Drug Company Tricks: Patricia Bencivenga ’21 publishes Op-Ed in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
October 24th, 2024
Patricia Bencivenga ’21 recently published an Op-Ed in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette alongside Judy Butler on “Drug company tricks: Gaslighting the worried well into becoming the worried sick.”…
Dangerous Fentanyl “Candy” Off the Market: Program Co-Director Adriane Fugh-Berman Published in The Kansas City Star
October 8th, 2024
Last week, Program Co-Director Adriane Fugh-Berman published an opinion piece with PharmedOut colleague Judy Butler in The Kansas City Star. The piece covers the rise and fall of fentanyl lollipops,…
Reproductive Justice: The Hoya Highlights Health and the Public Interest Seminar with Dr. Marea
October 2nd, 2024
On September 20th, The Hoya, Georgetown’s oldest and largest student newspaper, published an article highlighting a recent seminar hosted by the M.S. Health and the Public Interest program, titled “Operationalizing Reproductive Justice in Health Services Research and Policy To Address Perinatal Health Disparities.”…
Psychosis or Marketing Tactic? Daisy Daeschler ’21 Published in the International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services
April 9th, 2024
Daisy Daeschler ’21 has just published her research with Dr. Fugh-Berman on “Parkinson’s Disease Psychosis and the Marketing of Pimavanserin.” In the study, Daeschler and Fugh-Berman examine…
Menopause and the Workplace: Patricia Bencivenga ’21 publishes Op-Ed in the Baltimore Sun
January 3rd, 2024
Patricia Bencivenga ’21 recently published an Op-Ed in the Baltimore Sun alongside Program Director Dr. Adriane Fugh-Berman on menopause in the workplace. Patricia is currently working as the…
Deceptive Drug Samples: Student Emily Alagha Published in Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice
December 17th, 2023
Emily Alagha, a HAPI student, published an article with Dr. Fugh-Berman in the Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice. The article, Pharmaceutical marketing: the example of drug samples,…
Pathologizing Ageing: Patricia Bencivenga ’21 publishes Op-Ed in the Baltimore Sun
May 17th, 2023
Patricia Bencivenga ’21 recently published an Op-Ed in the Baltimore Sun alongside Program Director Dr. Adriane Fugh-Berman on unnecessary prescribing for hot flashes…and just how dangerous these…
HAPI Alumni Research Appears in Heart Failure Reviews
March 22nd, 2023
The analysis, which appeared in June’s Heart Failure Reviews, was also authored by Emily Couvillon Alagha, Emma Mykityshyn, and Casey French at Georgetown and Erin P. Ferranti and Carolyn Miller Reilly at Emory University.…
Professor Maxine Weinstein Awarded $8.2 Million for Research at Georgetown on Aging
January 24th, 2023
The National Institute on Aging has renewed funding for the study on Midlife in the United States (MIDUS). Professor Maxine Weinstein, whose research contributions to the study focus on the behavioral and biological dimensions of aging, is the principal investigator for the Georgetown arm of the biomarker subproject who will lead the $8.2 million award over the next six years.…
