Robert H. Miller, Ph.D., has been appointed to serve as the senior associate dean for research at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
The Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University (Milken Institute SPH) has named William H. Dietz, MD, PhD, as the director of the Sumner M. Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness, an appointment that will accelerate the school’s search for solutions to obesity and other public health problems that are on the rise not just in the U.S., but worldwide.
Lawrence “Bopper” Deyton, MSPH, M.D. ‘85, has been named senior associate dean for clinical public health at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Washington Squared (W2), a new partnership between the George Washington University School of Nursing and MedStar Washington Hospital Center, offers scholarship benefits and the promise of employment to GW’s accelerated bachelor of science in nursing (B.S.N.) students during the next six years.
It’s an unfortunate reality for many in low-income racial and ethnic minority communities: Unemployment is disproportionately high, crime is an ever-present problem, access to affordable health care can be nonexistent, and the struggle to pay rent and keep food on the table is a daily challenge. For these communities, the last thing on anyone’s mind is AIDS.
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences student-run Healing Clinic will host their 15th Annual Charity Auction this evening.
On March 25, the Supreme Court will hear the arguments surrounding lawsuits filed by two for-profit companies who argue that they should be exempt from the Affordable Care Act’s mandate on contraceptive services. A friend of the court brief filed recently argues against that point of view, saying that a religious exemption for such companies would deny affordable birth control to millions of American women and their families.
George Washington University Researchers were published today in Academic Emergency Medicine for their paper, "Rising Opioid Prescribing in Adult U.S. Emergency Department Visits: 2001-2010."
The George Washington University (GW) today announced three gifts totaling $80 million that will address – in collaboration with other institutions – many of the world’s public health challenges, focusing on prevention of disease and promotion of wellness.
Drug companies spent $97.5 million marketing pharmaceuticals in the District of Columbia in 2012, with $30.5 million (31.3%) of that spending taking the form of payments and gifts to physicians, hospitals, and other healthcare providers, according to a report by researchers at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS).
Thanks to generous support from the Public Welfare Foundation, the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (NCMLP) and the National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA) announced a new fellowship today designed to build healthcare expertise in the legal aid community.
New research, titled “Lift and Wakes of Flying Snakes," appears March 4 in the journal Physics of Fluids. This work is the first to study the lift of a snake's cross-section computationally.
Under the Affordable Care Act, an estimated 4 million people who have spent time in jail will have better access to health coverage for conditions that might—if left untreated—result in higher health care costs and an increased risk of recidivism. That’s the conclusion of an analysis by researchers at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS).
The George Washington University School of Business (GWSB) and the International Women’s Forum (IWF) recently welcomed the second class of fellows for On the Board, a comprehensive training and placement program for the world’s top female executives.
The parent of a George Washington University alumnus is working with the university to establish a scholars program that will bring honors students from the University of Macau, in China, to Washington, D.C.
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce that Huda M. Ayas, Ed.D. ’06, M.B.A. ’98, M.H.S.A. ’93, will serve as associate dean for international medicine.
Scott Shapiro, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, found that gene therapy can elicit a regenerative response in pig hearts.
Research out of the George Washington University reveals new information on the pathogenesis of feeding and swallowing difficulties often found in children with neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism and intellectual disability.
The George Washington (GW) University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) will hold a public forum on February 25 that will address the prevalence and impact of eating disorders, especially on college campuses. The event will feature a keynote talk by Mika Brzezinski, co-host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and author of the best-selling book Obsessed: America’s Food Addiction---and My Own.
Christina Puchalski, M.D.’94, RESD’97, founder and director of the George Washington University Institute for Spirituality and Health, published a commentary in Academic Medicine on the history of spirituality and health, the movement to reclaim medicine’s spiritual roots, and the future of this field.
The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) and the Vitality Institute will host a forum on February 20 to explore the challenges associated with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and how to refine the health promotion message.
The George Washington University Cancer Institute was featured on the cover of this month's Oncology Issues for a paper on how the Institute prepared to meet new standards from the American College of Surgeon's Commission on Cancer by catalyzing patient-centered care.
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce that Nancy Gaba, M.D.’93, RESD ’97, a longtime leader at GW, will serve as the new chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
A new study published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry by George Washington University researcher Michael Bukrinsky, M.D., Ph.D., shows similarities in the pathogenesis of prion disease — misfolded proteins that can lead to neurological diseases — and the HIV virus.
A team led by a George Washington University (GW) researcher will receive up to $14.6 million over five years from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop an approach to rapidly identify the root of biological and chemical threats.
– Six children's hospitals and seven legal organizations are meeting in Bentonville, Arkansas today to kick off Better Team for Child Health. This children's hospital learning network will study the impact of legal care on child health and develop recommendations on how to better build an interprofessional healthcare team that responds to the complex social and health-harming legal needs of children.
