News Archive

The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce a new Ph.D. program in Translational Health Sciences. 

The one-year pediatric residency combines clinical and educational components.

Latham presented on the evolution of medical education and the physician-educator following the installation.

Danielle Ofri, M.D., Ph.D., relates the power of storytelling to the practice of medicine at the 10th Annual Stuart M. Fidler Memorial Lecture.

Inaugural Medical Education Grand Rounds speaker Dan Shapiro, Ph.D., discusses an innovative video project that takes medical students from hospital rooms to home visits.

Paul Marvar, MS, Ph.D., assistant professor of pharmacology and physiology, received a $750K grant from the American Heart Association to study a link between stress and anxiety-related mental health disorders, such as post-traumatic stress disorder, and increased development of…

Dominic Raj, M.D., director of the Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension and professor of medicine, participated in a multi-site landmark study finding cardiovascular disease morbidity is significantly reduced through intensive management of high blood pressure.

Jeffrey S. Akman, M.D. ’81, RESD ’85, vice president for health affairs, Walter A. Bloedorn Professor of Administrative Medicine, and dean, spoke to Psychiatric News about the crucial role psychiatrists play in the prevention and care for patients with HIV/AIDS. 

SMHS students participate in Community Service Day on Aug. 12 and 22.

The fifth annual Medical Legacy Brunch, a special gathering of incoming first-years and alumni, took place at the Fairmont Hotel in Washington, D.C. The annual event, which is sponsored by the SMHS Office of Development and Alumni Relations, began in 2010 to honor the continued connection…