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Janeale Gottlieb-George discusses the importance of self-care, what changes she would like to see for Black medical and health sciences students, and what Black History Month means to her.

Mandi Pratt-Chapman, PhD, associate center director for patient-centered initiatives and health equity at the GW Cancer Center, and Hannah Arem, PhD, scientific director of implementation science at MedStar Health Research Institute, received a $5 million cooperative agreement from the…

The George Washington University’s (GW) online bachelor’s degree programs housed in School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) were ranked 14th in 2021, up from 19th last year, by U.S. News & World Report. The school’s online bachelor’s degree programs for veterans were tapped as 8th…

The GW Postdoctoral Primary Care Research Training Program (P-CART) is currently accepting applications for immediate and July 2022 appointments.

George Washington University (GW) faculty member Nathan Smith, PhD, assistant professor of pediatrics and of pharmacology and physiology at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was elected to the 2021 class of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellows, in the…

The renowned cancer clinician and researcher starts her new position in March 2022.

George Washington University researchers have developed a blood test that quickly detects if someone has COVID-19 and predicts how severely the immune system will react to the infection, according to a new study coming out today in PLOS One. The findings could one day lead to a powerful tool to…

Return to campus information for Jan. 18, 2022. 

Congratulations to all our students, alumni, faculty, and staff on their recent success. The items below highlight the breadth of achievement and expertise that can be found at the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) in recent months.

A $1 million gift from Ulvi M. and Reykhan Kasimov seeks to advance development of a new technique that uses RNA transcript levels to identify biomarkers in the blood stream, which can help detect active infections in the body.