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Family and friends of SMHS medical students attended Day in the Life of a Medical Student on April 1. The event allows the students' families to participate in lectures and hands-on sessions to experience life as a medical student.

Nathaniel DeNicola, M.D., assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, discussed research in a Reuters article about the use of marijuana by pregnant teenagers.

This year’s Himmelfarb Library Annual Art Show, the library's 30th, officially kicked off with a reception on April 6 and is open on the library’s first floor through May 5. 

Laura Anthony, Ph.D., associate professor of psychiatric and behavioral science and pediatrics, was interviewed for an EdWeek video, suggesting ways that teachers can support students with autism.

If you have a goal, always strive for it and never give up. That’s the advice Susan Koering, sister of SMHS Professor Emeritus of Anatomy and Cell Biology Marilyn Koering, Ph.D., gave to first-year anatomy students before presenting the 8th annual Marilyn Koering Award.

Jesse M. Pines, M.D., director of the Center for Healthcare Innovation and Policy Research and professor of emergency medicine and health policy and management at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, will be a featured speaker during the Becker’s Hospital Review 8th …

Christina Puchalski, M.D. ’94, RESD ‘97, director of the GW Institute for Spirituality and Health, professor of medicine, spoke to Interfaith Radio about the importance of attending to the spirit as much as the body at the end of life, and the theory of gerotranscendence.

Mandi Pratt-Chapman, associate center director for patient-centered initiatives and health equity at the GW Cancer Center, discussed the role of patient navigators in the health care workforce in an article for HFMA Leadership.

John Hawdon, Ph.D., associate professor of microbiology, immunology, and tropical medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, became vice president of the American Society of Parasitologists (ASP) and received the 2016 ASP Henry Baldwin Ward Medal.

Camara Jones, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., the immediate past president of the American Public Health Association, spoke to SMHS students and faculty about racism in health care and its impact on the wellness of the United States in a recent lecture.