Faculty News

Professor Roxanne Mirabal-Beltran worked with Spanish-speaking communities at laundromats, a community advisory board and health care providers to identify women’s knowledge of fertility, pregnancy and when to seek health care.

In her research, Abigail Marsh, a professor in the department of psychology and the Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, explores how psychopathy emerges and clears up misconceptions about the psychological disorder.

Georgetown neuroscientists discovered that traditional tests and grades may measure learning less accurately than brain scans, which could also reveal a hidden learning capability in the mind.

With an award from the National Science Foundation, Georgetown will lead a team of scientists to advance research on sources of emerging infectious diseases and train scientists in the field.

Nada Eissa, an associate professor in the McCourt School, helped conduct an innovative research study in Rwanda to examine ways to improve tax compliance and lower administrative costs.

This summer, two Georgetown professors, José Casanova and Eli McCarthy, helped organize a delegation of religious leaders who traveled to Kyiv to advocate for peace and pray for justice.

Laura DeNardis, an award-winning technology and society expert, has been appointed the inaugural endowed Chair in Technology, Ethics, and Society in Georgetown’s College of Arts and Sciences.

In a national trial, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers discovered that weekly telephone-based cessation counseling and nicotine replacement for people who smoke resulted in an improved cigarette quit rate.

In her first novel released today, Georgetown College Professor Mecca Jamilah Sullivan explores the paths generations of Black women and girls take to make space for themselves in the world.

Georgetown Professor Kai Liu and two Ph.D. students are one of 10 groups in the running for a $400,000 prize for their design of a new, improved mask.