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The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is now accepting applications to the Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Medicine Certificate Program for the summer 2015 term.

In a Narrative Matters essay published in Health Affairs, Leana Wen, M.D., director of patient-centered care research and assistant professor of emergency medicine, shares her own experiences to highlight a major issue in the fight to ensure equitable and accessible health care for all: adequate…

Jesse Pines, M.D., M.B.A., director of the Office of Clinical Practice Innovation and professor of emergency medicine and health policy, will speak to health care leaders at an Oct. 8 webinar about changes to the emergency department amid burgeoning health care reform.

Congratulations to Ismanie Guillaume, a third-year medical student at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, who was chosen as one of just 12 medical students to participate in the 2014 class of the American Society of Hematology’s Minority Medical Student Award…

SMHS students spent the summer gaining experience through internships around the world.

The Physician Assistant Class of 2016 received their short white coats during a ceremony on Sept. 4.

GW medical and health sciences students along with staff and faculty teamed up for Commitment to Community Day.

The 6th Annual Allan B. Weingold Obstetrics and Gynecology Lecture on Sept. 19 focused on stress prevention strategies.

The GW Cancer Institute has launched the new Cancer Control Technical Assistance Portal (TAP), which will serve as an online resource for CDC-funded Comprehensive Cancer Control programs.

An interdisciplinary team of GW researchers are investigating more accurate and rapid methods of identification of bacterial pathogens in patients with pulmonary infections, which could lead to more targeted antimicrobial therapy with potentially less adverse effects and lower costs. Next-…