In a report published by the Institute of Medicine, authors Jesse Pines, M.D., Seth Seabury, Ph.D., and William Pilkington, DPA, make seven recommendations to provide a road map to enhance the sustainability of preparedness efforts in the United States.
The George Washington University School of Nursing’s (SON) online master of science in nursing (MSN) program is the fourth best out of more than 130 programs nationwide, according to rankings published Jan. 8 by U.S. News & World Report. Last year, the program was ranked 16.
Chloe E. Bird, PhD, has been appointed by the editors and editorial board as the new editor-in-chief of Women’s Health Issues, a peer-reviewed journal on women’s health care and policy. Women’s Health Issues is the official journal of the Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health and is based at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS).
A team of researchers studying plants has assembled the largest dated evolutionary tree, using it to show the order in which flowering plants evolved specific strategies, such as the seasonal shedding of leaves, to move into areas with cold winters. The results will be published Dec. 22 in the journal Nature.
Forty percent of foreign-educated nurses working in U.S. hospitals and other health care facilities say their wages, benefits or shift assignments are inferior compared to their American colleagues, according to a study published today by researchers at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS). The findings, which appear in the January issue of the American Journal of Nursing, suggest that nurses recruited by staffing agencies and from poor countries are especially vulnerable to potentially discriminatory treatment.
Ferid Murad and Akos Vertes—two of George Washington University’s scientific pioneers—are among the 143 innovators who have been named 2013 Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors.
— In the past decade, a single strain of Escherichia coli, or E. coli, has become the main cause of bacterial infections in women and the elderly by invading the bladder and kidneys, according to a study published today in the American Society for Microbiology’s open access journal mBio.
The ancestor of snakes and lizards likely gave birth to live young, rather than laid eggs, and over time species have switched back and forth in their preferred reproductive mode, according to research published in print in Ecology Letters Dec. 17.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) does not expand access to health insurance for undocumented immigrants but may pave the way for many legal immigrants who have trouble obtaining this crucial coverage, concludes a report released today by the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS).
Gurusher Panjrath, M.D., assistant professor of medicine and director of the Heart Failure and Mechanical Support Program at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was recently published in the journal Science Translational Medicine for his study, "Metabolic Rates of ATP Transfer Through Creatine Kinase (CK Flux) Predict Clinical Heart Failure Events and Death."
Responding to the growing need for skilled health care executives to manage health-related organizations and programs, the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) today announced the launch of an online Executive Master of Health Administration degree (MHA@GW).
Two new studies by researchers at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) examine how well hospitals and other health care facilities are doing when it comes to a call to reform the nursing profession. A 2010 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report warned that the nursing profession must change or it would not be able to meet the growing demands that are emerging as a result of health reform, new technologies and an aging population.
GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences has recently established a regulatory affairs program. It offers two degrees in regulatory affairs: a Master of Science in Health Sciences (MSHS), and a Graduate Certificate. One of the main goals is to prepare graduates to meet the challenges of dealing with FDA regulated products. The program is dedicated to preparing and fostering the next generation of international regulatory leaders. In line with a commitment to continuous improvement, the program formed a permanent advisory board. The board will provide a perspective from different facets of the drug and device industries, and create networks for students and graduates. Insights from the board’ members will ensure that the curriculum incorporates skills that meet today’s business needs.
Jesse Pines, M.D., director of the Office of Clinical Practice Innovation and professor of emergency medicine and health policy at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was recently published in the journal Health Affairs for his study titled “Strategies for Integrating Cost-consciousness Into Acute Care Should Focus on Rewarding High-value Care.”
A research team consisting of more than 60 collaborators in 26 countries has estimated the global death toll from the 2009 outbreak of the H1N1 virus to be 10 times higher than the World Health Organization’s count, which was based on laboratory-confirmed cases of this flu. The study, which appears online in PLOS Medicine, suggests that the pandemic virus caused up to 203,000 respiratory deaths around the world.
A large study co-authored by Dominic Raj, M.D., director of the division of nephrology and professor of medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences., identifies factors that mediate differences in the progression of chronic kidney disease in order to reduce the excess burden of end-stage renal disease and its complications in black patients.
Wenge Zhu, Ph.D., assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, has received a $720,000 Research Scholar Grant from the American Cancer Society to identify a new pathway to regulate DNA damage repair in cancer cells, which may provide a new way to help cancer patients who are drug resistant.
A team of American and Israeli researchers has unearthed what could be the largest and oldest wine cellar in the Near East.
An estimated 11 million smokers in the United States own a smartphone and increasingly they’re turning to apps in an attempt to quit. But many of the most popular anti-smoking apps for iPhones or Androids lack some basic strategies that are known to help smokers quit, according to a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Emergency Health Services program is now taking applications for the spring 2014 semester for the bachelor’s degree in Emergency Health Services Management.
A new report by the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) examines the impact of federal and state policy decisions on community health centers (CHCs) and their ability to continue providing primary care to the nation’s poorest residents.
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