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In two scientific papers published Tuesday, researchers identified two approaches that have the potential to help a large number of children with autism spectrum disorder through behavioral therapy.
Sabyasachi Sen, M.D., FRCP, FACP, FACE, associate professor of medicine, has been indoctrinated as a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Mandi Pratt-Chapman, M.A., associate center director for patient-centered initiatives and health equity at the GW Cancer Center, received a $15,000 Tier I Pipeline to Proposal Award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.
The GW Cancer Center recently released two new no-cost tools to help comprehensive cancer control professionals enhance their communication efforts and improve care for cancer survivors across the U.S. The resources, produced as part of the GW Cancer Center’s ongoing technical assistance…
Lisa Mustone Alexander, professor of physician assistant studies, and Howard Straker, assistant professor of physician assistant studies and of prevention and community health, were elected to leadership positions of the Physician Assistant Education Association. Both Alexander and…
Mary Ann Stepp, Ph.D., professor of anatomy and regenerative biology and of ophthalmology, received a $2.8 million, five-year R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue her 27 years of research on corneal wound healing.
The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences’ International Medicine Programs and Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine are co-sponsoring a two-day scientific research summit with the Instituto Butantan and Universidade de São Paulo focused on Zika virus. The summit…
The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) Office of Communications and Marketing recently won four new awards, bringing its 2016 total to seven.
Research by Sutas Suttiprapa, Ph.D., Paul Brindley, Ph.D., and others in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine found a modified form of the HIV-1 virus can integrate into the genome of the parasitic flatworm that causes the disease schistosomiasis. The research…
Urgent Matters, Philips Blue Jay Consulting, and Schumacher Clinical Partners are pleased to announce the winners of the 2016 Emergency Care Innovation of the Year Award, a competition to foster innovation in emergency departments nationwide.