News Archive

Vittorio Gallo, PhD, associate dean of child health research and professor of pediatrics and of pharmacology and physiology, was quoted by the Daily Mail (United Kingdom) in article discussing his research on how parents can facilitate earlier cognitive development in their children.

Javad Nazarian, PhD, associate professor of integrative systems biology and pediatrics, was quoted by The Washington Post in an article about a young girl diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas.

Catherine Bollard, MD, professor of pediatrics and microbiology, immunology, and tropical medicine, was quoted in a Fred Hutch article about the Conference on Cell and Gene Therapy for HIV Cure.

Kidney recipient Chadia Yacoubou and kidney donor Claire Merwin met for the first time on Aug. 14. They two represent the 100th kidney exchange through the GW Transplant Institute. 

Medical and spiritual leaders, including George Washington University (GW) Institute for Spirituality and Health (GWish) Director Christina Puchalski, MD ’94, FACP, FAAHPM, convened in Rome this spring with the commitment to growing patients’ rights to palliative care worldwide.

Kazem Kazempour, PhD, adjunct professor of clinical research and leadership, was interviewed by HuffPost for a profile about his career. 

John Hawdon, PhD, associate professor of microbiology, immunology, and tropical diseases, spoke to Healthline for an article about using worms to treat autoimmune diseases.

Alison K. Hall, PhD, associate dean for research workforce development at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and collaborators at the National Institutes of Health, published an article in Academic Medicine exploring the clinician-investigators workforce.

Elizabeth Tanzi, MD, associate clinical professor of dermatology, spoke to Allure for an article about the potential of new vaccines as skin cancer treatment. The story was also covered by Blasting News.

A. Yasmine Kirkorian, MD, assistant professor of dermatology and pediatrics, authored an article for Northern Virginia Magazine about sun protection for both adults and children.