Priority Research Themes

Our diverse, multidisciplinary faculty and student conduct innovative research on a wide variety of health care issues. Collectively, this research reflects the following priority research themes:

 

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Health, Equity, and Justice

We aspire to lead by example in conducting socially responsible, high impact research that provides solutions promoting equity and justice in health care and modeling best practices in designing and implementing inclusive research projects. Click to read more about the research Health Sciences faculty are conducting in this area.

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Health Professions Education

Our faculty and students conduct innovative pedagogical research that informs high quality, distinctive, and distinguished education practices that improves training for health professionals around the world. Click to read more about the research Health Sciences faculty are conducting in this area.

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Health, Function, and Participation

Our world class, multidisciplinary faculty conduct effect team science to produce research that translates knowledge into practice, improves the lives of those with disabilities, and improves health and health care so all can fully participate in society. Click to read more about the research Health Sciences faculty are conducting in this area.

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Other Areas of Scholarly Excellence

Our Health Sciences faculty and students support GW’s goal of becoming a preeminent, comprehensive, global research university by conducting health care research that reflects the university’s values of integrity, collaboration, courage, respect, excellence, diversity, and openness.

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