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To ensure all members of the SMHS community understand their rights around gender equality and sexual harassment, the SMHS Office of Diversity and Inclusion hosted a “Lunch and Learn” session on Title IX.

Joshua Woolstenhulme, DPT, PhD, assistant professor of physical therapy and health care sciences, received a $130,000 grant from the Cure JM Foundation.

Kevin Pelphrey, PhD, director of the Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Institute and professor of pharmacology & physiology, authored an article for Spectrum about what teenagers can teach scientists about autism.

Dayna Bowen Matthew discussed the impact of implicit racial and ethnic bias on health equity at the second annual Martin Luther King Jr. lecture.

In 2016, more than 42,249 deaths were attributed to opioid use, according to the CDC. In mid-February, physician assistant (PA) students at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences heard from a panel of experts about the role they can play to combat the epidemic.

For American Hearth Month, the GW Heart & Vascular Institute's registered dietician, Kelli Metzger, identified top heart-healthy mobile phone apps to help patients reach their nutrition and lifestyle goals.

The GW Cancer Center recently welcomed 24 multidisciplinary health care teams from across the country to its inaugural TEAM (Together, Equitable, Accessible, Meaningful) Training program.

Valerie Hu, PhD, professor of biochemistry and molecular medicine, spoke to Spectrum for an article discussing a recent study that suggests processes that enable the brain to store new memories may also control many autism genes
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Paul Marvar, PhD, at GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, received a large grant from the NIH to study a possible link between post-traumatic stress disorder and cardiovascular disease.

In September 1933, the Pittsburgh Steelers, then called the Pittsburgh Pirates, took to the gridiron for the first time to play the New York Giants.