Archive: student spotlight
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Drug Company Tricks: Patricia Bencivenga ’21 publishes Op-Ed in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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." Patrici
Category: News
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Psychosis or Marketing Tactic? Daisy Daeschler ’21 Published in the International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services
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 tren
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Menopause and the Workplace: Patricia Bencivenga ’21 publishes Op-Ed in the Baltimore Sun
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 Special
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Deceptive Drug Samples: Student Emily Alagha Published in Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice
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, revie
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Pathologizing Ageing: Patricia Bencivenga ’21 publishes Op-Ed in the Baltimore Sun
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 d
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What is Mild Cognitive Impairment? Patricia Bencivenga ’21 Publishes Op-Ed in the Baltimore Sun
Patricia Bencivenga '21 recently published an Op-Ed in the Baltimore Sun alongside Program Director Dr. Adriane Fugh-Berman on Alzheimer's and overprescribing of treatments. Patricia is currently wor
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Food Swamps: HAPI Students Publish Op-Ed in Washington Post
To this day, only three of the 49 full-service grocery stores in D.C. are located in Wards 7 and 8...Despite rapid economic development in D.C. from 2010 to 2020, Wards 7 and 8 lost four of their se
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HAPI Student Research Public in the BMJ Health & Care Informatics Journal
Emily Alagha '19 recently published an article "Evaluating the quality of voice assistants’ responses to consumer health questions about vaccines: an exploratory comparison of Alexa, Google Assistant
Categories: Announcements, News, News Story
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Hey Siri, Are Vaccines Safe? Emily Alagha ’19 Published in BMJ Journals
Emily Couvillon Alagha '19 was published in the BMJ Journal of Health & Care Informatics. The objective of the study was "to assess the quality and accuracy of the voice assistants (VAs), Amazon Alex
Category: News Story
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HAPI Students at the FDA Advisory Committee Meeting
On September 13, 2019, the Health and Public Interest students at Georgetown University had a strong showing at FDA Peanut Allergy Advisory Committee Meeting. Students were in attendance to learn mor
Categories: Advocacy, News Story