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GW researchers published a Health Affairs study finding that the expansion of Medicaid insurance coverage in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act did not increase hospital emergency department visits, as was widely predicted by policymakers and researchers.
The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce that Walter Harris, M.B. A., P.M.P., is joining the school's senior leadership team and will serve as the senior associate dean for administration and operations.
The George Washington University Ron & Joy Paul Kidney Center has launched a kidney health education campaign in the Washington, D.C. area, which has the highest prevalence of kidney disease in the U.S. Advertisements encouraging residents to check their kidney health have started…
Members of Cohort 14, their friends and family members, and deans and colleagues from GW’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) and Children’s National Health System (Children’s National) gathered for graduation from the prestigious program.
Imtiaz Khan, Ph.D., professor of microbiology, immunology, and tropical medicine, published research in the Journal of Experimental Medicine finding a way to regulate chronic toxoplasmosis, one of the most common parasitic diseases worldwide.
Nearly two dozen rising high school seniors participated in the DC Health and Academic Preparation Program to learn more about the medical field and to help prepare for college.
Ian Toma, M.D., MSHS ’04, Ph.D.‘11, associate research professor of clinical research and leadership and medicine, was selected as a Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar to facilitate bioinformatics and genomics education and to conduct a research project in Moldova.
Robert Kaiser, M.D., associate professor of medicine, was elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Home Care Medicine.
The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences hosted a Town Hall to discuss racial bias on July 13.
The GW Cancer Center received a one million dollar grant from the Pfizer Foundation to advance equitable, patient-centered cancer care by providing resources for patients and health care providers to have improved conversations, including a focus on patient health literacy, and cultural…