News Archive

Bruno Petinaux, MD, chief medical officer at GW Hospital and clinical associate professor of emergency medicine, spoke to The New York Times for an article on how hospitals are dealing with a shortage of protective gear during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pooja Lakshmin, MD, clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, spoke to The New York Times for an article on parents' need for stress relief.

Monica Lypson, MD, professor of medicine, spoke to WTTG-FOX5 for a segment about 'flattening the curve' and why it's important.

A paper in npj (Nature Partner Journal) Genomic Medicine by Shawneequa Callier, JD, MA,  of SMHS, examined the progress and challenges in increasing the amount of data on individuals with African ancestry in genomic research.
 

Congratulations to Kenneth Harwood, PhD, PT, co-director of the Health Care Quality Program at SMHS, for being named a 2020 recipient of the Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).  

Neal Sikka, MD, associate professor of emergency medicine, spoke to CNN Technology for an article on efforts to boost telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a literature in The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, researchers examined the prevalence of hypocalcemia, a condition in which there are low levels of calcium in plasma, among trauma patients.

Michael Knight, MD, assistant professor of medicine, spoke to Eater for an article on precautions people should take when eating out at restaurants during an outbreak.

James Phillips, MD, assistant professor of emergency medicine, authored an op-ed on how people can protect themselves against COVID-19.

Gary Simon, MD, PhD, Walter G. Ross Professor of Clinical Research and chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, spoke to Sinclair Broadcast Group for a segment on COVID-19