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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. 

Jesse M. Pines, M.B.A., M.D., director of the Office for Clinical Practice Innovation and professor of emergency medicine and health policy, co-authored a paper published in Academic Emergency Medicine finding drug shortages affecting emergency care have skyrocketed in the U.S. in recent years…

David A. Belyea, M.D., M.B.A., vice chair and professor in the Department Ophthalmology and director of glaucoma services, was published in JAMA Ophthalmology for his survey of D.C. glaucoma patients who asked for a marijuana prescription after legalization. 

Anton N. Sidawy, M.D., M.P.H. ’99, Lewis B. Saltz Chair of the Department of Surgery and professor of surgery, was appointed by the American College of Surgeons to its Board of Regents. 

Jesse M. Pines, M.B.A., M.D., director of the Office for Clinical Practice Innovation and professor of emergency medicine and health policy, co-authored a paper published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, finding effective interventions to address "boarding" have not been adopted in many…

The Bank of America Charitable Foundation has awarded a $25,000 grant to the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences to support Upward Bound and the Health Education Leadership Program at the Rodham Institute.