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Kristy Lynn Hawley, M.P.H., rising fourth-year medical student at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, received the American Medical Association Foundation’s 2015 Leadership Award.

The GW Institute for Neuroscience welcomed researchers, faculty, students, and guests to the 5th Annual Neuroscience Symposium.

Congratulations to Larrie Greenberg, M.D., clinical professor of Pediatrics, and senior consultant for the Office of Medical Education, who is the first recipient of the Northeast Group on Educational Affairs (NEGEA) Distinguished Educator Award.

Internationally recognized expert on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), Peter Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., returned to GW’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) May 14 to serve as the 8th Annual Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA) Visiting Professor.

Valerie Hu, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry and molecular medicine, has found an important sex-dependent difference in the level of RORA protein in brain tissues of males and females. Specifically, females without autism have a slightly higher level of RORA in the frontal cortex of the brain…

Jeffrey S. Akman, M.D., vice president for health affairs at GW and dean of the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was sworn in as a new member of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS on May 21, 2015.

Research by Neal Barnard, M.D., adjunct associate professor of medicine, and published in Nutrition and Diabetes, found that a plant-based diet reduces the pain of diabetic neuropathy.

The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce the appointment of Karen Wright, Ph.D., PA-C, who will serve as the interim chair and program director of the Department of Physician Assistant Studies.

The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences Doctor of Medicine graduates received their diplomas during a ceremony, May 17.

New SMHS graduates credit family support, determination, and a vision of success for academic and service accomplishments.