News Archive

U.S. News and World Report recognized the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences as having a top 20 online bachelor’s program.

For the first time, researchers at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences have successfully used the gene-editing tool CRISPR/Cas9 to limit the impact of parasitic worms responsible for schistosomiasis and for liver fluke infection, which can cause a diverse spectrum of human disease…

Amir Afkhami, MD, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, authored an op-ed in The Washington Post about why the U.S. should know the health status of the Iranian supreme leader. The article was also shared by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and The Post and Courier (…

James Phillips, MD, assistant professor of emergency medicine, spoke to Washingtonian for an article about scooter safety and how to properly ride the District's many electric scooters.

Neal Barnard, MD, adjunct associate professor of medicine, was quoted in the Daily Mail for an article about the impact of a vegan diet on athletes.

A. Yasmine Kirkorian, MD, assistant professor of dermatology and of pediatrics, spoke to U.S. News & World Report for an article about hyperhidrosis.

Congratulations to Maranda Ward, EdD, MPH, visiting assistant professor of clinical research and leadership at SMHS, for being selected to serve on D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Commission on Health Equity.

Rosalyn Jurjus, MD, associate professor of anatomy and cell biology, spoke to NPR for a segment about the Human Cell Atlas.

A paper Oncology Issues journal paper, published by Adam Friedman, MD, director of translational research in the Department of Dermatology at SMHS, and MD student Stephanie Kao, is part of an effort to raise awareness of supportive oncodermatology.

For the first time, the Academy of Acute Care Physical Therapy presented an award to honor an outstanding physical therapy educator. Ellen Costello, PT, PhD, director of the SMHS PT Program, received the inaugural award.