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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!
Members of the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) Physician Assistant (PA) Program and the James K. Tolton Society recently visited McKinley Technology High School in Northeast Washington, D.C., for a Project Access, an outreach and recruitment program developed by the PA Education…
Lawrence Thompson Bowles, MD, PhD, who served as the dean of George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) from 1976 until 1988, and then as vice president for medical affairs and executive dean of the GW Medical Center until 1992, passed away Sept. 15, just…
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,…
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…
Paige McDonald, EdD ’12, MA, vice chair and associate professor in the Department of Clinical Research and Leadership (CRL), has been selected to serve as Interim Chair of the department. A leader in curriculum and educational innovation, McDonald has been a member of the GW faculty since 2008.…
The George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) welcomed the members of the MD Program Class of 2030 into the medical profession Aug. 29, during the school’s 28th Annual White Coat and Honor Code Ceremony at Lisner Auditorium.
