Faculty

Georgetown faculty and staff leaders are the core of the Health Disparities Initiative. Representing all of Georgetown’s schools, they provide the energy and expertise required to overcome health disparities challenges. Their research, teaching, scholarship, and service contribute to meaningful change in our city and in communities around the world.

If you are a Georgetown faculty or staff member involved in health disparities issues and are interested in learning more about the Health Disparities Initiative or would like your profile to be included on this list, please email healthdisparities@georgetown.edu.

Names are listed in alphabetical order.

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Lucile Adams-Campbell (new window), Associate Director of Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Professor, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center

Joan Alker (new window), Co-Executive Director, Center for Children and Families (CCF), Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy

Waddah Al-Refaie (new window), Chief of Surgical Oncology, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital; surgeon-in-chief, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center; Director of the Surgical Outcomes Research Center

Laura Anderko (new window), Associate Professor, Robert and Kathleen Scanlon Endowed Chair in Values Based Health Care, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies

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Margaret Baker (new window), Visiting Researcher, Department of International Health, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies

Alison Bartleman (new window), Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine; Director of Capital Area Primary Care Research Network (CAPRICORN) (new window); Georgetown Medical Center

Maureen Basha (new window), Assistant Professor, Department of Human Science, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies

Matthew Biel (new window), Chief, Section of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Assistant Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Georgetown University Medical Center

Elisa Bienenstock (new window), Associate Research Professor, Department of Human Science, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies

Alfiee Breland-Noble (new window), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Director, AAKOMA Project (new window), Georgetown University Medical Center

Denise Brennan (new window), Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology, Georgetown University

Kathy Bull-Henry (new window), Associate Professor, Clinician Educator Track, Georgetown University Medical Center

Kim Bullock (new window), Associate Professor, Medical Educator Track; Director of the Community Health Division (new window), Department of Family Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center

Jesse Bump (new window), Assistant Professor, Department of International Health, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies

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Jeannette Cachan (new window), Director of Training and IEC, Research Instructor, Georgetown Institute for Reproductive Health; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Georgetown University Medical Center

Sandra Calvert (new window), Professor, Department of Psychology; Director, Children’s Digital Media Center (new window), Georgetown University

Ana Caskin (new window), Department of Pediatrics, Clinician Track – Instructor, Georgetown University Medical Center

Luciane Cavalli (new window), Assistant Professor, Population Sciences, Georgetown University Medical Center

Amrita Cheema (new window), Associate Professor; Co-Director-PMSR (Proteomics and Metabolomics Shared Resource), Experimental Therapeutics, Georgetown University Medical Center

Dionne Coker-Appiah (new window), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Georgetown University Medical Center

Susan Coleman (new window), Adjunct Instructor, Department of Nursing, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies

Tesha Coleman (new window), Patient Navigator, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center

Sean Collins (new window), Assistant Professor, Clinician Scholar Track, Radiation Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center

Jeff Collmann (new window), Professor, Center for Disease Prevention and Health Outcomes, Georgetown University Medical Center

Florina Constantinescu (new window), Assistant Professor, Clinician Scholar Track, Georgetown University Medical Center

Sabrina Corlette (new window), Research Professor, Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy

Elliott Crooke (new window), Chair and Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology; Senior Associate Dean, Faculty and Academic Affairs, Georgetown University Medical Center

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Priscilla Dass-Brailsford (new window), Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Georgetown University Medical Center

Carol Day (new window), Director of Health Education Services; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies

Jose Delgado (new window), Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator Track, Georgetown University Medical Center

Anatoly Dritschilo (new window), Professor, Clinician Scholar Track; Interim Director, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center; Interim Chair, Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center

Marguerite Duane (new window), Adjunct-Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center

James Duffy (new window), Associate Dean for Clinical Education, Georgetown University Medical Center

Mary Ann Dutton (new window), Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Georgetown University Medical Center

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Leigh Anne Faul (new window), Assistant Professor on the Research Track, Population Sciences, Georgetown University Medical Center

Nicole Fernandez (new window), Adjunct Faculty, Communication, Culture, and Technology Program, Georgetown University

Adriane Fugh-Berman (new window), Associate Professor, Medical Educator Track, Pharmacology, Georgetown University Medical Center

Priscilla Furth (new window), Professor, Departments of Oncology and Medicine, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center

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Vicki Girard (new window), Professor of Legal Research & Writing, Georgetown University Law Center

Richard Goldberg (new window), President, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (new window); Professor, Department of Psychology, Clinician Scholar Track, Georgetown University Medical Center

Radoslav (Rado) Goldman (new window), Associate Professor, Department of Oncology; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology; Director, Proteomics Shared Resource; Population Sciences, Georgetown University Medical Center

