Announcements

A team from the GW Cancer Center received a 2018 Education Research Grant Award from the Center for Faculty Excellence at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Research published in Cancer Cell by George Washington University (GW) Cancer Center researcher Alexandros Tzatsos, MD, PhD, found an important connection between the KDM6A gene and the most aggressive form of pancreatic cancer.
The GW School of Medicine welcomes Sharon Boyd, who will serve as a senior advisor to the dean and vice president for health affairs.
Henry J. Kaminski, MD, chair of the Department of Neurology and Meta Amalia Neumann Professor of Neurology and Linda Kusner, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology and physiology, serve as co-editors of the newly published third edition of the reference book, “Myasthenia Gravis and Related…
The Center for Faculty Excellence at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences recently presented the 2018 Medical and Health Sciences Education Research Grant Award to Maranda Ward, EdD ’17, MPH, and Shawneequa Callier, JD.
Researchers from the GW Cancer Center will participate and present posters at the AACR Annual Meeting held April 14-18.
Fred M. Gordin, MD, professor of medicine and senior scientist of clinical and population sciences at the District of Columbia Center for AIDS Research, passed away at age 66 after a four-year battle with lung cancer. 
Katherine Chretien, MD, assistant dean for student affairs and associate professor of medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was elected as president-elect for the Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine (CDIM).
Faculty acknowledgements, awards, appointments and promotions for February 2018.
Joshua Woolstenhulme, DPT, PhD, assistant professor of physical therapy and health care sciences, received a $130,000 grant from the Cure JM Foundation.