., Kraemer, J., & Bansal, S. (January 22, 2021). Socioeconomic Disparities in Social Distancing During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States: Observational Study. Journal of medical Internet research, 23(1). • Stockton, M. A., Kraemer, J., Oga, E., Kimani, J., Mbote, D., Kemunto, C., Njuguna, S., & Nyblade, L. (October 8, 2021). Validation of a Brief Internalized Sex-work Stigma Scale among Female Sex Workers in Kenya. Journal of sex research, 1–7. Michael Stoto: • Stoto, M. A., Rothwell, C., Lichtveld, M., & Wynia, M. K. (July, 2021). A National Framework to Improve Mortality, Morbidity, and Disparities Data for COVID-19 and Other Large-Scale Disasters. American journal of public health, 111(S2), S93–S100. • Meyer, M. J., Yan, S., Schlageter, S., Kraemer, J. D., Rosenberg, E. S., & Stoto, M. A. (November 13, 2021). Adjusting Covid-19 Seroprevalence Survey Results to Account for Test Sensitivity and Specificity. American Journal of Epidemiology. • Stoto, M.A. (May 27, 2021). Island Spirit Helped Avoid Covid Catastrophe. Vineyard Gazette.
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Service and Accomplishments Robert Friedland: • Vicennial Gold Medal in recognition of 20 years of service to Georgetown University (April 29, 2021). Sean Huang: • Esposito, L. (October 13, 2021). Where Does My Money Go When I Pay for a Nursing Home? Sourced Sean Huang. U.S. News. Derek Griffith: • Mirage. (March 9, 2021). 2020 Tennessee Men’s Health Report Card: Overall improvement, work to be done. Quoted Derek Griffith. Mirage News. • Lennon, A. (July 14, 2021). COVID-19 vaccine distribution: Health and socioeconomic data key for equity. Interviewed and quoted Derek Griffith. Medical News Today. • McDonough, A. (February 3, 2021). How New York can distribute the vaccine more equitably. Interviewed and quoted Derek Griffith. City & State New York. • Aviles, G. (December, 1, 2021). How the shocking death of Virgil Abloh is sparking important discussions on Black men’s health. Interviewed and quoted Derek Griffith. Business Insider Australia. • Baker, P., Alemann, C., Burrell, S., Griffith, D.M., Heidari, S., Kelland, J., Lal, A., & Mukherjee, S. (April 24, 2021). Men and COVID-19: where’s the policy? BMJ Global Health Blog. • Flynn, H. (December 10, 2021). More evidence that stress accelerates biological aging. Interviewed and quoted Derek Griffith. Medical News Today. • Johnson, A. (February 1, 2021). Race and ethnicity data missing for nearly half of coronavirus vaccine recipients, federal study finds. Interviewed and quoted Derek Griffith. The Washington Post. • Lennon, A. (June 11, 2021). Structural racism in medicine: An in-depth look at ways to promote meaningful change. Interviewed and quoted Derek Griffith. Medical News Today. • Smiley, J. (September 30, 2021). Uncontrolled high blood pressure: Study breaks down risk by gender and age. Interviewed and quoted Derek Griffith. Medical News Today. • Gattuso, F. (September 28, 2021). Voices from the Field: Derek M. Griffith on the Connection Between Structural Racism and Health Outcomes. Interviewed and quoted Derek Griffith. CareQuest Institute for Oral Health News. 17
Service and Accomplishments • Smith, D.G. (January 25, 2021). Why Covid-19 Is Deadlier for Males: Genes, sex hormones, and stress form a dangerous trifecta. Interviewed and quoted Derek Griffith. Elemental. • Ellison, J.M., Semlow, A.R., Jaeger, E.C., Bergner, E.M., Stewart, E.C., & Griffith, D.M. (March 26, 2021). Why COVID-19 policy should explicitly consider men's health. Medical News Today. • Law, T. (May 4, 2021). Why Men Are Falling Behind in COVID-19 Vaccination. Interviewed and quoted Derek Griffith. Time Magazine. Christopher King: • Gadson, D.S., King, C., Wesley, D. (September, 2021). Confronting Health Care Disparities. ASHA Voices Podcast. Podcast participant. • King, C. (2021). Commission on Health Equity. Council of the District of Columbia Committee of the Whole Committee Report. • King, C. (November 2021). Implicit Bias: How did we get here? Where do we go? Inperson keynote. American Speech Language and Hearing Association. Michael Stoto: • Stoto, M.A. (2021). A Century of Pandemics: Lessons Learned and (Sometimes) Applied. Sage Research Methods Video: Medicine and Health. • Stoto, M.A. (April 2021). A national framework to improve mortality, morbidity, and disparities data for COVID-19 and other large-scale disasters. Presentation by Michael Stoto for a webinar. National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics Spring meeting. • Stoto, M.A. (March 5, 2021). Beyond the current metrics: Monitoring COVID-19 with excess mortality and sampling methods. Presentation by Michael Stoto for a webinar. Region 1 COVID-19 Health and Social Services Forum. • Stoto, M.A. (June, 2021). Competencies for protecting health in the pandemic era. Panelist. #LearningSavesLives Webinar Series, World Health Organization. • Fantini, M.P. (November, 2021). Competenze e strumenti per la preparedness in sanità pubblica: come passare dal piano concettuale a quello operative (Skills and tools for preparedness in public health: how to move from the conceptual to the operational level). Contributions from Michael Stoto. Italian Society of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health (SItI) annual meeting.
