Press Archive

The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences welcomes Sara Melita, who will serve as the senior advisor and chief of staff to Jeffrey S. Akman, M.D., vice president for health affairs at GW, Walter A. Bloedorn Professor of Administrative Medicine, and dean of the GW School of Medicine and…

Patricia Berg, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry and molecular medicine, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

GW formally launched the GW Cancer Center with a ribbon-cutting and grand opening celebration the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 7.

Matthew Colonnese, Ph.D., assistant professor of pharmacology and physiology, published a paper in the Journal of Neuroscience establishing a mouse model for human fetal electrographic development. 

Narine Sarvazyan, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology and physiology, parntered with Noctural Product Development to receive a $2.27 million Phase II STTR grant to support ongoing efforts to design, produce, and test real-time lesion visualization tools for cardiac ablation procedures. 

Victoria Shanmugam, M.D., associate professor of medicine, published a study in Wound Repair and Regeneration finding that opioid exposure is associated with reduced likelihood of healing in patients with chronic wounds. 

Adam Friedman, M.D., associate professor, director of the residency program, and director of translational research in the Department of Dermatology, published a survey in the Jounral of the American Academy of Dermatology finding many fungal skin infections may be misdiagnosed. 

A Message from Dean Akman about the U.S. Presidential election. 

GW researchers received a $2.2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to uncover why certain cancer types increase whereas others are unchanged or even decrease in those with HIV infection.

Steven Farmer, M.D., Ph.D., associate director of the Center for Healthcare Policy and Research and associate professor of medicine, published a review in JAMA Cardiology encouraging cardiologists to participate in emerging payment models.