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For Rosalyn Jurjus, MD, PhD ’09, GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences associate professor of anatomy and regenerative biology, a project to help with medical student knowledge retention of basic anatomy turned into something much larger than she ever imagined.
As the School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) reaffirms the importance of diversity, inclusion, and clinical partnerships, Jeffrey S. Akman, MD, vice president for health Affairs, Walter A. Bloedorn Professor of Administrative Medicine, and SMHS dean, is working to align the school’s…
For years Kevin Pelphrey, PhD, has wanted to explore the effectiveness of using a drug to prime the brain for evidence-based intervention. Now, with the help of a grant from the Simons Foundation, he has the opportunity to test the effects of a neuropeptide on children with autism.
Faculty and students from the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences partnered with the Endocrine Society to organize a health fair at the Peruvian Consulate in Washington, D.C.
Louisa Howard and Natalie Rosseau’s shared interest in art and their desire to incorporate it into medical training culminated in an event at the George Washington University Luther W. Brady Art Gallery that married the art and science of medicine.
At the height of the Fifth International Symposium on Thymosins in Health and Disease at the George Washington University (GW), researchers Luigina Romani, MD, PhD, from the University of Perugia; Enrico Garaci, MD, from the University San Raffaele Roma; and Allan Goldstein, PhD, Professor Emeritus…
GW Hospital hosted its 6th Annual Trauma Survivors Day, reuniting trauma patients with their care teams
During the Frontiers in Medicine lecture in October, Jonathan Reiner, MD, and Cynthia Tracy, MD, shared innovations in cardiology.
Sangeeta, Ramesh, Asha. Those are names of children whose lives were restored thanks to Brandon Kohrt, MD, PhD, RESD ’13, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences. Kohrt told their stories at his installment as the Charles and Sonia Akman Professor in Global Psychiatry.
More than 100 medical school students from across the Washington, D.C., region and beyond will descend upon the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) on Dec. 1–2 to “find their seat at the table.”