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The United States Capitol Dome
16th Annual Health Policy Grand Rounds

Emergency medicine residents visited Capitol Hill to hear panels on the Affordable Care Act, budget forecasting for legislation, and prescription opioid misuse.

Faculty in attendance of the Cancer Symposium standing together
Collaboration as Key for Research

Experts from GW, as well as the Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland and the National Institutes of Health, presented on HIV/AIDS and cancer research at the inaugural Scientific Symposium on Viruses and Cancer.

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The Value of Visiting Scholars

Area clinicians joined GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) faculty, alumni, and residents to hear Edward “Ted” Schaeffer, M.D., Ph.D., present a pair of keynote addresses during the third annual Harry C. Miller Visiting Professorship Symposium and Awards Luncheon, March 19, 2016.…

Dr. Marcia Firmani posing for a portrait in a laboratory
Dr. Marcia Firmani Receives the Morton A. Bender Teaching Award

Congratulations to Marcia Firmani, Ph.D., director of the Program in Medical Laboratory Sciences and assistant professor of clinical research and leadership at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, who received a 2016 Bender Teaching Award.

SMHS Communications and Marketing-Produced Publications Win Awards

Three GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) Office of Communications and Marketing publications recently received several honors, including gold and an honorable mention, in the 2016 Hermes Creative Awards.

Two brain diagrams showing a higher social perception circuit activity in boys without ASD versus those with ASD
Researchers Identify New Way to Measure Autism in Boys

Kevin Pelphrey, Ph.D., director of the Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Institute and professor of pharmacology and physiology, was published in JAMA Psychiatry about a new method to map and track the function of brain circuits affected by autism spectrum disorder in boys using brain…

New Fellowship in Integrative Medicine Allows GW Graduates to Become Board Certified

The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce a new Fellowship in Integrative Medicine. 

Drs. Anthony Caputy and Raj Rao sitting on a stage
Healthy Aging IV: Maintaining a Healthy Neck and Back

GW surgeons discuss preventing and treating neck and back pain at the Frontiers in Medicine lecture.

Dr. Michael Irwig posing for a portrait
GW Physician Publishes Lancet Review Article on Testosterone Therapy for Transgender Men

Michael S. Irwig, M.D., associate professor of medicine and director of the Andrology Center, authored a review article on testosterone therapy for transgender men, published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal.

John Young posing for a portrait outdoors
John M. Young: Scholar-Practitioner

Young, DPS, discusses his career path, his role in creating and implementing the Affordable Care Act, and his desire to understand all aspects of health care.