Research News
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.
Congratulations Anelia Horvath, PhD, on wining the NCI R25 Award!
Robert H. Miller, PhD, vice dean of the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), announced that he will step down from his leadership role, effective Oct. 31, 2026. Miller will remain a faculty member in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, continuing…
Nofar Erlichman, PhD, a postdoctoral associate at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the American Cancer Society for her project, “Adipocyte PD-L1 mediates the promotion of mammary tumor growth by the sympathetic…
The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences welcomed the 2026 cohort of the Integrated Biomedical Sciences (IBS) PhD Program. Over the program’s 30-year history, GW has graduated 340 PhD who have gone on to careers across the biomedical sciences.
The GW Cancer Center announced the appointment of Katherine Chiappinelli, PhD, as Deputy Director for Basic Sciences. In this role, Chiappinelli will work with Edward Seto, PhD, associate center director for basic science at the GW Cancer Center, and the King Fahd Professor of Cancer Biology, to…
The George Washington University (GW) Summer Program Advancing Research on Cancer (GW-SPARC) concluded its annual summer research experience on July 30 with a poster session where students presented their summer research.
Jaclyn Andricovich, a doctoral student in the Integrated Biomedical Sciences program at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, recently received a predoctoral Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service (F31) Award from the…
GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences Integrated Biomedical Sciences student Jonathan Lochner received a predoctoral Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service (F31) Award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for his research project, “Restoring HLA-I Expression to…
The 10th Annual GW Cancer Center Scientific Retreat, “Beyond Bench and Bedside: Breaking Silos in Cancer Care,” featured a keynote address by William G. Nelson, MD, PhD, DSc, director of the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, as well as a series of roundtables focusing on…
