Faculty in the Media
An interview with Dr. Daniel Lieberman, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, regarding ways to quit smoking was picked up by an Iranian newspaper. Dr. Lieberman gives 25 useful tips for successfully quitting smoking.
Dr. Daniel Z. Lieberman, professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, is quoted in an article about Washington, D.C.'s high level of drug and alcohol abuse.
Dr. Peter Hotez, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was quoted in an article about the famine in the horn of Africa and its impact on children.
Dr. Katherine Chretien, associate professor of Medicine in the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, wrote an op-ed about the new labels on tobacco products and the efforts of the FDA to stop people from smoking.
A GW study about the cost of obesity titled “A Heavy Burden: The Individual Costs of Being Overweight and Obese in the United States,” revealing the high costs of obesity to individuals in the United States, was mentioned in a SmartMoney article about food offered at state and county fairs.
Dr. Amir Afkhami, assistant professor of Global Health in the School of Public Health and Health Services, commented on a story about Legionnaires' Disease found in the Aria Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip.
Dr. Jeffrey Levi, professor of Health Policy in the School of Public Health and Health Services, commented in a story about a new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation stating that Americans have gotten increasingly fatter over the last 20 years.
Dr. Scott Kahan, professorial lecturer in the School of Public Health and Health Services, commented that national exercise programs that are promoted and have exposure in the District, like Michelle Obama's "Lets Move!" program, helps to keep DC adults fitter.
Dr. Charles Samenow, assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science in the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, published an op-ed on hypersexual disorder.
Dr. Michael Olding, chief of Plastic Surgery at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, comments on why men are opting for plastic surgery.