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Congratulations to the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences faculty members, Jennifer Halvaksz, assistant clinical professor of physical therapy and health care sciences, and Karen Schlumpf, M.P.H., lecturer of clinical research and leadership, for being selected…

Jesse Pines, M.D., associate professor of emergency medicine, spoke to HealthLeaders Media on new government data collected to determine national emergency department wait times.

Daniel Lieberman, M.D., professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, was featured by Pixels & Pills on his new mHealth software designed to help primary care doctors treat psychiatric illnesses.

The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences congratulates its fourth-year medical students, who were “matched” for residency at a Match Day ceremony on Friday, March 15.

Xiaoyan Zheng, Ph.D., received a $747,000 grant to research Hedgehog signaling pathway regulation of cell-cell adhesion and segregation.

MSNBC did a segment on the importance of patient navigators, referencing a 2012 study from the GW Cancer Institute stating that women who used navigation services received potentially life-saving diagnosis much faster than those who did not.

Medical students at SMHS will join together in a Match Day ceremony on March 15 at noon, where they will simultaneously receive and open envelopes revealing where they’ll spend the next several years of their residency training.

Scott Shapiro, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, was interviewed by WTOP for a week-long series of reports on caffeine and its effect on the body.

Before the White House, a trip to the grocery store required First Lady Michelle Obama to be armed with a “finely honed plan of attack” to get in and out in 30 minutes.

Andrew Meltzer, M.D., assistant professor of emergency medicine, was interviewed on RadioMD about his new research on the use of capsule endoscopy by emergency physicians for suspected acute upper gastrointestinal bleed, potentially saving the healthcare system billions of dollars.