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GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences Taps James Griffith, M.D., as Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce the appointment of James L. Griffith, M.D., as the Leon M. Yochelson Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
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GW Announces the Establishment of the Rodham Institute
The George Washington University is pleased to announce the establishment of the Rodham Institute for Healthcare Provider Education to Eliminate Disparities. The Institute, which is housed within the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, is named in honor of the late Mrs. Dorothy E. Rodham…
GW Researchers Examine Increased Emergency Department Reimbursements after ACA Insurance Coverage Expansions
Researchers at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences found that outpatient emergency department encounters could reimburse considerably more after implementation of the insurance coverage expansions of the Affordable Care Act.
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GW Cancer Institute Named Association of Community Cancer Centers’ 2013 Innovator Award Recipient at National Oncology Conference
The George Washington University Cancer Institute received the 2013 Association of Community Cancer Centers’ Innovator Award. The Institute, housed within the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was recognized as a top 10 cancer program in developing and pioneering solutions to address the…
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GW Researchers Receive Grant to Develop Hookworm Vaccine
Dr. Jeffrey Bethony and Dr. David Diemert have received a grant to develop and test a novel, low-cost hookworm vaccine to help control human hookworm infection in endemic countries.
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GW Researcher Conducts Review of Most Successful Outside Interventions in Reducing Emergency Department Use
Jesse Pines, M.D., director of the Office of Clinical Practice Innovation and professor of emergency medicine and health policy, was recently published in the journal Academic Emergency Medicine for his paper, “Non-Emergency Department (ED) Interventions to Reduce ED Utilization: A Systematic…
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GW SMHS Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Partners with the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis on Educational and Research Initiatives
The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce a new educational and research affiliation with the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis.
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GW Researcher Receives Multi-Million Dollar Grants to Study Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Dominic Raj, M.D., director of the division of nephrology and professor of medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was the recipient of two prestigious UO-1 grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). These multi-million dollar studies will…
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Urgent Matters Names Winners of the Emergency Care Innovation of the Year Award
Urgent Matters, housed within the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, announces the winners of the Emergency Care Innovation of the Year Award, a newly created competition to foster innovation in emergency departments nationwide.
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Vincent Chiappinelli, Ph.D., to serve as Associate Vice President for Health Affairs and Associate Dean of the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) is pleased to announce that Vincent Chiappinelli, Ph.D., has been named as the associate vice president for health affairs and associate dean of the SMHS.
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