All Posts: community outreach
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2025 HOYA Clinic Summer Sports Camp
A record number of children whose families are experiencing homelessness participated in the 12th annual HOYA Clinic Summer Sports Camp, hosted by Georgetown University School of…
August 20, 2025
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Medical Student Organizes Annual Pickleball Tournament To Raise Funds for Melanoma Research
Medical student Sach Thakker (M’26) is once again blending his passion for sports and service by organizing a pickleball tournament to raise money for melanoma. …
July 24, 2025
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Medical Students Create Safe Space for Care at WorldPride
As part of this year’s WorldPride, held in Washington, D.C., medical students volunteered to not only provide free screenings for festival-goers but also create a safe space…
June 20, 2025
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Protecting Those Who Protect Others
Georgetown University School of Medicine students teamed up with We Rock Cancer, the American Academy of Dermatology and the Firefighter Cancer Support Network to host free skin…
May 27, 2025
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Medical Students Provide Early Childhood Assessments To Help Disadvantaged Children Reach Developmental Milestones
(January 10, 2025) — One Friday evening every month during the academic year, a small group of medical students sets up tables full of coloring and craft activities to prepare…
January 10, 2025
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Medical Students Volunteer at Pride Festival
Medical students from HOYA Clinic and Hoya Medical Pride Alliance (HMPA) teamed up to offer health screenings at the June 9 Capital Pride Festival in.…
June 21, 2024
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Trimming Heart Disease Risk, One Haircut at a Time
An award-winning policy proposal from Georgetown School of Medicine students explores the role of barbershops in improving heart health in.…
April 11, 2024
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School of Medicine Student Organizes Community Course To Bring Dermatological Education to Underserved Communities
After learning about a dermatology curriculum developed for school-age children by medical students, medical student Umayr Shaikh started making plans to organize a new community…
March 25, 2024
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Medical Students Embrace Cura Personalis in Foot Clinics for the Unhoused
(December 15, 2023) — Medical students who volunteer with the HOYA Foot Care Clinic not only provide foot exams and triage for the underserved, unhoused population of…
December 15, 2023
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Gateway Exploration Program Scholars Share Health Disparities Research
This year, 11 students participated in the Gateway Exploration Scholars program, a six-week internship for DC high school students who are aspiring physicians from backgrounds…
August 4, 2023