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Jeffrey S. Akman, M.D., dean, vice president for health affairs and Walter A. Bloedorn Professor of Administrative Medicine, talked to GW Today about common issues for college students and how to seek help.
George Washington University faculty and students, including Leana Wen, M.D., director for patient-centered care research, took the stage at Lisner Auditorium to speak to a crowd of 1,200 attendees representing GW, D.C. and the surrounding areas, at TEDxFoggyBottom on Friday.
Beginning in fall 2014, each first-year GW medical student will also receive an iPad—a tool that is commonplace in today’s hospitals, allowing physicians to access electronic medical records and information on the web from their patients’ bedsides.
GW doctors explain how to stay safe during a dangerously cold winter.
Professors Ferid Murad and Akos Vertes recognized for "outstanding inventions" by the National Academy of Inventors. Murad leads a lab program in the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences' Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine.
Former Sen. Tom Daschle joined experts at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health to discuss the role of technology and education in improving health care.
An interdisciplinary team of students representing the Milken Institute School of Public Health (formerly the GW School of Public Health and Health Services), the Graduate School of Education and Human Development and the School of Medicine and Health Sciences was awarded the prize for “Best…
"Hospice Voices: Lessons for Living at the End of Life" by Eric Lindner was released on Oct. 12. Lindner is donating all of the book profits to organizations committed to improving the lives of hospice patients and their families, including the GW Institute for Spirituality and Health.
The George Washington University’s Urban Food Task Force hosted its first-ever “Research and Education in Food and Nutrition” expo March 28.
Dipa Sheth, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, was interviewed by GW Today about allergy season, and what people can do to mitigate its effects.