Tawara Goode (new window), Assistant Professor on the Research Track, Center for Child and Human Development, Georgetown University Medical Center

Elzbieta Gozdziak (new window), Research Director, Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University

Kristi Graves (new window), Assistant Professor, Population Sciences, Georgetown University Medical Center

Carole Gresenz (new window), Bette Jacobs Endowed Professor, Department of Health Systems Administration, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies

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Heidi Hamilton (new window), Professor and Chair, Department of Linguistics, Georgetown University

Leslie Hinkson (new window), Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Georgetown University

John Hoadley (new window), Research Professor, Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy

Jacqueline Hoell (new window), Affiliate Faculty, Georgetown University McDonough School of Business

Jane Holahan (new window), Director, Academic Resource Center, Center for Multicultural Equity and Access, Georgetown University

Katrina Holt (new window), Senior Research Fellow, Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy

Richard Holt (new window), Adjunct Professor, Department of Nursing, Georgetown University Medical Center

Becky Hsu (new window), Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Georgetown University

Zhihuan (Jennifer) Huang Bouey (new window), Associate Professor, Department of International Health, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies

Grace Hui Yang (new window), Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Georgetown University

Carolyn Hurley (new window), Professor, Departments of Oncology and Microbiology & Immunology; Research Director, CW Bill Young Marrow Donor Recruitment and Research Program, Georgetown University Medical Center

Alejandra Hurtado de Mendoza (new window), Research Analyst, Population Sciences, Georgetown University Medical Center

 J.P. Hyatt (new window), Associate Professor, Department of Human Science, Georgetown University Medical Center

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Mohammad Itani (new window), Academic Executive Assistant, Department of Chemistry

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William Jack (new window), Associate Professor, Department of Economics

Maurice Jackson (new window), Associate Professor, Department of History

Diane Jacobstein (new window), Associate Professor, National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health, Center for Child and Human Development, Georgetown University Medical Center

Yumi Shitama Jarris (new window), Associate Professor, Family Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center

Victoria Jennings (new window), Director, Institute for Reproductive Health; Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Georgetown University Medical Center

Irene Jillson (new window), Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Georgetown School of Nursing and Health Studies

Sarah Joestl (new window), Adjunct Professor, Science, Technology, and International Affairs (STIA)

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Stacey Kaltman (new window), Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Assistant Director, Center for Trauma and the Community (CTC); Georgetown University Medical Center

Jagmeet Kanwal (new window), Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Medical Center

Kathy Katz (new window), Associate Professor, GUMC Adjunct, Center for Child and Human Development, Georgetown University Medical Center

Denise Keyes (new window), Senior Associate Dean, Division of Professional Communication, School of Continuing Studies

John Kraemer (new window), Assistant Professor, Department of Health Systems Administration, Georgetown School of Nursing and Health Studies; Scholar at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown Law Center

Kathy Kretman (new window), Director, Research Professor, Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership, Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy

Priya Kundra (new window), Assistant Professor, SOM Clinician Educator Track, Georgetown University Medical Center

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Matthew Levy (new window), Medical Director of Community Pediatrics; Associate Professor, Clinician Educator Track, Georgetown University Medical Center

Bernhard Liese (new window), Chair, Department of International Health, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies

Toby Long (new window), Associate Professor, Center for Child and Human Development; Associate Director for Training, Division of Physical Therapy, Georgetown University Medical Center

Wanda Lucas (new window), Executive Director, Capital Breast Care Center (new window) of Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center

Kevin Lucia (new window), Senior Research Fellow, Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy

George Luta (new window), Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Georgetown University Medical Center

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Phyllis Magrab (new window), Professor of Pediatrics; Director, Center for Child and Human Development, Georgetown University Medical Center

Katherine Marshall (new window), Senior Fellow, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs; Visiting Professor, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service

Rochelle Mayer (new window), Research Professor, Director, National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy

Ryan McAllister (new window), Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physics

Myrtle McCulloch (new window), Assistant Professor, Instructor on the Educator Track, Department of International Health, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies

Benn McGrady (new window), Project Director, Initiative on Trade, Investment and Health, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

William McGreevey (new window), Associate Professor, Department of International Health, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies

Dennis McIntyre (new window), Associate Medical Director, Case Management, Hospital Administration, Georgetown University Medical Center

Ellen McLaughlin (new window), Deputy Associate Director for Administration and Planning, Project Manager, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center

Naomi Mezey (new window), Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

Ranit Mishori (new window), Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center

Jean Mitchell (new window), Professor, Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy

Alex Montero (new window), Assistant Professor, Division of Hospital Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center

