Dr. Esther Roberts, clinical professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, developed the Mental Health Program within the US Department of State in 1980. Today, thanks to Dr. Roberts' dedication, there are 22 psychiatrists headquartered around the world who are responsible for the care and treatment of US foreign service officers and their families.
Mission Goes Global for State Dept. Psychiatrists
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Alison Hall, PhD, senior associate dean for research at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), recently assumed the added role of interim director of the GW Cancer Center following the departure of Julie Bauman, MD. In this Q+A she discusses future plans for the GW Cancer Center.
Abigail Polter, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology and physiology, recently received a grant from the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) initiative to study a small, but integral part of the mid-brain, called the ventral tegmental area responsible for executive function that she…
Pedro Gazzinelli Guimarães, PhD, assistant professor of microbiology, immunology, and tropical medicine, was recently named among the “New Voices in Microbiology” by the journal Infection and Immunity.
