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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.

Richard J. Simons, MD, senior associate dean for MD Programs and professor of medicine, has been recognized as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London. 

Marisa K. Dowling, MD, MPP, health policy fellow in the Department of Emergency Medicine, and U.S. Rep. Robin L. Kelly, PhD (D-Ill.) authored a viewpoint article in JAMA calling for policy to address health disparities and COVID-19.

Dermatology fellows Chapman Wei and Kamaria Nelson, MD, were awarded research grants from La Fondation La Roche-Posay.

Researchers at the George Washington University found that inhibitory GABAergic interneurons in the hippocampus excite the developing brain at ages equivalent to the early third trimester.

Research led by Nadine Mbuyi, MD, found that gout patients spend longer time in the ED than the national median across all medical illnesses.

As a community of students, educators, scientists, and healthcare providers committed to improving human health by all measures, we are appalled by the inhumane deadly force used by law officers on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis, MN, that killed George Floyd.

May Chin, MD, professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at SMHS, received the Trailblazer Award from the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine.