Press Archive
George Washington University Researcher Michael S. Irwig, M.D. published a first-of-its-kind survey assessing the attitudes and practice patterns of transgender care by endocrinologists, who often treat transgender patients with hormone therapy. The survey identified that…
Mandi Pratt-Chapman will serve as the Associate Center Director for Patient Centered Initiatives and Health Equity at the GW Cancer Center.
Joyce Maring, Ed.D., D.P.T., P.T., program director for the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program, chair of the Department of Physical Therapy and Health Care Sciences, and associate professor of physical therapy and health care sciences, joins an elite group of 31 academic women leaders in the…
Victoria Shanmugam, M.D., director of the Division of Rheumatology, published research in Wound Repair and Regeneration on a new method for detection of infection in wounds that could take physicians less than a minute to complete, rather than the current 24 hours it takes to confirm the…
The Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Biology has for many years operated a willed body donor program. Under this program, individuals generously donated their bodies to be used for the advancement of science and medical education. These selfless gifts have been essential to the training of…
Kevin Pelphrey will serve as the inaugural director of GW’s Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Institute. Dr. Pelphrey brings more than 15 years of experience in autism and neuroscience research, most recently as director of Yale University’s Center for Translational Developmental…
MaxMind, an industry-leading provider of IP security and online fraud detection tools, has given a $100K gift to the GW’s Research Center for Neglected Diseases of Poverty to end schistosomiasis through gene drive technology.
Recently there has been significant news coverage about the Zika Virus, which is spread to people through mosquito bites.
Physician assistant students and an alumna from the Physician Assistant (PA) Program at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) talked to two dozen students at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia about career pathways toward becoming a PA.
The GW Cancer Center is pleased to announce Robert Siegel, M.D. ’77, professor of medicine, as the new associate center director for education, training, and network development.