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In an op-ed, Katherine Chretien, M.D., associate professor of Medicine in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, discusses her concerns about kids playing tackle football, based on mounting medical evidence of repetitive head trauma causing chronic brain injury.
WASHINGTON (April 27, 2011) — By dividing individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) into four subtypes according to similarity of symptoms and reanalyzing existing genome-wide genetic data on these individuals vs. controls, researchers at the George Washington University School of…
WASHINGTON – The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced yesterday that Peter Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., a scientist and researcher at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, has been appointed to serve as a member of the NIH Council of Councils.
The thought first struck what Vinayak Jha, M.D., assistant professor of Medicine, calls his “ridiculous nerve.”
Since its founding in 2006, the GW HEALing (Healthcare, Education and Active Living) Clinic has helped expand healthcare access to vulnerable populations in Washington D.C.
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) welcomed 600 new students on Saturday. Some held human body parts in the gross anatomy lab. Some learned how to suture. And others were shown how to deliver a baby.
It’s not surprising that Karin Kuhn, a first-year medical student at The George Washington University, decided to become a doctor.
A Narrative Matters essay, written by Katherine Chretien, M.D., associate professor of Medicine at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was published in the April 2011 issue of Health Affairs.
A growing number of health care institutions are adopting attitudes and programs integrating spirituality and medicine. Christina Puchalski, M.D. '94, RESD '97, professor of Medicine in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, says more research is being done on the role of spirituality in…
Move over, Surgery and Emergency Medicine. Primary Care is where the excitement is these days, a group of 20 students in GW’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences came to believe during a special hands-on event at the GW Hospital in January.