Archive: News
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Menopausal Hormone Therapy: Limited Benefits, Significant Harms
Program Co-Director Adriane Fugh-Berman and colleague Dr. Mintzes recently published an editorial in the American Family Physician Journal highlighting the shaky evidence for menopausal hormone thera
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Applications Open for Class of 2026-2027
Applications are now open for our 2026-2027 cohort! Come join a community of public health leaders committed to building a healthcare system that works for everyone. From a small, intimate cohort
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2024 Alumni Employment Report Released
Big news: the 2024 HAPI Alumni Employment Report is out! We’re proud to release the 2024 HAPI Alumni Employment Report, which highlights the achievements of our talented graduates from Georgetown’
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HAPI Student Wins SFS Global Impact Pitch Competition
The M.S. Health and the Public Interest (HAPI) program heartily congratulates Jackson Hoffman on both representing the Graduate School at the annual CASE workshop and winning a first-place grant at t
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Ukraine, “Single Biggest Loser?” Anya Hirschfeld ’24 on USAID Budget Cuts
Amid sweeping budget cuts, Ukraine has become the “single biggest loser” of USAID funding…and its healthcare workers are feeling the strain. Last week, Anya Hirschfeld (MS ‘24) published an articl
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Application Deadline Extended to May 1st, 2025
Given the reduction in federal workforce, we recognize that career plans for both working professionals and graduating students may be changing. As such, we are pleased to extend our regular decision
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Changing Cultural Norms: HAPI Alum Anya Hirschfeld Published in Think Global Health
When [Peru] released its first dataset in 2015, the numbers painted a grim picture: IPV [intimate partner violence] rates nearly three times the global average and widespread femicide...Although the
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RFK Jr.’s Immunity to Scientific Evidence is Dangerous: Co-Director Comments
As a physician with a long career in alternative medicine and who opposes pharmaceutical marketing, you might think I have a lot in common with Robert F Kennedy Jr. You’d be wrong. Dr. Adriane Fugh-
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A Hard Look at Prescribing: Program Co-Director Comments on New Opioid Study
This February, Program Co-Director Adriane Fugh-Berman and her colleague, Judy Butler, authored an article breaking down a new study on opioid prescribing and use disorders. According to the research
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History Repeating? Program Co-Director Comments on “Non-Addictive” Pain Pill in The Washington Post
This week, Dr. Adriane Fugh-Berman, Co-Director of the M.S. HAPI program, commented on a new pain pill set for FDA review this January. The drug is non-opioid and aims to be an alternative to pre
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