Center for Health Equity

Center for Health Equity

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The Georgetown University Center for Health Equity

We are an education and training center focused on distinguishing the Georgetown University graduate as dedicated to lifelong community service and advancing health equity.

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Advancing Health Equity at GUMC

Michelle Roett, MD, MPH, FAAFP, CPE

“We realized that beyond the scope of primary care, advancing health equity involved multiple disciplines and needed to be a much broader scope. And that’s where the vision for the center came about.”

Michelle Roett, MD, MPH, FAAFP, CPE, Founding Director, Georgetown University Center for Health Equity

“The Center for Health Equity is so crucial because there are many people doing this work but so often, we end up in siloes. The Center for Health Equity will help people pool their resources so we can create sustainable change in the Georgetown community and the D.C. community as a whole.”

Lauren Havens (GUSOM’24)

Center for Health Equity News

RADIANCE Funding Opportunity Coming Soon

The Georgetown University Center for Health Equity will soon be accepting proposals for small programmatic and community-focused health equity projects ($2,000-$4,000). Projects should strengthen connections between GUMC and community partners, address community-identified needs, and may include curriculum efforts focused on social determinants of health or social justice. Stay tuned for the submission deadline and the submission portal links! Email to request call for proposals: centerforhealthequity@georgetown.edu or ofaa@georgetown.edu.

We are proud to recognize our first two Center for Health Equity Scholarship recipients

Each scholar was awarded $15,000!

Brenda Asiljenad

Brenda Asiljenad, GUSOM ’23

Divya Makkapati

Divya Makkapati, GUSOM ’23

Inspired by Community-Based Work

The Center for Health Equity works with key stakeholders across Georgetown University, Georgetown University Medical Center Georgetown Law Center, and MedStar Health to create education, training, faculty development, scholarships, and research mentorship and community engagement practicum experiences with longitudinal community partners.

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Who We Are

Co-chaired by Drs. Michelle Roett and Sarah Kureshi, the Center’s Advisor Committee includes faculty, staff, fellows, and students.

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Equity Forward Campaign

Find curricular resources and professional development for faculty.

Equity Forward Faculty Campaign

Working Across GU and Beyond

Join us in training our next generation of health professionals to advance health equity fulfilling the Georgetown University ethos of Cura Personalis and Hoya for Others, and a vision of improving the world through knowledge and leadership!

Complete our Advisory Committee Interest Form