Research

Alexander Brown (C'20) designed a new way to streamline research on the brains of zebra fish, which are studied to further understanding of the human brain.

After traveling to Botswana as a Davis Fellow, Mayesha Awal (C’20) is more motivated than ever to continue helping the people she met there.

As the AIDS epidemic swept through American communities during the 1980s and 90s, health professionals at Georgetown sought to provide compassionate care in a time of widespread anxiety and stigma…

Psychology professor Sandra Calvert co-authors a paper published in Child Development that finds children learn math more easily if they interact with a responsive media character.

Christopher Steck, S.J., an associate professor of theology and Jesuit priest, says Catholic theology suggests animals will join people in heaven in his new book.

Eva Rosen, assistant professor in the McCourt School of Public Policy, researches the little-known landscape of evictions in Washington, DC, including the widespread practice of filing eviction notices without removing…

Elizabeth Stanley, a resilience expert and U.S. Army veteran, examines examines the neurobiology of stress, trauma and resilience in military personnel and other people who function in high-stress environments.

Georgetown recognizes scholars of linguistics, neuroscience, environmental history and language for their impact in research and the classroom. …

Georgetown researchers find evidence that Gulf War Illness and chronic fatigue syndrome share symptoms, but are two distinct disorders that affect the brain in opposing ways.

Georgetown University Medical Center researchers discover that prior to an Alzheimer’s diagnosis, a person in the early stages of the disease faces a heightened risk of adverse financial outcomes.