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Service and Accomplishments • Stoto, M.A. (October 5, 2021). COVID-19: A Global Public Health Systems Perspective, Institute for Advanced Studies, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy. Presentation by Michael Stoto. • Stoto, M.A. (October, 2021). Excess Mortality: Estimation methods and COVID-19 results in Italy and the U.S. Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy. Presentation by Michael Stoto. • Stoto, M.A. (2021). How to Create Valid, Reliable and Actionable Metrics in the Fight Against COVID-19. Sage Research Methods Video: Medicine and Health. • Wynia, M., Stoto, M.A., Lichtveld, M., Vanderwagen, C., Rothwell C. (May, 2021). Improving morbidity and mortality reporting for large scale epidemics and natural disasters. Panelist. Data Symposium 2021. • Rothwell C. & Stoto, M.A. (April 13, 2021). Improving Statistical Systems in Times of National Emergencies – An Unexpected Journey. Presentation by Michael Stoto for a webinar. Senior Statisticians Society • Asimow, N. (May, 27, 2021). Island Weathered Covid-19 With Unusual Patterns. Interviewed and quoted Michael Stoto. Vineyard Gazette. • Stoto, M.A., Schlageter, S. (April, 2021). The Little Island that Could: A Case Study of Martha’s Vineyard’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Virtual Public Health Preparedness Summit. Ryung Suh: • American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) Distinguished Service Award (May 19, 2021). • 2021 Annual Commencement Speaker for Won Institute of Graduate Studies in Warminster, PA (August 5, 2021). • Board of Governors: American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM) • Board of Regents: American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) • Committee Member: National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine Committee on Ensuring the Readiness of the Military Medical Workforce for Future Combat Operations
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Department News HSA Department and AARP DC Collaboration Results in New Study of Disparities • In collaboration with AARP, Christopher King, Patricia Cloonan, and alum Amelia Bedri, MHSA’20 coauthored a report that highlights health and socioeconomic disparities in Black older adults in the District of Columbia when compared with other racial groups. HSA Department Partners with MedStar Health on New Community Health Needs Assessment • As part of it’s triennial cycle, the department provides quantitative and qualitative services to support MedStar Health’s Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA). In 2021, Christopher King served as the faculty lead. Current student, Karan Buddala, HCMP ’23 and two alumni, Amelia Bedri, MHSA’20 and Arylene Campos, HCMP ’21 contributed to the body of work. HSA Department Helps Create Implicit Bias Education Module for DC Department of Health • As part of a city-wide effort to eliminate the harmful effects of implicit bias in medical settings, video re-enactments with narrations were created for the DC Department of Health. The purpose of the training is to explore individuals biases and identify institutional norms that perpetuate biases decision-making. The modules were created by Christopher King and Deliya Wesley, Senior Director, Health Equity Research, MedStar Health. The series was complemented by a video animation created by Karan Budalla, HCMP ’23.
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Launching the School of Health Two years ago, President DeGioia announced the launch of two new schools– a School of Nursing (GSN) and a School of Health (GSH). The Department of Health Systems Administration will serve as one of three inaugural departments in the School of Health. In 2021, faculty and staff underwent extensive planning for a July 1, 2022 kickoff. “Working together, and with schools across Georgetown, the schools will help us to expand our commitment to health and provide new opportunities for growth and collaboration.” – Georgetown President John J. DeGioia
Interim Dean In September, John Monahan was announced as interim dean of the School of Nursing & Health Studies. Professor Monahan is the senior advisor for global health at Georgetown, and he holds appointments in the School of Medicine, Georgetown Law and the McCourt School of Public Policy. He began his work with Georgetown more than two decades ago. “Throughout his career, Professor Monahan has demonstrated a deep commitment to public service, to education and interdisciplinary collaboration to improve health for those most vulnerable in our world.” - Georgetown President John J. DeGioia 21
Save the Date! ACHE Congress: March 28-31, 2022 American College of Health Executives: Congress of Healthcare Leaderships, gather solutions, tools and resources to advance healthcare in organizations and communities Undergraduate Research Conference: Thursday, April 21, 2022 An opportunity for undergraduate students to present their research efforts. The conference focuses on medical and healthrelated research, inviting applicants from all health- and sciencerelated disciplines. Commencement Weekend: Saturday, May 21, 2022 Reunion Weekend 2022: June 3-5 2022
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