Microbiology-Immunology-Tropical Medicine

Attendees at the 2nd Annual Patrick and Marguerite Sung Symposium filled Ross Hall, Room 117, eager to hear insightful discussions about brain health, wellness, and the power of integrative medicine on Friday, April 16.
Aileen Chang, MD, MSPH, assistant professor of medicine and of microbiology, immunology, and tropical medicine, spoke to Bloomberg for an article about Venezuela's health crisis.
For the first time, researchers at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences have successfully used the gene-editing tool CRISPR/Cas9 to limit the impact of parasitic worms responsible for schistosomiasis and for liver fluke infection, which can cause a diverse spectrum of human disease…
Katherine Chiappinelli, PhD, assistant professor of microbiology, immunology, and tropical medicine, spoke to The Scientist about the connection between human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) and diseases like ALS and multiple sclerosis.
Researchers from the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences received more than $3.1 million from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the causes of cardiovascular disease in HIV-infected patients
Roberta DeBiasi, MD, professor of pediatrics and of microbiology, immunology, and tropical medicine, co-authored an article for STAT about acute flaccid myelitis, which causes sudden limb weakness and paralysis in children.
The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is one of only two sites chosen for the first clinical trial of a HIV vaccine candidate.
The GW Postdoc Association hosted Postdoc Appreciation Day on Sept. 21 as part of the National Postdoc Association Postdoc Appreciation Week from Sept. 17–21. 
Paul Brindley, PhD, has received more than $1.7 million from the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health to investigate the cellular and molecular links between liver fluke infection and bile duct cancer.
The GW Cancer Center is pleased to announce that Katherine Chiappinelli, PhD, was awarded a prestigious grant from The G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation.