Georgetown University School of Health

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Georgetown University School of Health
Georgetown University seal.svg
Seal of Georgetown University
Type Private
Established2022 (2022)
Parent institution
Georgetown University
Religious affiliation
Catholic (Jesuit)
Dean Christopher J. King
Address
3700 Reservoir Road, N.W.
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38°54′42.6″N77°4′24.8″W / 38.911833°N 77.073556°W / 38.911833; -77.073556
Campus Urban - Georgetown
Website health.georgetown.edu

The Georgetown University School of Health is one of the eleven schools of Georgetown University. The school was founded in 2022, with the partitioning of the School of Nursing & Health Studies into the School of Nursing and the School of Health. [1] The school comprises three academic departments: Global Health, Health Management and Policy, and Human Science. [2]

Contents

The Department of Human Science created the Discovery Center in 2006, which includes a teaching laboratory, research laboratory, cell culture room, and a Zeiss Axiovert 2000 microscope. [3]

Academics

The School of Health offers degree-granting programs at the bachelor’s and master’s levels, as well as minors and other coursework. [4]

In 2023, U.S. News & World Report ranked Georgetown University (School of Health) as the 32nd best health care management program in the United States, tied with 8 other universities. [5] The Master of Science in Health Systems Administration program is a accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME). [6]

List of deans

Deans of the School of Nursing & Health Studies [7]
1Bette Rusk Keltner Jacobs2000–2010 [8]
2Julie DeLoia2010–2011Interim dean [9] [10]
3Martin Iguchi2011–2014 [11]
4Patricia Cloonan2014–2019Interim dean from 2014 to 2016 [12]
5Carole Roan Gresenz2019–2021Interim dean [13]
6John T. Monahan2021–2022Interim dean [14]
Deans of the School of Health [7]
1Christopher J. King2022–presentDean [15]

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