Health Sciences News

In the burgeoning field of clinical embryology, the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is answering the demand for trained clinicians with the sole undergraduate program in the country.
Within the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is a small but unique program that exists at the niche intersection of medical care, public health, and health equity — and it just graduated its first cohort. 
Anthony R. Artino Jr., PhD, Capt. (retired), U.S. Navy, has been appointed associate dean for evaluation and educational research at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, following a year in an interim leadership role.
A pair of faculty members in the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) Department of Clinical Research and Leadership were among five GW professors to receive the 23rd Annual Morton A. Bender Teaching Awards.
Mary Corcoran, PhD, professor of clinical research and leadership at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), is prolific and productive, inquisitive and driven, a boon to SMHS. Despite her move from full-time professor to Professor Emerita, Corcoran’s…
Information about Graduation Week events and ceremonies running from Friday, May 7, through Sunday, May 16.
Qing Zeng, PhD, professor of clinical research and leadership at SMHS, received a $2 million grant for research to examine the role of physical fitness in preventing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in veterans.
The D.C. and Virginia chapters of the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science will be holding their spring meeting on Saturday, April 10 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET. Many faculty from GW will be participating.
The George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) has selected Tamara “Tami” Ritsema, PhD, MPH, MMSc, PA-C, associate professor of physician assistant (PA) studies, to serve as the interim chair of the Department of PA Studies at GW SMHS, beginning on March 1, 2021…
Associate Professor of Health, Human Function, and Rehabilitation Sciences, and of Medicine, at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences Kevin O’Connor, DO, was recently appointed to serve as the Physician to the President by 46th President of the United States Joseph…