Are you a student who is wondering what opportunities are out there for you after completing one of our one year M.S. programs? What better way is there to learn more about the experience out there than to hear from two of our alumni? We had the privilege to hear and share what two of our M.S. Biomedical Science Policy and Advocacy (BSPA) alumni would like to tell YOU, so read below to get yourself ready, not only for our program but for the aftermath of graduating!

Georgetown University Medical Center announces the launch of the Center for Global Health Science and Security (GHSS) to conduct research to help build sustainable capacities to prevent, detect, and respond to public health emergencies worldwide. The GHSS is led by Rebecca Katz, PhD, MPH, and Julie Fischer, PhD.

Joseph A. Bellanti, MD was recently cited as one of the Giants in Allergy-Immunology in the July, 2016 issue of the Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, the official journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of allergy-immunology as educator, researcher, clinician and mentor.

Dr. Graciela Ostera, faculty member at the Microbiology & Immunology Department, and her collaborator Dr. Rojelio Mejia, from the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, summarized their views on immigrant health in this article recently published in the Annals of Global Health, “Neglected Parasitic Infections in Immigrant Populations: Global Health in our Backyard.” This work discusses a very relevant and current issue at the intersection of medicine, society and health policy: our incomplete understanding of immigrants’ health status and its impact on public health. The authors point out to the infectious diseases being silently introduced to the United States and call for a review of current health policy in the context of legal and illegal immigration.

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