Announcements
Nephrology fellows at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences who presented research and received awards at the National Kidney Foundation Fellows Research Forum on June 6.
Robert Jablonover, MD, assistant professor of medicine, was named assistant dean for pre-clinical education at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Sharad Goyal, MD, professor of radiology at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, serves as co-author/editor of “Precision Radiation Oncology,” a book demystifying new technologies and methods in the field of radiation oncology.
Brandon Kohrt, MD, PhD, Charles and Sonia Akman Professor of Global Psychiatry at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, received $100,000 from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Adam Friedman, MD, associate professor of dermatology at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was recently named senior editor for Derm In-Review
The findings of a landmark multicenter study on blood pressure management, in which GW participated, led to the development of new blood pressure guidelines released by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology.
Aileen Chang, MD, MSPH, is the principal investigator at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences for a study looking for a yellow fever diagnostic, in collaboration with Antigen Discovery Incorporated and Harvard University.
Griffin P. Rodgers, MD, FEL ‘89, director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, will serve as the keynote speaker at the 2018 MD Diploma Ceremony, held on Sunday, May 20, at 2:30 p.m. at Lisner Auditorium.
The Division of Thoracic Surgery at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences will evaluate the clinical and educational efficacy of a new interactive 360-degree virtual reality platform with funding from the 2018 Education Research Grant Award from the Center for Faculty Excellence.
A team from Children’s National Health System, led by Cara Lichtenstein, MD, MPH, assistant professor of pediatrics at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was one of the recipients of the 2018 Education Research Grant Award from the SMHS Center for Faculty Excellence.