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The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences has acquired a state-of-the-art birthing simulator to teach students how to care for mother and child during delivery and how to address complications.

The GW Cancer Institute received a $97K grant from Genentech to address health disparities in cancer care.

Valerie Hu, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry and molecular medicine, spoke to NBC News about new research showing that even siblings with autism often have very different DNA mutations from one another — strengthening evidence that autism is often just genetic bad luck.

Adopting a vegetarian diet causes weight loss, even in the absence of exercise or calorie counting, according to a new meta-analysis published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and authored by Neal Barnard, M.D., adjunct associate professor of medicine.

For Sheila Pinette, D.O., PA ’83, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the path leading to Maine’s highest public health office was a fast-paced and challenging journey – and one that began at the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Science…

Alan E. Greenberg, M.D., professor of medicine and microbiology, immunology, and tropical medicine, was awarded the Alvan R. Feinstein Award for Patient Care in the Field of Clinical Epidemiology by the American College of Physicians.

Starting January 5, 2015, a shuttle will be available for students, residents, faculty and staff.

First-year GW medical students present recommendations to improve the HIV Care Continuum during White House event.

Madelyn Gould, Ph.D., M.P.H., delivered the 21st Annual Seymour Perlin, M.D., Lecture on Suicidology on Dec. 18.

The GW Cancer Institute has received a $150,000 memorial gift from the Center for Advancing Health to support a new patient engagement center.