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COVID-19 and treatment innovation headline AAKP & GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences Annual Global Summit.

Elmer E. Huerta, MD, MPH, will serve as the director of the Cancer Preventorium at the GW Cancer Center and as professor of medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Monica Lypson, MD, professor of medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was recently elected to the council of the Society of General Internal Medicine.

Terry Kind, MD, MPH, associate dean of clinical education and professor of pediatrics at SMHS, was recently selected as a member of the Inaugural Cohort of the National Academy of Distinguished Educators in Pediatrics.

A review recently published in JAMA Network Open suggests that environmental exposures like air pollution and heat are associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, such as preterm birth, low birth weight, and stillbirth.

A recent survey published in AJOB Empirical Bioethics suggests that a physician's behavior on social media may have an impact on patient trust.

Congratulations to Trudy Mallinson, PhD, OTR/L, FACRM, FAOTA, for receiving the 2020 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) Early Career Outstanding Mentor Award.

Researchers at GW will investigate the changes that occur in the ventral tegmental area of the brain, where dopamine neurons are located, during chronic stress.

Andrew D. Choi, BA ’03, MD ’08, co-director of Cardiac CT and MRI and associate professor of medicine and radiology at SMHS, has helped direct international efforts to address the ability to diagnose heart disease and deliver care during the pandemic through guidance statements in heart…

The GW School of Medicine and Health Scienceswill work to make anti-racism part of the fabric of its culture through the creation of the Anti-Racism Coalition.