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Raymond Niaura (new window), GUMC Adjunct – Professor, Population Sciences, Georgetown University Medical Center

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Sylvia Onder (new window), Visiting Associate Professor, Turkish, Georgetown College

Felicitas Opwis (new window), Assistant Professor, Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service

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John Partridge (new window), Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Georgetown University Medical Center

Danielle Pelfrey Duryea (new window), Clinical Law Fellow, Domestic Violence Clinic, Georgetown University Law Center

Deborah Perry (new window), Associate Professor, Center for Child and Human Development, Georgetown University Medical Center

Deborah Phillips (new window), Professor, Department of Psychology, Georgetown College

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Josef Rauschecker (new window), Professor, Neuroscience, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University Medical Center

John Richards (new window), Research Director, Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy

Richard Roe (new window), Professor of Law; Director, D.C. Street Law Program (new window), Georgetown University Law Center

Paul Roepe (new window), Professor, Department of Chemistry, Georgetown College

Jennifer Rogers (new window), Assistant Professor, Pharmacology, Georgetown University Medical Center

Dina Rosenthal (new window), Adjunct Instructor, Department of Nursing, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies

Anne Rosenwald (new window), Associate Professor, Co-Director, Major in Biology of Global Health, Department of Biology; Adjunct Associate Professor, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center

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Steven Sabat (new window), Professor, Department of Psychology, Georgetown College

Kathryn Sandberg (new window), Professor, Director, Center for the Study of Sex Differences, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Georgetown University Medical Center

Pamela Saunders (new window), Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Medical Center

Jason Schloetzer (new window), Assistant Professor, Georgetown University McDonough School of Business

Edwin Schmierer IV (new window), Associate Dean, Center for Continuing and Professional Education, Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies

Kimberly Sellers (new window), Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Georgetown College

Vanessa Sheppard (new window), Assistant Director for Health Disparities Research, Population Sciences, Georgetown University Medical Center

Kirti Shetty (new window), Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Georgetown University Medical Center

Narayan Shivapurkar (new window), Assistant Professor, Experimental Therapeutics, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center           

Betsy Sigman (new window), Distinguished Teaching Professor, Georgetown University McDonough School of Business

Rosemary Sokas (new window), Professor, Department Chair, Department of Human Science, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies

Virginia Steen (new window), Professor; Director, Rheumatology Fellowship Program, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Georgetown University Medical Center

Elizabeth Stephen (new window), Associate Professor of Demography, Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service

Michael Stoto (new window), Professor, Department of Health Systems Administration, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies

Laura Summer (new window), Research Faculty, Health Policy Institute (new window), Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy

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Mahlet Tadesse (new window), Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Georgetown College

Miriam Toporowicz (new window), Professor, SOM Clinician Educator Track, Department of Pediatrics, Chief of the International Health Programs, Georgetown University Medical Center

Jeffrey Toretsky (new window), Professor, Co-Leader Molecular Oncology Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center

Tiffany Townsend (new window), Adjunct — Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Georgetown University Medical Center

Nadu Tuakli (new window), Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center

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Sarah Vittone (new window), Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies; Pelligrino Center for Clinical Bioethics; Georgetown Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science (GHUCCTS) (new window)

JoAnn Volk (new window), Senior Research Fellow, Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy

Myriam Vuckovic (new window), Assistant Professor, Department of International Health, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies

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Dan Wang (new window), Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Georgetown University Medical Center

Judy Wang (new window), Assistant Professor, Population Sciences, Division of Health Outcomes and Health Behaviors, Department of Oncology; Cancer Control Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center

Carolyn Ward (new window), Program Coordinator, Memory Disorders Program, Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Medical Center

Louis Weiner (new window), Professor; Director, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center; Francis L. and Charlotte G. Gragnani Chair, Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center 

Maxine Weinstein (new window), Distinguished Professor, Center for Population and Health, Georgetown University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Lois Wessel (new window), Instructor, Department of Nursing, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies 

Tim Westmoreland (new window), Visiting Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

John Whitman (new window), Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University McDonough School of Business

Shawna Willey (new window), Associate Professor; Director, Betty Lou Orisman Breast Health Center, Georgetown University Medical Center

Joy Williams (new window), Instructor, Sr. Associate Dean for Students and Special Programs, Department of Family Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center 

Andria Wisler (new window), Visiting Assistant Professor; Director, Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service (new window)

James Wotring (new window), Assistant Professor, Center for Child and Human Development; Director, National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health, Georgetown University Medical Center

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Ronit Yarden (new window), Assistant Professor, Department of Human Science, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies

Edilma Yearwood (new window), Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies

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Andrew Zeitlin (new window), Assistant Professor, Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy